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Book review: ‘La grosse colere’

In French, from 4yo.

Nono is very angry. His little sister, Suzon, has torn the pages of his book. He hides her favourite toy in retaliation. Suzon asks for the help of all her friends in the wood but her teddy bear is nowhere to be seen. Suzon is inconsolable. Nono cannot stand seeing her sister so sad and gives her toy back.

Great book to explain anger to children and how to manage it.

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Book review: ‘Marco Polo vuole viaggiare’

Bilingual English-Italian, from 6yo.

Great language resource, this book tells us about Marco Polo. He wanted to travel since he was a little boy. Did you know that he travel all around Asia and came back home after 24 years. The book also comes with historical facts, a bilingual dictionary of the main words of the story and several fun activities.

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Book review: ‘El cangrejo ermitano’

In Spanish, from 4yo.

Perfect for children learning how to read.

There hermit crab lives inside a tin of peas. He is unhelpful and unfriendly. Once day the gull asks for his help and he declines. Another day the palm tree, the sand castle and the waves also ask for his assistance but he always declined showing his bad mood. Then one day it was the crab’s turn to need help. His can was too small and he needed a bigger house. However whenever he sought help he could only find the same replies he used to gave “Can’t do I am too busy!’.

Find out whether he will get help and find a new house.

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Book review: ‘Lonely Planet First Words Mandarin’

Bilingual English-Mandarin, from 4yo.

Let’s learn our first everyday words in Mandarin with this great book. A word on one page written in both languages with also the Mandarin version spelled out phonetically for easier pronunciation and on the other page is the colourful illustration of the word.

To obtain the the full list of the words you can either scan the QR code or simply visit the Lonely Planet’s website. Let’s get ready fr our next trip to China.

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Book review: ‘Filastrocche Italiane vol2’

Bilingual English-Italian, from 0yo.

Sing along with this second volume of your favourite Italian rhyme. Includes bilingual lyrics of nursery rhymes and lullabies, such as ‘Alla Fonte del Re’, play rhymes, such as ‘Giro giro tondo”, children’s songs, such as ‘Maramao’ and tongue twisters, such as ‘Apelle’ and many more…

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Book review: ‘ABC des animaux’

In French, from 2yo.

Beautifully illustrated, this book is great to learn the abc and know about the animals. Discover an animal for each letter of the alphabet. The right page with the cut out letter unfold on gorgeous animal illustrations and a short text.

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Book review: ‘Ottavia e i gatti di Roma’

Bilingual English-Italian, from 4 yo.

Ottavia is a young cat who lives with her parents in the Colosseum. Everyday cat ladies come and bring them food. One day while playing with her cousin she decides to explore the city. Let’s  follow these two young explorers and do some sightseeing of this beautiful city. Discover the Colosseum, the Capitoline Museum, the Trevi fountain, the Castle of the Holy Angel, Saint Peter’s Square and many more…

Great resources to learn about the language and the culture. It comes with a fun facts about Rome in both languages.

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