My Big Barefoot Book of Spanish & English Words (English and Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Barefoot Books

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782852867 ISBN 13: 9781782852865

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2016

Synopsis

A bilingual first words collection with a twist: this unique book combines storytelling with English and Spanish vocabulary building as young readers follow the adventures of the Palabra family as they go about their day and prepare for a special celebration.

About this title

About the Author:

Sophie Fatus grew up in Paris and now lives in Florence. She has illustrated numerous picture books for publishers in Italy, Japan, Spain, France, and the UK. Sophie is passionate about animals and enjoys painting them in her artwork. When she's not illustrating, Sophie often runs children's art workshops in schools and gets involved in exhibitions of her work.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 2-With a slight one-sentence-per-page narrative to guide readers, this bilingual word book chronicles the daily activities of the Familia Palabra and the laudably diverse residents in their community. This story is virtually identical to Fatus's My Barefoot Book of Wonderful Words (Barefoot Bks., 2014) with the exception of some minor changes and the addition of Spanish vocabulary. In this incarnation, Zanzibar the cat becomes Paco and Crunchy the croc morphs into Fresco. The bright, whimsical illustrations are the same, though a few of the individual characters have been repurposed. For example, the paperboy from Wonderful Words becomes the bike messenger in this title. In addition, items identified in the previous edition are unlabeled here-the book in braille and the origami projects depicted in the library scene. Some of the Spanish terms are not as common in Latin America as in the case of cesta de picnic being used instead of the more familiar canasta de picnic. But what makes this, and other similar word-building books, less than ideal is the fact that phonetic spellings are not included to facilitate the acquisition of a bilingual vocabulary. A monolingual English-speaking child will see the word alcantarilla (defined as "manhole" in the text, but is actually a storm drain) and probably anglicize it-al-can-ta-ril-la-instead of using the correct pronunciation: ahl-cahn-tah-REE-yah. A monolingual Spanish-speaking child would conversely see manhole and try pronouncing it mahn-hoh-leh. VERDICT When employed in conjunction with competent bilingual teachers, this book can enrich language lessons and help promote multicultural diversity awareness.-Mary Margaret Mercado, Pima County Public Library, Tucson, AZα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782852867
• ISBN 13: 9781782852865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Fatus Sophie