Customer Reviews

Los animales / Animals

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I'm a mother of a 3 year old girl who is bilingual and loves books. This book is one of her favorites, I had given it to differen children as presents. I love this book because it's colorful and helps me teach my daugther the names of the animals in spanish. I also teach spanish to children and I found most of my students like it, parents also like it because it has the phonics of the words, and they don't need to speak spanish in order to read it.

I have purchased several books in this series to work with in a pre-school. The children love them. The illustrations are very well done and the vocabulary is extremely simple - one word to a page. Perfect for the child who has not yet learned to read. Highly recommended if you'd like to introduce your child to french as early as possible.

"Los Animales" es un libro especialmente orientado a bebes o niños bien pequeños, que se distingue y sobresale por la claridad y calidad de sus dibujos. Si bien la presentación es sumamente sencilla, sus dibujos son muy coloridos, con figuras bien definidas y atrayentes para los mas pequeños. Permitiéndoles hacer una fácil asociación entre lo que ven y los animales que conoces de la vida real. En cada pagina se presenta un animal con su nombre y fuguran las dos posibilidades femenino/masculino, lo cual permite una mayor participación e imaginación de historias para ser contadas o leidas por ninños. Realmente vale la pena tenerlo en la biblioteca de cualquier pequeño y más si este es un fiel amante de los animales.

This is a nice little book that reinforces vocabulary (in English and in Spanish) for names of 11 different animals. The illustrations are simple and happy. Tips on pronunciation of the Spanish words are included so even beginners can feel confident that they are saying the animals' names properly. My 22 month enjoys identifying the animals in both languages very much, and she thinks some of the pictures are funny.

I have been looking for books to share with my baby, to ensure she grows up bilingual, and Clare Beaton's series of books have been delightful. Even for a newborn, the bright contrasting colors enchant her, and I can prompt myself with the book's vocabulary.

I will agree with another reader from Oregon: the pictures are good but the pronunciation guide is merely distracting for those who speak French and possibly detrimental to those who do not. Fortunately, I do speak the language and am enjoying reading this book with my daughter now that I have put white-out tape over the pronunciations and English.

Very good first Spanish book for my 3 and 5 year olds. The illustrations were good, and the kids had fun learning how to say boy cat, girl cat, etc (in Spanish, of course). I recommend it!