Take Shelter

At Home Around the World

By: Nikki Tate, Dani Tate-Stratton

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Paperback | 13 April 2021

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48 Pages

Age
9 - 12

Grade
4 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
23.5 x 18.5 x 1.5

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A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes), some have wheels (Romany vardoes), some float; some are made of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary. But all are home. Take Shelter explores the ways people live all over the world and beyond-from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from an underground house in Las Vegas to the International Space Station. Everywhere people live, they adapt to their surroundings and create unique environments, using innovative techniques to provide that most basic of needs: shelter.

About the Author

Nikki Tate is the author of many books for children and teens, including Down to Earth in the Footprints series. When she isn't writing, she can be found caring for the many animals on her small farm, tending her garden or snuggling between her two dogs, reading.

Industry Reviews

"Once you start thinking of your home as a sanctuary, then your ingenuity can run pretty wild, as seen in this global tour of dwellings...Destitution is not the Tates' point. It is to show how people have used the materials at their disposal to fashion creative and wildly diverse dwellings...The photographs are key: They convey a sense of place, evoking places where readers could imagine unfurling their bedrolls...The supplementary text provides setting and logistical peculiarities, but more than that, it provides anecdotes about the homes...'Sanctuary' springs from the Latin sanctus, or holy-and the Tates have kept that well in mind."

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