My First French Word Book (My First series) [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author), Annie Freankland (Author), Angela Wilkes (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Photographs and labels of familiar objects grouped thematically provide an introductory French-vocabulary reference.

Editorial Reviews

Language Notes

Text: English, French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; Bilingual edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156458254X
• ISBN-13: 978-1564582546
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Angela Wilkes is the author of several Dorling Kindersley books, including The Children's Step-by-Step Cookbook and My First Word Book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars oo-la-la...Engaging word book for toddlers and preschoolers, May 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: My First French Word Book (My First series) (Hardcover)

My 18 month old son loves paging through this book and pointing to the eye-catching photos as we pronounce the words in French and English. My husband is advancing his study of French and has found this to be a wonderful book to share his love of the language with our son.

The photos are crisp and engaging, and span a wide variety of topics. I have also given the Spanish version of this book to a friend's two year old, who loves to read it with his babysitter daily. I find that it not only allows my child to hear another language, it simply provides for object identification that I might not have been as clear about without the visual aids. It's just a joy to read this with my child.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Très magnifique!, July 6, 2002

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A. Rosendin (Livermore, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My First French Word Book (My First series) (Hardcover)

This is a terrific toddler French word book. We have the "My First Word Book" which is a nice compliment to the French version. My daughter (2 1/2) really enjoys the colorful pictures and likes to practice in both French and English. It's also a great learning tool for us! My only wish.. that the book was more portable for carrying in a purse or daybag for travel like many of the other "First" books. We all love the "My First..." series by DK Publishing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but..., January 21, 2006

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Jason Lollis "wack job" (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My First French Word Book (My First series) (Hardcover)

The reviewer with the Spanish model has a binding mistake, and should have taken it up with the editor, not on the Amazon review board.

The entirely French version is awesome. The word-to-picture association is clear, the pictures are highly representational and their choice of words is fun and engaging. My only gripe is that the book gives no pronounciational aid.

I recommend this book to any parent with a decent command of French phonetics.