Review Detail
Kids Nonfiction
315
Sharp Dressed Children
(Updated: June 06, 2026)
Overall rating
4.0
Writing Style
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
4.0
Learning Value
4.0
While children don't seem to be as interested in clothes as they were in the past, there's no denying that what people wear has an impact on the way they live. While the uniform of 2025 seems to be pajama pants, hoodies, and Crocs at my school, that's not the case everywhere. Clothes Around the World investigates the different variations on how people cover and adorn their bodies.
This starts with pictures of children in uniforms for school. Us children are shown in their regular clothes, so it might interest them to see the more formal sweaters and dresses that other children are required to put on in other countries. The woven Quechuan clothes from Peru look like works of art, and the outerwear made from reindeer skins and furs seem very warm. An array of color Indian saris are displayed, as are different traditional garments that are worn for celebrations. Some of the headdresses are very unusal to the Western view, but t shirts are universal and show up from Nepal to Ecuador to Vietnam!
This starts with pictures of children in uniforms for school. Us children are shown in their regular clothes, so it might interest them to see the more formal sweaters and dresses that other children are required to put on in other countries. The woven Quechuan clothes from Peru look like works of art, and the outerwear made from reindeer skins and furs seem very warm. An array of color Indian saris are displayed, as are different traditional garments that are worn for celebrations. Some of the headdresses are very unusal to the Western view, but t shirts are universal and show up from Nepal to Ecuador to Vietnam!
Good Points
The glossary at the back will help with unknown words, and a world map places all of the different clothing in its country of origin. There is a table of contents as well as an index for this brief, 24 page book. The illustrations are colorful and show many details of the outfits and textiles, while including scenic backgrounds for context.
Young fashion gurus will want to hang this in their closet next to Adamson's Clothes in Many Cultures, and will enjoy it along with books about more specific garments like Finan's What We Wear When We Take Care and Sedlackova and Majova's What Should I Wear To Work? Khiani
and Lew-Vriethoff's How To Wear a Sari and Khan and Jaleel Under My Hijab are deeper dives into culturally connected clothing, and Butterworth and Gaggiotti's Where Did My Clothes Come From? will make children think about the journeys that their clothes take to get to them.
Young fashion gurus will want to hang this in their closet next to Adamson's Clothes in Many Cultures, and will enjoy it along with books about more specific garments like Finan's What We Wear When We Take Care and Sedlackova and Majova's What Should I Wear To Work? Khiani
and Lew-Vriethoff's How To Wear a Sari and Khan and Jaleel Under My Hijab are deeper dives into culturally connected clothing, and Butterworth and Gaggiotti's Where Did My Clothes Come From? will make children think about the journeys that their clothes take to get to them.
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