Tools

Tools by Ann Morris is filled with amazing photographs from around the world taken by Ken Heyman. Children learn how tools help people's lives, and how we are all alike in our ability to use tools. The very definition of a tool is expanded beyond the traditional sense of a hammer, screwdriver, and drill to include scissors, a drop spindle, a paint brush, etc. All of Ann Morris' books are amazing, as they seek to demonstrate how all people in the world are alike, yet differences exist within these commonalities. For example, every culture uses tools and some cultures have different tools that serve the same purpose. Some cultures have the same tools, but they use them in different ways or for different purposes; yet, the human race is united in its use of tools to simplify life.