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‘Children of the world’

the barefoot book of the children of the world

From 4yo, English,

Gorgeous book about the children of the world. Where do they live? In large houses or small apartments? What do they eat? How they dress? Children around the world have families like ours or different? Sometimes small sometimes large? They play and learn.

Beautifully illustrated, this book is a great resources to teach children about diverse cultures and inclusion. The activities at the end of the book will take the child back to the story to practise his/her observation skills.

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‘La derniere histoire du soir’

la derniere histoire du soir

In French, from 4yo.

It is time for a bedtime story. The last one! But which one should we read? What about the three little piggies? Once upon a time there were three little piggies…. hold on! Is this Cinderella crashing the story?

Hilarious story where different characters from fairy tales crash each other’s stories to create a new one that includes everyone.

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‘El Principito’

el principito - le toboggan bookstore

In Spanish, from 8yo.

Follow the adventures of the a little prince who visits planets where he reflects about friendship, loneliness, love and loss.

This wonderful French classic travels time and space. Generations of readers worldwide avidly read about the Little Prince’s thoughts.

For more information visit https://bit.ly/3IUCFfr

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‘El libro de las emociones’

el libro de las emociones le toboggan

In Spanish, from 4yo.

Great book to help children understand how emotions work and how we can handle them. Each emotion is presented in a story giving some context on when that emotion may occur, how it can be triggered. Then there is an explanation about the emotion and some tips to help with coping.

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‘Come nasce i tessuti’

i tessuti - le toboggan

In Italian, from 4yo.

This collection of activity books is an amazing resource to teach your child about interesting inventions, animals, nature while increase his/her exposure to the heritage language. In this book, learn about how fabric is made by travelling various times of the History but also learning about different cultures.

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‘De que cor e um beijinho’

de que cor e um beijinho - le toboggan

In Portuguese, from 2yo.

Gorgeous story about Minimoni who likes painting. She painted rockets and animals but never a kiss. First, she must figure out what colour a kiss is. Is it brown like the falling tree leaves, yellow like the honey, pink like a cupcake or blue like sea.

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‘Martine au Louvre’

martine au louvre - le toboggan

In French, from 4yo.

Another classic story from Martine. This time Martine is visiting the Louvre museum with her class. She will discover so much wonderful art, such as the Mona Lisa, the large paintings, the Egyptian artefacts…. Fun way to prepare or remember holidays in Paris or to introduce a bit of culture in your child’s readings.

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‘Los libros no se comen’

los libros no se comen - le toboggan

In Spanish, from 3yo.

Leopoldo owns a bookshop and loves recommending books to his customers. Once day a goat arrives in his shop and eats the books! Leopoldo will have to remember the days when he was himself a young billy who also liked to eat books to find a way to convince his customer goat that books are much more enjoyable when read.

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‘Valor – Die Verschwörung im Königreich’

valor - le tobpggan

In German, from 10yo.

In the kingdom of Demidova, Valor’s sister, Sasha, has unjustly been imprisoned. Valor decides to help her sister escape. However, no-one ever escaped from the prison of Ty’urma.

To find out whether Sasha gets out of prison go to https://bit.ly/3H8tyXw

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‘Mi primer libros de veículos’

mi primer libro de veiculos - le toboggan

In Spanish, from 1yo.

Board book with colourful illustrations that children will love. Learn about transportation modes, ask your little one to describe the drawings using colours and shapes.

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