Poverty and hunger

*Starred Review* Poverty affects a significant population of children, and this entry in the Children in Our World series aims to explain the complicated topic in a kid-friendly way. Alongside gentle illustrations of a diverse array of children, the text explains not only how poverty and hunger can affect people but also the wide array of circumstances, which are often outside of people's control, that can lead to poverty, such as famine, natural disasters, war, global warming, low-paying jobs, and even systemic poverty. The simplified concepts, straightforward sentences, and illustrations make the tough concepts easy to bear, as does the second half of the book, which focuses on charities that feed the hungry, build hospitals and schools, care for refugees, and offer other assistance to people in need. The resources list includes fiction about children in poverty as well as charitable organizations aimed at helping children make a difference in the fight against poverty and hunger. This is a compassionate, lucid treatment of a sensitive topic that young readers will not only be perfectly equipped to understand but also likely moved to take action, too.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2017 Booklist