Hurry Up, Molly /Apúrate, Molly (English and Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

Lone Morton (Author), Gill Scriven (Illustrator), Thessa Judkins (Translator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

This charming bilingual book offers a simple, appealing illustrated story for preschoolers. Full-color illustrations on every page come with easy lines of text--a line for English with its translation into Spanish on the same page.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2-These two easy-readers are intended to help parents teach their children to speak Spanish, but their usefulness is questionable. The stories are simple. Puppy can't find anyone to play with until he meets a white mouse. In Molly, a young girl's father urges her through the process of getting ready for bed, only to fall asleep first. The texts are laid out around rather bland cartoon illustrations, with the English above and the Spanish below. Adults are encouraged to read the story in English, look at the picture dictionary at the end of each book, and practice the Spanish pronunciation given for key words. They are then instructed to go back and read the story aloud in English and Spanish, progressively moving toward reading solely in Spanish. Both the introductory text and the picture dictionary tell parents and teachers not to worry if their pronunciation is not right. It is almost a given that it won't be, since there are instances in which the phonetic pronunciations are incorrect, specifically in terms of designating inflected syllables. Indeed, use of the phonetic pronunciations without some knowledge of Spanish-letter sounds yields a sort of brutalized pidgin that is only remotely identifiable as spoken Spanish. Better to use these books in the reverse situation as instructional readers for young ESL students. The simple story lines and almost word-for-word equivalence of the texts make these ideal beginning-to-read books for children first encountering English.-Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Barron's (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English, Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0764152866
• ISBN-13: 978-0764152863
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,827,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars French for older toddlers, November 8, 2006

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Richard J. Colosimo (NYC tri-state area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hurry Up, Molly/Depeche-Toi, Molly (I Can Read Series) (Hardcover)

This book, like the others, is well-written, and it's no secret that I'm a fan.

This particular book is more appropriate for older toddlers who can appreciate more of the intangible words; what I mean is that rather than a slew of nouns and simple adjectives, there are more words that are intangibles, such as laughing/riant, which are harder to communicate through the book's format -- what's a picture of laughing look like? Or a smell/odeur?

I recommend working your way up from the simpler stories if you're starting young, and then add these older toddler books in as your child's language skills develop (or as your child gets bored!).