Customer Reviews

The Wordless Travel Book: Point at These Pictures to Communicate with Anyone

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I bought both this and Point It by Dieter Graf. Point it is a MUCH better book, Wordless .. borders on the childish and is really not a serious attempt to overcome language barriers. I found Point It much more helpful. It is well designed and covers a wide variety of items and occasions and is a much better buy.

I returned this book even though it was so cheap to start with that I lost money doing so, but I was just very disappointed. Drawings were cartoon-like and poor quality. I don't speak any language other than English, and I think I could communicate better without this book (actually looks more like a cheap pocket calendar)in a foreign country.

This book is great. My sister is going overseas this summer and speaks only English. With this book I am much more confident that she will make it home in one piece! :) They thought of everything, even down to pale or dark beer. I would definitely not leave the country without it even if I had a grasp of the language where I was going.

The book is laid out in an amazingly easy to work format. It is very small but everything is there for quickly pointing to and explaining. Where I live in the US we have a large hispanic community and I am only learning spanish so I am actually using this book right here in the US. :-) IT is so small it fits right in the bottom of my pack.

Why didn't someone think of this sooner? Point to the pictures, or combinations of pictures and the world is yours. We have found it helpful when traveling, and have given it to foreign visitors as well.