From Ecuador to England, Ghana to Hong Kong, people around the world eat bread and wear hats. In each volume, appealing color photographs are accompanied by a few words to accentuate the differences and similarities of these two basic necessities worldwide. An illustrated index on the two final pages identifies the nations in which the photographs were taken and provides a brief written cultural context. (Ages 2-5)

What kind of bread do you eat? A bagel? A tortilla? A baguette? All over the world, wherever there are human beings, someone is eating bread. Ann Morris's simple text and Ken Heyman's dazzling full-color photographs reveal for young readers how people eat -- and how people live -- the world over.