What Color Is It? / Que color es este? (Good Beginnings) (Spanish Edition) [Board book]

Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (Editor), Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Good Beginnings

This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.

The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting introduction to vocabulary.

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About the Author

Caldecott Honor Medalist Pamela Zagarenski is a brilliant painter of many worlds. As well as illustrating picture books, she creates sculptures and large paintings, which can be viewed at an art gallery in Mystic, Connecticut. She divides her time between Stonington, Connecticut, and her house on Prince Edward Island.

The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 4 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Brdbk Blg edition (August 15, 2001)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0618169326
• ISBN-13: 978-0618169320
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > Spanish
  • #4 in Books > Libros en español > No-Ficción > Educación > Referencia
  • #5 in Books > Libros en español > Infantil y juvenil > Gente y Lugares

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "naranja" is correct in spain, July 1, 2007

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This review is from: What Color Is It? / Que color es este? (Good Beginnings) (Spanish Edition) (Board book)

Great book, my toddler loves it. And there are no mistakes.

For clarification: the color orange is "naranja" in Spanish from Spain. We call the fruit and the color the same in Spain (just as they do in English!). I know in Latin American countries they say "anaranjado". But that does not make "naranja" a mistake in the book. It is correct Spanish, found in the dictionary.It was just probably translated by a Spaniard.

I was shocked by the review by a teacher saying that she tells her students that the word "naranja" is wrong. I would never tell my toddler that "anaranjado" is incorrect, even though we don't say it that way! It's just a proof of the diversity of the Spanish language. Shame on this teacher who says she uses "naranja" as an example of bad translation - and complains of seeing the mistake frequently. No wonder, since it is not a mistake. She should instead explain how different Spanish-speaking countries use different words, and all are correct.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just to clarify what it has been said, October 23, 2008

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Fiorella Swanson "F. Swanson" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Color Is It? / Que color es este? (Good Beginnings) (Spanish Edition) (Board book)

I am Peruvian so I speak Spanish. I will tell you that "naranja" and "anaranjado" are both correct adjectives to describe the color orange. In Peru we use both.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my 16 month olds favorite book!, June 17, 2007

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Tash - See all my reviews

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This review is from: What Color Is It? / Que color es este? (Good Beginnings) (Spanish Edition) (Board book)

My 16 month old LOVES this book. She has been bringing it to me for months asking me to read it 'with' her. she points at all the different things on each page and I tell her what it is and what colour it is. ex "that's a green grasshopper" or "he's painting the fence purple". It's a very colourful book for us to share together. And as a bonus we get to learn spanish colours too!