These photographs were taken for the Dorling Kindersley/Unicef book "A school like mine" on the lives of schoolchildren around the world.

Jucari Cot Perez Renedo and sister flying paper planes outside mothers shop. Mexico city, Mexico

Jucari Cot Perez Renedo on metro on way home from school, Mexico city, Mexico

Jucari Cot Perez Renedo & classmate during sports lesson. Benito Juarez school, Mexico city, Mexico
Maria del Carmen Vega Martinez playing school with her nephew , Colonia Gomez Portugal, Asientos, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Maria del Carmen Vega Martinez standing outside adobe school building, Colonia Gomez Portugal, Asientos, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Maria del Carmen Vega Martinez playing school with her nephew , Colonia Gomez Portugal, Asientos, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Maria Magdalena Shuan Apolinario copying a Quechuan song, during a Quechuan language lesson, primary school, Pampacancha, nr Huaraz, Peru

Maria Magdalena Shuan Apolinario & classmates playing leapfrog, primary school, Pampacancha, nr Huaraz, Peru

Maria Magdalena Shuan Apolinario & classmates using the schools only computer, primary school, Pampacancha, nr Huaraz, Peru

Sorin Oxholm playing football, Vejen, Denmark

Soren Oxholm, during maths class, Vejen, Denmark

Ksenia Leonova during french lesson, St Petersburg, Russia

Ksenia Leonova, playing traditional game at school, St Petersburg, Russia

Hassa singing popular song, school number 02, Kharkorin, Mongolia

Girl during lesson , school number 02. Kharkorin, Mongolia

Girl during lesson , school number 02. Kharkorin, Mongolia

Girls writing on blackboard, school number 02, Kharkorin, Mongolia

Hassa in his grandmothers Ger, nr Kharkorin, Mongolia

Hassa with his grandmother outside her Ger, nr kharkorin, Mongolia.

A school like mine spread form the book.