This is a book that could easily be used by both an upper elementary school child and a young teen. The vocabulary is accessible but the content isn't overly simplified. Concepts are explained simply but thoroughly. Readers will learn about all kinds of community: from the nuclear family to humans as a global community, following a series of concentric circles. While older readers will want to explore the concepts in more depth, this is a nice way to introduce a complex topic.

I liked this book. It would be a good study book for 5th grade up on communities. Nikki Tate as really don the research in covering communities I had never given thought, too- prisons, as a community? I guess so! Very interesting read for anyone.Photos tied the book together nicely, too.