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Our World

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In Our World, unique neighborhood experiences encourage kids to connect, cooperate and communicate. This gallery is a mini reflection of Minnesota's diverse neighborhoods and includes immersive, community-building experiences kids love. Kids can pretend to cook up and serve a meal to customers at the Korean restaurant; become managers or cashiers at the corner grocery store; drive all over town or anywhere else they imagine in a big bus; and even perform current hits on the rock-star stage as they watch themselves light up on a video screen.

Our World fosters an understanding of culture and community by providing kids with a number of role-playing activities. Kids are encouraged to take charge and learn responsibility in a stimulating world that has them bounding from street to street to check out new activities. Every corner in Our World is an opportunity to imagine and explore a world teeming with diversity and creativity.

Check out these books related to the Our World gallery:

• Hope by Isabell Monk
• Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• On Mother's Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
• Tortillas and Lullabies by Lynn Reiser