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‘Augustus and his smile’

Augustus and his smile le toboggan

Bilingual Portuguese-English, from 4yo.

This is a beautiful story about a tiger, named Augustus, who has lost his smile. He travels the world to search for his precious smile, from the bottom of the ocean to the summit of the mountain. He does not seem to find it. Sad, he keeps walking until he finds himself staring over water. He sees his face and it makes him smile.

Follow the journey of Augustus with your copy of Augustus and his smile.

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‘Brincadeiras de animais – Animal antics ‘

brincadeiras de animais le toboggan

Bilingual Portuguese-English, from 2yo.

Gorgeous board book for an active reading. With each page, children will have to move like animals. Children will love the colourful illustrations and fun movements, such as swinging their trunk like an elephant, getting in a frog position and hoping away.

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‘Diario de um ninja na escola 2: invasao pirata’

diario de um ninja 2 a invasao pirata

In Portuguese, from 7yo.

Marcus Cooper is in 6th grade and is a ninja. Some days school can chaotic but, fortunately, he is here to save the day. Just like the day when pirates invaded the school.

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‘Chiu, estou a ler!’

Chiu estou a ler!

In Portuguese, from 3yo.

It is Sunday and Leonor is spending the rainy afternoon reading a book in her bedroom. This is the most interesting book ever and she just reaching the best part when she is interrupted by pirates who want to take her on an adventure. Leonor is not interested, she really wants to finish her book. Later, come the penguins who invite her to a show and aliens who want her to travel space with them. Leonor declines as she really wants to finish her book. Finally, she is done and is ready to play but the pirates, penguins and aliens tell her shhhh! They are reading a book.

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‘Oscar e Faisca’

Oscar e faisca

In Portuguese, from 2yo.

Lovely story about friendship by the author of ‘Aliens love underpants’. Oscar finds a lost dog and quickly they become friends. However, Oscar knows that somewhere in the city someone must be missing his new friend. So he sets out to do the right thing and find Faisca’s owner, even this makes him sad.

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‘Irmaos’

Irmaos

In Portuguese, from 2yo.

Funny story beautifully illustrated by Rocio Bonilla. It is about two siblings, a brother and a sister who complain about each other. Each story is told on one side of the book and both stories meet in the middle. The boy complains his big sister is a rhino who is annoying doing girlie things. The girl complains about her brother being an annoying little monkey. However annoying they both seems to be when they spend time together. They also spent great time having fun and big laughs together.

To explore this gorgeous book visit https://bit.ly/3HoO4CU

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‘A Goldilocks e os tres ursos’

goldilocks e o tres ursos

Bilingual Portuguese-English, from 4yo.

Goldilocks is wandering in the forest when she is stopped by a little mouse who warns her that she is not safe. The little girl is not on her own and dangerous animals live in these woods. Would she listen to the little mouse?

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‘Toupeira pega o ceu’

Toupeira pega o ceu

Bilingual Portuguese-English, from 2yo.

Mole lives underground and she would like to bring some light in her dark home. She goes to the surface and tries to catch a little of sky. Her friends will help her to catch some wind for fresh air and some sun for the warmth.

Gorgeous story about friendship and helping each other.

How are mole and her friends managing to bring the elements in her tunnel?

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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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‘Olha e conta – contos classicos’

olha e conta contos classicos - le toboggan

In Portuguese, from 2yo.

This gorgeous book with pictograms throughout the text is a great resource to get the children to read along with you and practise their Portuguese without noticing it.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/3XDJ701