Bilingual Japanese-English, from 4yo.
This is a beautifully illustrated book about the weather. Each type of weather is depicted in Japanese and English. There is a short description and the reading can be made interactive by asking the child to recognise key words in the illustration. “Sunny” comes from “sun”. Can the young reader find the sun in the picture?
From snowy to windy and cloudy learn about the weather in Japanese with Around the world: bilingual weather wonders.
In French, from 3yo.
A little hedgehog is sad because he cannot get anyone to hug him? It is so unfair. He asks around for a hug but the squirrels refuse, the kittens as well. He asks his mom why he had to be so prickly! Because of that, he cannot hug his mom the same way the other animals do. His mom shows him how brave and important hedgehogs have been throughout history. Then she tells him that hedgehogs do not hug but they have a soft tummy for tickles. The other animals can see and hear little hedgehog laughing and they want to know why they have hugs instead of tickles.
Discover this sweet story beautifully illustrated with Pourquoi j’ai jamais de calins?
In Spanish, from 3yo.
Leo is a rooster. He is vain and keeps telling the other animals to admire him, how beautiful he is. He wandering in the farm when a gust a of wind moves trash and a piece is stuck on Leo’s back feathers. As he keeps walking in the farm asking for the animals to admire him, they all end up calling him ‘cucumber face’. What is wrong with them?
Discover this hilarious story about a rooster who thinks too highly of himself with Cara de pepino.
In Spanish, from 4yo.
A little cactus lives among his family in the desert. He is expected to stay quiet and slowly grow among his peers. He is not happy with his situation. He wants to see the world and he wants to hug someone. He decides to leave and travel. Who will want to hug him? He is so prickly. He feels a lonely as he cannot find anyone to hug. One day he hears someone crying. Oh no, a little rock is sad. No-one want to hug it.
In Abrazame you will see how an unexpected friendship will form with tenderness.
In Dutch, from 6yo.
Dave pigeon and his friend Skipper are going to try to get rid of an evil cat causing chaos in the city. Children will love the gorgeous black and white illustrations of this funny story.
To see if Dave is going to lose some feathers read Daaf Duif – Hoe je omgaat met kattige katten en al je veren houdt.
In Spanish, from 6yo.
A group of friends or the worst ‘gang’ in the world is playing soccer in the park when the ball lands in the neighbour’s garden. She is a witch and she knifes the soccer ball. Hugo is sad. Fortunately, the gang finds his another ball. When Hugo shoots the ball, they all find themselves back in time among dinosaurs.
Guess how la peor pandilla de la historia will escape a T-rex and come back to present. This is a great book for young readers. The story is fun and the text is written in capital letters. It also offers a few reading activities.
In French, from 1yo.
Bali want to grow up. He wears his dad’s clothes so he can be big too. Soon he will learn that being a grown up is not so easy. First, he needs to learn to learn how to tie up his shoes.
‘Bali veut etre grand‘ is a cute story where Bali realises that to be a ‘big’ boy he needs to follow milestones.
In Spanish, from 2yo.
Tuctuc and Rucutuc are friends. One is a giraffe very tall and the other is a giraffe very short. Together they go on a walk and the tall giraffe gets her head stuck in a cloud that is lower than usual. Discover this hilarious story about two friends in an unusual situation.
See how Tuctuc can avoid all the obstacles on their walk thanks to Rucutuc’s help in Tuctuc y Rucutuc y la nube más baja de lo normal.
In French, from 5yo.
Not far from the Smurfs’ village there is a salt mine the Smurfs like to visit occasionally. On one of their visits they see children who are working in the mine. They decide to follow and understand why children have to work in these poor conditions. They find out that the children are orphans and are being exploited by the rich landowners in order to get food. This is not acceptable and Papa Smurf decided to intervene.
Find out how will the Smurfs help the children with Les Schtroumpfs et les enfants perdus.
In Spanish, from 6mo.
Little readers will love to read and manipulate. Each double page shows an item of food seen from the outside and from the inside. The children can feel the different shapes. Teach your child about food he can recognise in the shop, such as fish, eggs, strawberry and more. The colourful illustrations and the background are also ideal to learn or review the colours.
The board book has thick pages and as such is durable. It is perfect for little hands.
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