The Alphabet / El alfabeto (English and Spanish Foundations Series) (Book #1) (Bilingual) (Board Book) (Spanish Edition) | 
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| Author: Gladys Rosa-mendoza
Creator: Michele Noiset
Publisher: me+mi publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 61602
Media: Board book
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0967974801
Dewey Decimal Number: 428
EAN: 9780967974804
ASIN: 0967974801
Publication Date: October 1, 2000
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Product Description
Teaches children letter recognition and the alphabet with pages of delightul illustrations.
Teach children letter recognition and the alphabet with the use of cognates (words that look similar across languages). Research has proven that cognates are among the best tools for introducing two languages simultaneously to children. The pages are bursting with delightful illustrations of toys, musical instruments, as well as nandus, queztals, and other exotic creatures native to South and Central America-all in bright and cheerful colors. Learning the alphabet has never been this fun! 32 pages, 4.75" x 5.875"
Ensena a los ninos a reconocer las letras del alfabeto con paginas de encantadoras ilustraciones.
Ensene a sus hijos a reconocer las letras del alfabeto mediante cognados (palabras que son similares en uno y otro idioma). Investigaciones han demostrado que los cognados constituyen una de las mejores herramientas para presentar a los ninos dos idiomas de modo simultaneo. Las paginas estan llenas de encantadoras ilustraciones de juguetes e instrumentos musicales, asi como de nandues, quetzales y otras criaturas exoticas nativas de Centroamerica y Suramerica, todo esto en brillantes y vivaces colores. Nunca habia sido tan divertido aprender el alfabeto! 32 paginas, 4.75" x 5.875"
The Benefits and Features of the English Spanish Foundations series include:
• Helps teach vocabulary and other oral language concepts
• Summary page at the end to recap and instruct
• Helps kids get ready to read
• Helps develop phonemic, print, and numeric awareness
• Large bright colorful pictures to keep kids engaged
• Rounded corners for children s safety
• Laminated to protect from spills
• Board book so they can last
• Great size for little hands
• Simple but engaging text
• Useful for beginning Spanish at any level
• Useful for beginning English at any level
Our Guiding Principles:
• We believe that every child should be read to from birth.
• We believe every child should be taught at least two languages.
• We strive to surpass each customer's expectations.
• We will only produce the highest quality products.
Our Vision:
me+mi publishing will be a company that is recognized for producing the finest dual language products that allow children to function at a high level equally well in English and Spanish.
Awards:
me+mi publishing has received the following literary awards:
• Benjamin Franklin Award
• Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Mariposa Award
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Honorable Mention
• Writer s Digest Certificate of Merit
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Great book September 3, 2008
This is a great book for teaching both English and Spanish alphabet. The did a good job at selecting matching pictures to the letters in both languages. There are a couple that just could have been better. Like the letter "w" the image is of a quarter and the word is "washington". A bit confusing. So I just tell my son that its a president George Washington on the quarter. Also, it omitted the "rr". Otherwise the book is great. I would definitely buy it again.
 If you want to teach your child Spanish... June 12, 2008
I have purchased several Spanish books on Amazon and as always make many of my purchases based on the reviews of those who have gone before me. My daughter is trying to teach my granddaughter how to speak Spanish and she loved this book. Of course she loved sucking on the corners too but it was colorful, well planned out and joyful.
Attractive Book May 24, 2008
This is a colorful book, and my 4-year-old daughter likes it a lot. She carefully repeats the Spanish words after me. The only draw-back is that there is no pronounciation guide, so the grown-up needs to know their Spanish alphabet already.
 W is for Washington? April 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Before I begin my critique, I must say that my three kids have all enjoyed hearing this book at the appropriate age. The illustrations, by Michele Noiset, are bright, clear, fun, and functional. Most of the items depicted in this ABC book are interesting and/or familiar to young children (train, ocean, juice).
BUT there are inherent difficulties in portraying ABC-linked items in English and Spanish. What do I mean? Well, Spanish has very few, if any, words that begin with "W". So, in this book, the "W" page has a 1978 George Washington quarter for its illustration. What USEFUL word do our aspiring bilinguists learn from this page? "Washington". Similarly, "Y" is for "yo-yo" in both languages, and 'R' is for "robot". As far as I'm concerned, this is "lame/lame".
The next difficulty (closely related to the first) is that espanol has three more "letters" than English has: "ch" ("chay), "ll" ("el-yay"), and "n" ("en-nyay"). Fact is, NO English-only words begin with these "letters". That means that this book gives us "chimpanzee" (spelled identically in both languages), "llama" (fine, but there's no pronunciation guide to distinguish between the two), and "nandu", which the authors and editors had to acquiesce, has no English equivalent. (It's a an emu-sort-of thing.)
I wouldn't bother with this book unless you get it practically free. There are many better ABC books and there are many better (i.e. more educational) English-Spanish/espanol/ingles books on the market.
Great bilingual book, but some odd word choices because of it December 31, 2007
This is a great alphabet book, with a picture on each page and the word in Spanish and English. The author chose items that begin with the same letter in both Spanish and English. Because of this, however, they are almost all cognates, and the Spanish words don't seem to be the ones that would normally be used for each letter - many are words that have been borrowed from English. It also uses the word "bolas" for "balls" - it works for "b", but we generally use the word "pelota" instead of "bola". But, that kind of thing happens with any Spanish book due to regional usages. Overall, a nice bilingual alphabet book.
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