The Usborne First Thousand Words in Spanish: With Easy Pronunciation Guide (First Picture Book) (Spanish and English Edition) [Hardcover]

Heather Amery (Author), Nicole Irving (Editor), Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice Spanish v ocabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wi th pronunciation guides. '

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Edc Pub; Revised edition (March 1996)
• Language: Spanish, English
• ISBN-10: 074602309X
• ISBN-13: 978-0746023099
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #685,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Libros en español > Infantil y juvenil > Referencia y No-Ficción

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Friendly, and Factual, October 1, 2003

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Kathryn (Racine, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Usborne First Thousand Words in Spanish: With Easy Pronunciation Guide (First Picture Book) (Spanish and English Edition) (Hardcover)

Tired of boring and bland spanish tools? This book is bursting with vivid, whimsical, illustrations depicting everyday life with humor and clarity that will attract even beginning adult students. The apealing story type pictures not only define spanish words, but they also promote spanish interaction between reader and child or student with student. On "la cocina" page, a father washes dises amidst a swirling pandemonium of dropping dishes, spilt juice, and a todler with a pot on his head. A teacher or parent could easily springboard off of this illustration to begin to form whole sentences based on the action in the picture.

This intriguing book is sure to be a winner with you and children alike.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Usborne First 1000 Words in Spanish, June 19, 2000

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John J. Biondi Jr (Bedminster, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Usborne First Thousand Words in Spanish: With Easy Pronunciation Guide (First Picture Book) (Spanish and English Edition) (Hardcover)

As a second grade teacher who teaches Spanish to his students, this book was a big help as well as an excellent resource for the kids. It was an often used resource and invaluable when it came to helping the kids who were having a more difficult time learning the vocabulary and the simple conversation pieces.

24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended as one's primary resource to learn Spanish, April 18, 2001

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Lisa Ascencios (Spring, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Usborne First Thousand Words in Spanish: With Easy Pronunciation Guide (First Picture Book) (Spanish and English Edition) (Hardcover)

There are pictures with the corresponding Spanish definition but the literal English translation is not included. I find this to be a bit challenging for some of the items as there can be multiple English words referring to a single object and without the exact English translation you aren't sure. For example, there is a picture of a 3 drawer dresser defined as comoda. In English this could be nightstand, dresser, bureau... Also some of the pictures are difficult to distinguish. One page has a picture of a sheet and of a pillow and they look almost identical.