Product Description: We do it over and over again, day after day, and never seem to get enough of it. Albanians do it. Zulus do it. Movie stars and plumbers do it. All around the world, people say hi and bye in innumerable languages and countless ways: they wave and bow and curtsey and shake hands and rub noses and fist-bump and mwah-mwah and perform a vast array of greeting and farewell rituals, so common and natural that no-one stops to notice ...read more

Product Description: The raised-arm salute was the most popular symbol of Fascism, Nazism, and related political ideologies in the twentieth century and is said to have derived from an ancient Roman custom. Although modern historians and others employ it as a matter of course, the term “Roman salute” is a misnomer...read more

Learn how people around the world say hello and learn about their countries.

Each page of this adorable book includes a greeting translated in a different language with easy-to-pronounce phonetic spellings and paintings of children of diverse cultures, with 42 languages in all represented.

Compares greetings used in twenty-five countries a century ago with the salutations, gestures, and customs one would expect to observe today

Product Description: By exploring and comparing everyday objects and rituals, this series helps young readers understand the similarities and differences that exist among societies, as well as the role that everyday objects play in reflecting the inner life and culture of people from around the world...read more