My Favorite Things
Bububu, Zanzibar
"Arafa and Aisha are twins. They sleep in the same bed, have the same clothes, go to school together and share the same toys. They live in a two-room house in which both of the rooms are bedrooms, and the kitchen and restroom are outside. The big photo above the closet is a portrait of the formal president of Zanzibar."
Dallas, Texas
"Noel is 100 percent Texan! He has very clear ideas already, he wants to be a pilot! Noel plays only with airplanes of all sizes and sometimes with the PlayStation, but only with a flight simulator. His favorite game is to put the little men of LEGO on his big Boeing that his father gave him, and then let them fly to the bottom of the garden where there is a small pond. He envisions bringing LEGOs on vacation at the lake, then after making him take a bath, puts them in the aircraft and brings them back home."
Sydney, Australia
"Lucas lives with his parents and his sister in a big house in the east part of Sydney, Australia. The first toy that his father gave to him two years ago is a little train. Since that moment Lucas loves little trains and he has a lot of them. His favorite one is the one made of wood. He always plays with that, and he says that his dream is to work in the subway of Sydney."
Massa, Morocco
"Norden lives in Massa, a small village 40 km south of Agadir. In the room where he plays and sleeps there is nothing, except for a carpet. Every day he wakes up early together with his family and he goes with them down to the valley where they have some pieces of land to farm. He spends most of his time playing with a small dog outside, even because the ones in the photo are all the toys he owns."
Mumbai, India
"Radhika was born in Mumbai six years ago, but she lived the first three years in New York together with her family. Now she lives in Mumbai, but her first language is still English. She knows just few words in hindi, and just because her babysitter speaks just Hindi. Radhika loves table games, and her favorite is “Monopoly” because she can buy houses and hotels. From her room’s windows, at the 18th floor of a new building, she can see almost the whole city."
Keekorok, Kenya
"Tangwizi was born in a Maasai village in the south of Kenya in a small hut made of dung and straw. His bed is made of a few rags on the ground. He always plays outside with all the other children of the village but every night he sleeps together with his unique toy: a little [plush] monkey."
