"This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide ... evocative and inviting – School Library Journal Hello! Come along for a day in the United States. Enjoy a hearty Southern breakfast, play a pickup game of hoops in Pennsylvania, and fall asleep under the estrellas in California with eight different characters from a wide variety of backgrounds across the country. Even learn words in from several of the most spoken spoken languages in the USA with pronunciation guides throughout the story. Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series Part of the Barefoot Books America 250 collection Written by American author and illustrator Joëlle Retener and Sarah Walsh Extended endmatter offers a further glimpse into life in the United States