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Bilingual Books
Lucy
Cat at the Farm
Lucy
Cat in Town
by Chatherine Bruzzone, illustrated by Clare
Beaton
(b small publishing)
In Lucy
Cat at the Farm, Lucy meets lots of different the animals and saves
them from an angry bull. In Lucy Cat in Town, she goes to a
range of different shops before stopping a thief in the market and getting
her reward in the toy shop. Each of
the books is available in either a French or Spanish version.The story
is told in two matching strip cartoons running across the pages with
the top strip has the words in French or Spanish and the bottom
strip in English. The vocabulary matches that
taught in early language lessons so the books are suitable for children
in the early stages of learning a new language. But there
is no pronunciation guide so either they or an adult helper need to
know how to say the words.
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French version of Lucy Cat at the Farm from Amazon
Buy
Spanish version of Lucy Cat at the Farm from Amazon
Buy
French version of Lucy Cat in Town from Amazon
Buy Spanish version of Lucy Cat in Town from Amazon
Léo
le Chat comes to Play!
by Opal Dunn, illustrated by Cathy Gale
(Frances Lincoln)
This book is written as a conversation between the reader and Léo, who
only talks French. The reader's section has the French in bold and the English
translation beside it in italics. Leo's dialogue is written in French on flaps
which the reader lifts to find the English underneath. All the phrases are short
and easy and the large, bright illustrations tell the underlying story of Léo's
over-ambitious attempt to skateboard. The pronunciation guide at the end helps
parents read the words correctly and provides extra vocabulary for talking about
the pictures. Aimed at very young children, it could also find a place in a class
library for older ones although the flaps would wear out with constant use.
Also available in Spanish as El Gato Leo comes to Play!
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French version from Amazon
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Spanish version from Amazon
Farben -
Colours
by Clare Beaton
(b small publishing)
A lovely book for teddy bear fans with the bonus of learning the german
words for colours. There's a double page spread for each colour, with
the only text being the german and english words for that colour. Fun
for the library area for young beginners and also for very young naturally
bilingual children.
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from Amazon
Clothes -
Les vêtements
by Clare Beaton
(b small publishing)
Each double page spread of this book features one item of clothing with
the French and English words for it, a picture of a teddy putting it on
and another picture of the garment on its own. This approach is too young
for older beginners but it's a good first language book for the very young.
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from Amazon
What's for
Supper?
by Mary Risk, Carol Thompson and Christophe Dillinge
(b small publishing)
Written in both English and French, this beautifully illustrated book
tells the story of Dad and the children making supper for Mum. The bilingual
approach works well, introducing complicated language points unobtrusively
and making the book accessible to reluctant readers and children with
special needs. It links well to the curriculum, especially the Qu'est
ce qu'on mange topic in QCA years 7/8, and could also be used for younger
children learning language. It is rather young for use with a key stage
3 class but is suitable for individual work with children that age.
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Get Dressed,
Robbie
by Lone Morton, Anna C Leplar and Christophe Dillinge
(b small publishing)
Another enjoyable bilingual book in English and French, this time telling
the tale of Robbie whose ideas of what to wear differ from his mother's.
The pictures add a delightful touch of humour while the text introduces
useful vocabulary and some complicated language points. It links well
to the curriculum for year 8 and is suitable for learners past the complete
beginner stage as a stand alone book.
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