Chariot Race/La course de chars: French/English Edition (Let's Read! Books) - Softcover

Benton, Lynne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764143638 ISBN 13: 9780764143632

Publisher: Sourcebooks Wonderland, 2009

Synopsis

This new addition to B.E.S. popular Let's Read! language-learning books teaches kids a second language while entertaining them with an exciting adventure story. Each Let's Read! book is written in a bilingual format, which encourages kids who are independent readers in their own language to start learning a second language. Every two-page spread in this book presents a parallel text in French and English on facing pages. This format encourages young readers to compare the words and sentences in both languages and start out on a path toward bilingual fluency. As they read, children discover that they don't need to learn every single new word that they encounter in the new language. Instead, they soon find themselves picking up meanings effortlessly by seeing the new words in the story's context, just as they pick up and understand new words in their own language. The parallel text, illustrations, and dialogue balloons give kids a child-friendly bridge to reading and speaking in a new language.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)

Bak must work today like any other day. His master will not let him go to the big chariot race.

But today is a very strange day. The parallel text will help you to find out how it changes Bak's life--in English and French!

Have fun with new French words and phrases from the story on the quiz page.
" Let's Read! " is a series of bilingual storybooks for children who are independent readers. Children will enjoy exploring their "new" language with these original, exciting, and varied stories. The parallel text, pictures, and speech bubbles provide a child-friendly bridge to reading--and speaking--in another language.
Available in English-French and English-Spanish editions:
The Chariot Race/La course de chars (French and English)
The Chariot Race/La carrera de carrozas (Spanish and English)
Danny's Blog/Le blog de Danny (French and English)
Danny's Blog/El blog de Daniel (Spanish and English)
Red Rock/Rocher rouge (French and English)
Red Rock/Roca roja (Spanish and English)
Tina the Detective/Tina la d tective (French and English)
Tina the Detective/Tina la detective (Spanish and English)
The Twins and the Time Machine/ Les jumeaux et la machine du temps (French and English)
The Twins and the Time Machine/Los mellizos y la m quina del tiempo (Spanish and English)
Where's Toto?/O est Toto? (French and English)
Where's Toto?/ D nde est Toto? (Spanish and English)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Wonderland
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0764143638
• ISBN 13: 9780764143632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ursell Martin