A FUN way to Introduce Customs and Culture to your Children

If You Were Me and Lived in… is a comprehensive series that introduces customs and culture to ages 4-8. Carole P. Roman’s groundbreaking books explores the many aspects of our lives worldwide and opens the door to discussions on the variety of people sharing the globe.

Each book compares language, food, places to visit through the eyes of a child of the same age. Pack with interesting facts, the books are elastic enough to include older children in discussions and projects.

The series has won many awards and remains on Amazon’s best-sellers lists. Compare life from Kenya to Scotland, Peru to South Korea, Australia to Norway. There’s even a book of the same title about being a colonist on Mars!,

When you’ve read all of the 22 books, be sure to check out the spin-off series, If You Were Me and Lived in… historicals, which examines different times throughout our world’s history. Take a peek at life in Ancient Greece, or Ancient Mali, learn about what kids did for fun in Elizabethan England or the Old West. Travel through time and check out all ten books of the series.

Win a If You Were Me and Lived Series

We are giving away 20 books: If You Were Me and Lived in Mexico, France, South Korea, Turkey, Norway, Kenya, Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Portugal, Australia, Egypt, China, Russia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Scotland,Italy, and Germany.

Fill out the form below. I will be picking a random winner on September 17th at 11:59a. All entries will be verified.

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51 Comments

Katie 15/09/2017 at 11:55 am - Reply
Italy
Cathy 15/09/2017 at 11:59 am - Reply
Italy
Latoya 15/09/2017 at 12:05 pm - Reply
This series sounds awesome. What a great way to show your child different parts of the world, while at home!
Debbie Sessions 15/09/2017 at 12:22 pm - Reply
Sweden
Marcia Rhinehart 15/09/2017 at 12:26 pm - Reply
We would look at the material on Mexico.
Angela Killingsworth 15/09/2017 at 12:38 pm - Reply
We would definitely have to read Ancient Greece first!!
Kristin Danielle Bush 15/09/2017 at 12:39 pm - Reply
I am looking forward to reading about Israel and Italy. I wish they had one for India (top country on my bucket list).
Gabriel M. Smithson 15/09/2017 at 12:47 pm - Reply
I would LOVE to win this book, because I have been trying to find something such as this book to teach my children about other countries. I hope to be a LUCKY winner.
Lisa H 15/09/2017 at 12:52 pm - Reply
We are about to start studying Brazil so that would be a perfect start!
Jackie 15/09/2017 at 12:52 pm - Reply
This would be fantastic with my son. I would probably start with America, You can never go wrong studying your own country but my next choices would be Isrial, Germany, Ireland and/or Austria/Hungry. All countries my grandparents came from.
Melanie 15/09/2017 at 1:16 pm - Reply
We would love to read about Norway first because it was the favorite country of my son who passed away this year.
Rachel 15/09/2017 at 1:43 pm - Reply
Norway-we have so many friends that live there!!
Lisa Ellison 15/09/2017 at 1:44 pm - Reply
Germany or India, but the ancient times ones look great too!
Terri Patten 15/09/2017 at 2:12 pm - Reply
We’re a homeschooling family and are late starting this year due to Hurricane Harvey coming to our area of Baytown,TX. I’m doing my best to instill a love for learning and reading in our children (ages 8,6,5,and 3) and not yet familiar with this author. If you are recommending her, I’m sure she’s amazing! We would love to go on this journey together and it would be fun to learn about any county. We are Scotch-Irish/Pennsylvania Dutch heritage and I married a man with German heritage. Learning about other countries and cultures is always a wonderful investment.
Larissa veatch 15/09/2017 at 2:17 pm - Reply
Would love to teach my kiddos about other cultures we also thought about hosting foreign exchange students 🙂
Amy Hackett 15/09/2017 at 2:26 pm - Reply
Norway as that’s where my family is from and it’s a cool (haha, cold) place. I would love to read them all!
Ruth 15/09/2017 at 2:40 pm - Reply
We would love to read Egypt. We always think of Egypt as the time of Joseph or Cleopatra, but how is it now?
Kala 15/09/2017 at 2:40 pm - Reply
Greece
JennyQ 15/09/2017 at 2:44 pm - Reply
Japan
Angella Bledsoe 15/09/2017 at 3:25 pm - Reply
I’d love to start with Israel.
R G 15/09/2017 at 3:42 pm - Reply
Italy, Greenland, Korea, Bangladesh, India, and Korea. One suggestion from each of my students.
Dorothy Boucher 15/09/2017 at 4:15 pm - Reply
South Korea but there are so many .
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Sharon L Anderson 15/09/2017 at 5:40 pm - Reply
Australia
Amy Helfrich 15/09/2017 at 5:40 pm - Reply
This is more affordable than a trip for my family of 6 to visit these places! We would have to visit Scotland first!
Lisa 15/09/2017 at 5:44 pm - Reply
Egypt
Stephanie H. 15/09/2017 at 5:46 pm - Reply
I would read and learn about Scotland first before reading the rest in the series.
Jennifer 15/09/2017 at 5:58 pm - Reply
Cute idea.
Jennifer 15/09/2017 at 6:01 pm - Reply
We would probably read about Germany first
sara 15/09/2017 at 7:21 pm - Reply
I think maybe we’d read about Israel first and tie that into our Bible study.
Rebeccak 15/09/2017 at 8:16 pm - Reply
Germany
Rachel Tankersley 15/09/2017 at 9:03 pm - Reply
This sounds great!
Lisa Herring 15/09/2017 at 9:22 pm - Reply
Mexico
LeAnn Harbert 16/09/2017 at 12:15 am - Reply
We would read about Greece first.
JC Lambourne 16/09/2017 at 12:57 am - Reply
Brazil
Karen 16/09/2017 at 1:06 am - Reply
We would read about India first as we have adopted children from India.
Sara 16/09/2017 at 10:23 am - Reply
China
Gina 16/09/2017 at 1:37 pm - Reply
Greece!
Ruth 16/09/2017 at 4:59 pm - Reply
I would read about India, as we have many children in our school with that heritage.
Rhoda Burrill 16/09/2017 at 11:30 pm - Reply
Scotland
Abby 16/09/2017 at 11:32 pm - Reply
What a great series! I would love to add them to my classroom library.
Kelly Caya 17/09/2017 at 6:54 am - Reply
Thanks for the weekly encouragement.
Emily brooks 17/09/2017 at 7:16 am - Reply
Scotland
Jan Sheppard 17/09/2017 at 10:25 am - Reply
Sweden
- Jan Sheppard 17/09/2017 at 10:29 am - Reply
  I meant to say We’d read Norway first!
Julie 17/09/2017 at 12:20 pm - Reply
Egypt
Amanda 17/09/2017 at 12:47 pm - Reply
We would choose France first as my daughter has been on a Paris kick this year!
Le 17/09/2017 at 1:00 pm - Reply
Germany would be amazing!!
Christy 17/09/2017 at 2:33 pm - Reply
We’re planning on spending October on the continent of Africa, so I’d start there!
Teresa Locklear 17/09/2017 at 8:01 pm - Reply
My son said South Korea.
Julia Soliday 17/09/2017 at 8:07 pm - Reply
Ireland
Patricia 20/05/2018 at 1:58 pm - Reply
I wish I could find books or printables on Romania. I don’t understand why it’s not a popular country for kids to learn about…..