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Book review: ‘Miss Peregrine’s school for peculiar children’

In Chinese, from 12yo.

The famous book by Ransom Riggs adapted to the movies. After the tragic death of his grandfather, Joseph travels to an island off the coast of Wales. There, he meets with Miss Peregrine and the children she looks after. They are all special, they all have special talents. Joseph, will soon discover, they are all in danger.

 

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Book review: ‘The very hungry caterpillar’

From 0yo, bilingual English-Arabic.

One of the most read and famous books of all times. It is a great books to teach your child about food, the days of the week, the concept of day and night.

Bilingual book is great resources to expand the vocabulary in both languages.

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Book review: ‘Oficios’

In Spanish, from 0yo.

Gorgeous and sturdy board books. The collection includes 4 titles: The veterinarian, the cook, the mechanic and the gardener.

The designs are contemporary and colourful, perfect to attract the young readers’ attention.

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Book review: ‘La ciudad’

In Spanish, from 4yo.

This large format book is perfect to read out in a playgroup or in a classroom. You will love the 32 illustrations by Ingela P. Arrhenius. It will remind you of the 40s and 50s art style.

There is one word about the city per page. You can promote language by asking questions, such as what is the name of your mailman? Is the school close to your house? What is your favourite restaurant?

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Book review: ‘L’isola del tesoro’

In Italian, from 8yo.

Rediscover this classic by Stevenson in Italian. the story has been adapted to suit young language learners. Young Jim Hawkins has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas . . .

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Book review: ‘Noel’

In French, from 2yo.

Beautiful book about Christmas. The story takes you through all the preparations for the big day. The vocabulary sheet is useful as a resource to recap the new words. You will love the illustrations and it is a small format perfect for little readers.

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Book review: ‘Gelombang 5, The fifth wave’

In Indonesian, from 14yo.

The fifth wave is when ‘Them’ want to wipe the humans out from the face of the Earth. Cassie is on a mission to save her brother and stop ‘Them’.

Great book to incentivise your child to read in your heritage language.

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Book review: ‘La strega rossella’

In Italian, from 4yo.

One of our favourite stories ‘Room on the broom’. A witch travels on her broomstick with her cat. He is not too happy when the dog and other animals join them. A dragon wants to eat the witch and all the animals have to join forces together to save her.

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Book review: ‘Professor Wimp, or a screw, a hammer and the Know-it-all robots’

In Polish, from 6yo.

Professor Wimp is a very busy inventor. He is always welding something, or tightening screws, or greasing hinges and designing ever newer contraptions and robots. However, not all of them turn out to be as useful as he’d planned…

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Book review: ‘A caccia dell’ orso’

In Italian, from 2yo.

We are going on a bear hunt, we are going to catch a big one… Rediscover this all times favourite in Italian. Your little reader will love this sturdy board book.

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