Easy Spanish Storybook: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Book + Audio CD): Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook) [Hardcover]

Ana Lomba (Author)

Book Description

Series: McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook

Jump start your kids’ education in Spanish

Award-winning language-learning innovator Ana Lomba transforms “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” into a way to introduce kids ages two to seven to Spanish. It includes vivid illustrations, a mini “pictionary,” and frequent dialogs that model everyday communication. Accompanying the book is a 45-minute audio CD that features a lively reading of the story, in Spanish and English, helpful pronunciation basics, and fun games and activities.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

A bilingual storybook that fits kids' language-learning needs "just right"

Now story time is an opportunity to teach Spanish to children aged 2 to 7--and you don't even have to know the language yourself! It's simple with McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook: Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

This book presents the classic fairy tale side-by-side in Spanish and English. The story of Goldilocks and her follies is vibrantly illustrated, allowing children to connect the meanings of words to pictures, reinforcing their comprehension of Spanish vocabulary.

Don't worry about pronunciation--the accompanying CD does that for you! It presents an engaging reading of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in both English and Spanish that will entertain kids while they hear correct Spanish pronunciation. You can read along with the narration or learn along with your kids!

The audio program also includes:

• A mini picture dictionary with key vocabulary words that can be used as an introduction to the Spanish text or as a review after "The End"
• Everyday phrases integrated into the story
• Helpful pronunciation basics

Teaching children Spanish has never been so enjoyable for kids--or so easy for you!

About the Author

Ana Lomba is the owner of Ana Lomba Early Languages LLC, a company offering lesson plans, how-to guides, storybooks, and applications for parents and teachers of young children learning languages. analomba.com

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071461701
• ISBN-13: 978-0071461702
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ana Lomba is changing the way people think about and interact with young children learning languages. Her Parents' Choice award winning books Play and Learn Spanish and Play and Learn French are quickly becoming bestselling favorites with parents (and grandparents) who want to nurture their kids' innate language abilities and propel them to real fluency. Her lively stories, music, and games allow parents and educators to engage the whole child into a new language.

Key to the success of Ana's innovative approach is her focus on the family as the ideal environment for early language learning - even her signature curriculum for language schools is built with parental involvement in mind.

Another important element is the challenging factor - we are not just talking about flashcards and coloring books, but a whole system designed to stimulate young kids' intellect and imagination into language learning (and beyond). Within this system, parents operate as language educators, which means that they have to challenge themselves as well! The good news is that - for the most part - parents today are ready for and looking forward to the task because they understand their critical role in their kids' education, and they know that the best possible education today IS an international education.

Visit www.analomba.com to learn more about Ana's curriculum for language schools as well as her new multimedia audiobooks in Spanish, French, Chinese and English.

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Ana Lomba has taught preschool, elementary, and college-level Spanish courses, and held leadership positions with some of the most influential language organizations in the US, including ACTFL, NNELL, and FLENJ. After graduating with a law degree from Spain, her native country, Ana pursued graduate studies at Binghamton University, Princeton University, and NYU. She founded her company, Ana Lomba Early Languages LLC, in 1999. She lives with her husband and three children in Princeton, NJ.

In the picture: Ana Lomba's kids playing pirates at home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - keeps kids entertained while they learn, August 22, 2006

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A. Forzani "www.LanguageLizard.com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Spanish Storybook: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Book + Audio CD): Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook) (Hardcover)

This is a great book to support language learning at home. It comes with a CD so you can "hear" the story in English or Spanish and review keywords in the story. My kids love the illustrations and the animated voices of the bears. The CD has been great to use in the car -- my kids quiet down as soon as I put it on. AS a parent who is also learning Spanish, I appreciate being able to hear the story and see the text in both English and Spanish. And as a professional who specializes in dual-language books, I highly recommend adding this to your collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I would give it ten stars, if I could!, June 30, 2007

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Malinda Ott "happy mommy" (Newnan, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Spanish Storybook: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Book + Audio CD): Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook) (Hardcover)

I can't say enough about how great this book is and how important reading is in learning a language! I am a biligual mother (English/Spanish). I have finally made it a habit to speak Spanish to my 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Sabrina.

When I bought this book, and Caperucita Roja by Ana Lomba, Sabrina fell in love with them! We read them every night before bedtime and half the time before naptime. In two weeks, her understanding/speaking capabilities increased by two or three times! The language acquisition theorist Stephen Krashen explains in his book, The Power of Reading, why reading is so helpful. If you want to learn another language, or you want your child to learn another language with you, you MUST include LOTS of reading material. You will learn so much faster! It's so much fun to read together. And it's so exciting to learn another language and watch your child learn and grow in another language as well.

Buy this book, Caperucita Roja, Play & Learn Spanish and "Hop, Skip & Sing Spanish" as well. Everything by Ana is great!

P.S. Ana, if you read this, please write more fun fairy tale books!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another A++++++++ Book, January 27, 2008

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Tamara Boyd (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Spanish Storybook: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Book + Audio CD): Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos (McGraw-Hill's Easy Spanish Storybook) (Hardcover)

Any book Ana Lomba has her name on, we will buy.

I am a non-Spanish speaking mother of a five year old daughter and two year old son. I want my children to be bilingual. I bought "Play and Learn Spanish" first and have purchased everything else this author has produced. All Ana Lomba's materails are A++++++++

Another fun and interactive learning tool and Another must have if you want to teach and learn Spanish.