Hurry Up, Molly/Depeche-Toi, Molly (I Can Read Series) [Hardcover]

Lone Morton (Author), Christophe Dillinger (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: I Can Read (Hardcover Barron)

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 French on the same page.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-Two short stories designed to introduce French to English-speaking children. The simple text is given in both languages. The books include suggestions for parents and teachers on effectively using this material; each one also has a picture dictionary and pronunciation guide. The stories are innocuous and the color illustrations pleasant. However, despite a disclaimer that the pronunciations "cannot be completely accurate," many are so blatantly incorrect that no French speaker would possibly understand them. Children deserve more reliable material.-Ann W. Moore, Schenectady County Public Library, NY

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Language Notes

Text: English, French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764152874
• ISBN-13: 978-0764152870
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 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: #1,020,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Multilingual > French

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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!).