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Book review: ‘Ja, Bobik’

In Polish, from 2yo.

Bobik is a cat who thinks he is a king and he goes into great trouble convincing others of his royal status.

You will love the illustrations as well as the amusing story.

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Book review: ‘A talentosa Clementina’

In Portuguese, from 6yo.

When her teacher announced that her class will be putting on a talent show Clementine starts panicking. It seems that her best friend Margaret has all the talents and she has none. As the date draws close Clementine is desperate to find an act. She will find a way to impress everyone. Can you guess how?

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Book review: ‘El cuento de la lechera’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Once upon a time, there was a young girl who used to take milk in a jar to the village every day. One day she got distracted on the way. She started thinking about how she could obtain more money. With the money from the sale of the milk she could buy a hen. The hen would have chicks, she could sell then buy a little pig. Once the pig was big and fat she could swap it for a cow and maybe her calf too.

The young girl was so excited with her plans that she was not paying attention to the path and suddenly the jar of milk fell down and broke into pieces and the milk was spilled all over the ground.

This is a sad story about broken dreams but it is up to us to change how the story ends.

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Book review: ‘La sorcière dans les airs’

From 4yo, in French.

The witch and her cat are flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind blows away her hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But will the new friends be able tos ave the witch from the dragon?

Julia Donaldson’s stories are a favourite of ours and we love being able to read them in French to our children.

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Book review: ‘Ombretta Camilla’

In Italian, from 4yo

Camillo is used to playing alone. One day his uncle Pino makes him a mysterious gift: box. Camillo decides to open the box and finds something scintillating at the bottom…What could this be? What adventures are awaiting Camillo?

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Book review: ‘Les astronautes’

In French, from 6yo.

Great book with many pictures to illustrate the fascinating facts about the astronauts’ life in space.

It includes information about the first astronauts, how to become an astronaut, going into space, working in space, space walks, astronauts’ daily life, risks facing astronauts, back to Earth and what comes next.

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Book review: ‘Fox Fables’

Bilingual English-Vietnamese/Chinese/Russian/Japanese. From 4yo.

This book contains two stories, ‘The crane and the fox’ and ‘The fox and the tiger’. Interesting selection, in the first story the fox is outsmarted by the crane who shows him that she can be clever too, there is no need to be rude.

In the second story the fox manages to convince the tiger that he is the tiger of the forest and is feared by all the other animals. The tiger, of course, laughs and does not believe the fox until they both go for a walk.

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Book review: ‘Le travail ca sert a quoi?’

In French, from 4yo.

What is the use of work? Domito is a little duck who loves spending time with his family and hates it when his parents have to go to work. He misses his mum’s and his dad’s kisses and hugs and cannot stand seeing them to go away.

Great book to teach children who suffer from separation anxiety why parents have to go to work. There is nothing to fear they will come back later.

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