Aluka lives in Uganda. There is a thick wall of sticks around his family’s land. He lives there with all his relatives.

• Aluka lives in Uganda. There is a thick wall of sticks around his family’s land. He lives there with all his relatives.

• Cidinha lives in Brazil. The houses are made from earth packed onto a wooden frame. The windows keep it cool on hot days.

• Sara lives far north in Alaska, which is part of the United States. It is cold and snowy there. But her house keeps her warm and cozy.

• Yanni and his family live in a caravan, a home that is pulled from place to place by horses. Sometimes other families travel with them along the roads of Romania.

• In Cambodia houses stand on legs called stilts. The roof is made from palm leaves.

• Fatimata’s camel waits patiently outside her tall, clay house.

• Information: Homes by Kate Petty, first published in North America in 2006 by Two-Can Publishing.

• Pictures: 5cense.com monsterguide.net/.../03/building-straw-roo www.maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/deep-snow.jpg

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