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Book review: Alle meine Wörter

In German only. Price AUD 11.00

This beautifully illustrated board book will offer hours of entertainment to your little one. Teach him/her their first words by pointing at over 80 pictures.

He/she will be able to relate the objects from the book to his/her own environment. The vocabulary learned is about toys, food, transportation, everyday objects.

For more information click here.

 

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Book Review: Sing and Learn Spanish!

Book + CD.

RRP A$22.00

Children like dancing and singing. Why not learn or reinforce a new language by singing?

The rhymes, the gestures and the illustrations will help memorise the vocabulary. Children will love ‘lifting their head, their knee….’.

All the basic vocabulary is in the songs, from the ‘hola’ to ‘where are you going?’ or ‘how are you?’.

Click here for more information on how to order it.

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Book review: As cançōes do Alfa

Book and CD. Portuguese only.

Children will enjoy learning or reinforcing their Portuguese vocabulary while singing along. The book and CD contain songs on numbers, shapes, colours, letters …

The rhyming of the songs will assist with the memorisation of the words.

Click here for more information.

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Book review: Primeiras palavras

Portuguese only.

RRP $23.50

First words book with beautiful illustrations. Great book to expand your child’s everyday vocabulary on animals, family and friends, food and beverages, at home, my body, my clothes, summer, activities, at the farm, transport vehicles, bedtime, colours and numbers.

The colours and illustrations will stimulate your child’s natural curiosity.

Click here for more information.

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Book review: Let’s cook with the Zazoo

Recipe book for children 4+.

RRP A$23.00

This book is in English but there are instructions inside the book to download the French translation, the audio version so you can cook and listen to the recipe at the same time.

Great way to keep the children entertained and learn new words. They will love all the 37 French and American recipes.

Some of my favourite recipes:

Breakfast => French toast and crêpes d’Annette

Lunch & Dinner => Quiche Lorraine, Guacamole, Croque-monsieur

Snacks => Ants on a log, gâteau au yaourt

Desserts => Mousse au chocolat, No bake cheesecake

Get ready for a ‘délicieuse’ afternoon.

To purchase the book click here.

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Book review: First words sticker book English – Spanish

Bilingual book English – Spanish

RRP $12.00

This activity book will make it fun to learn Spanish. It goes by theme, such as ‘the kitchen/la cocina’, ‘family/la familia’, ‘the bedroom/el dormitorio’, etc… you get the main picture for the context and for the details one picture with a single object and a single word vocabulary. Some of these individual pictures only have the shape of the object and require the child to find the correct sticker.

It is interactive and demands more of the child’s participation in the language learning. He is not just observing but he also has to identify which items are missing and get the correct sticker.

There are over 100 reusable stickers.

To purchase the book click here.

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Book review: ‘Bist du noch mein freund?’ by Jutta Langreuter

In German only. From 3 years old.

Knacke and Taps are best friends. Together they grow strawberries in a small garden. One day, however, the ripe fruits are gone and trouble starts.

Both friends accuse each other of having eaten the fruit and not want to be friends anymore! Then they remember how many beautiful moments they spent together and how precious their friendship was. Will they be friends again?

To order the book click here.

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Book review: ‘I see the sun in Russia’ by Dedie King

Bilingual English-Russian

Anton is a young boy with a talent for music. He lives in Saint-Petersburg, a city very proud of its arts. Follow Anton through his day from the time he wakes up to the strains of ‘Swan lake’ being played at the piano, the school trip to the Hermitage museum and his violin practice.

Stunning collage illustrations.

To order the book click here.

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Book review: Papa’s house, Mama’s house by Jean Lee C. Patindol

Bilingual: Tagalog-English

It is always difficult when a family goes through a divorce. The story is told through the child’s perspective and delves with the pros and cons of sharing the week between the homes of separated parents.

Despite having different rules and routines both homes are loving and happy environments for the children.

When the question “Why can’t both parents live in the same place?” comes up. Both mom and dad give poetic and sweet answers.

At the end the whole family gathers to celebrate together the narrator’s 6th birthday.

 

Papa’s House, Mama’s House was the 2004 Grand Winner of both the PBBY Salanga Prize (for writers) and the PBBY Alcala Prize (for illustrators).

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