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Book review: ‘Tom Gates album genial’

In Spanish from 8yo.

Fantastic large format activity book. This is Tom Gates’s diary in which he writes about his day at school, his family and his friends.

The book is entertaining as it mixes storytelling as well as activities, such as questions to check if the readers has understood the text, mazes, guesses…

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Book review: ‘Huellas’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Whose paw prints are those? You will find that not only detectives can follow paw prints….Inspired by Montessori resources, this game lets the child explore and match the paw print with the animal. They can then observe how different the paw of the animals are. The child can group the paw prints and the animals by animal type and see the differences. Are the paw prints of the bird different from the amphibians? Why?

For the little one who cannot read yet but the short texts and the format of the letters are perfect for letter recognition.

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Book review: ‘Kapitbahay kubo’

In Tagalog, from 0yo.

Cute board book to learn about vegetables. You will love the colourful and playful illustrations.

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Book review: ‘But that won’t make me sleep!’

Bilingual English – Tagalog, from 8yo.

It is bedtime and a little girl cannot sleep. Her mom tries everything, a story, a bath… but to no avail util dad comes back from work. He tucks his daughter in and wishes her goodnight and finally the little girl falls asleep.

Perfect for young readers, this story presents the text in both languages on the same page to make it easy for language learners to understand the structure of each language.

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Book review: ‘La mas grande del mundo’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Do you know who is the biggest in the world? Is it the fly? The bird? The cat? The lizard? Who is the biggest animal? Find out with this amusing picture book. The text is written with capital letters so young readers can practise reading more easily.

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Book review: ‘Oficio: Veterinaria’

In Spanish, from 0yo.

Great little sturdy picture board book, perfect for little reader’s hands. Let’s learn about the veterinarian. What does she do? What instruments does she use? What animals does she tend to?

You will love the colourful illustrations and the illustrator’s sense of humour.

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