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Striking photographs and simple text convey to young children the many ways people around the world travel from one place to another. Discusses the ways in which people all over the world move from place to place, including walking, riding on animals, and traveling on wheels and water.As a children's book writer, Ann Morris has been able to successfully integrate her varied experiences in teaching... More

Striking photographs and simple text convey to young children the many ways people around the world travel from one place to another. Discusses the ways in which people all over the world move from place to place, including walking, riding on animals, and traveling on wheels and water.As a children's book writer, Ann Morris has been able to successfully integrate her varied experiences in teaching young children, travel, writing, and editing. Having grown up in the polyglot public schools of New York City, where each child's ethnic heritage was revealed by his name or by the contents of the lunch box from home filled with sausages, egg rolls, matzos, or pizza, she developed a strong Interest In cultures other than her own.She and photographer Ken Heyman once traveled across the United States to document the lives often different families. Both she and the teacher's pupils liked the snake charmer/teacher who taught class in a circus trailer with her favorite boa around her neck. Although Ms. Morris has never tried this stunt he herself, she has taught children in public and private schools in New York City, and adults at Bank Street College, Columbia Teachers College, New York University, and Queens College of the City University of New York. More recently she has been teaching writing for children at The New School.Ann Morris left teaching to become editorial director of Scholastic's early childhood department. Now she devotes her professional time to writing and all her other time to 11 people watching, music in any and all Forms, cat care, cooking and eating, and travel." All of these experiences, she says, provide material for her books.In Israel Ms. Morris was caught up in the enchantment of the place as well as the conflicts that are a consequence of its history.Ann Morris worked with photographer Ken Heyman while producing an award-winning series of sound-filmstrips for young children.

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