Product Description

Jump start your kids’ education in French

Award-winning language-learning innovator Ana Lomba transforms “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” into a way to introduce kids ages two to seven to French. It includes vivid illustrations, a mini “pictionary,” and frequent dialogs that model everyday communication. Accompanying the book is a 45-minute audio CD that features a lively reading of the story, in French and English, helpful pronunciation basics, and fun games and activities.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265834 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-13
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 48 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780071461672
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover

A bilingual storybook? The better to learn French with!

Now story time is an opportunity to teach French to children aged 2 to 7--and you don't even have to know the language yourself! It's simple with McGraw-Hill's Easy French Storybook: Little Red Riding Hood.

This book presents the classic fairy tale side-by-side in French and English. The story of the little girl and the big bad wolf is vibrantly illustrated, allowing children to connect the meanings of words to pictures, reinforcing their comprehension of French vocabulary.

Don't worry about pronunciation--the accompanying CD does that for you! It presents an engaging reading of Little Red Riding Hood in both English and French that will entertain kids while they hear correct French pronunciation. You can read along with the narration or learn along with your kids!

The audio program also includes:

• A mini picture dictionary with key vocabulary words that can be used as an introduction to the French text or as a review after "The End"
• Everyday phrases integrated into the story
• Helpful pronunciation basics

Teaching children French has never been so enjoyable for kids--or so easy for you!

About the Author

Ana Lomba is the founder and director of Sueños de Colores LLC, a company offering language-learning instruction and resources for parents and teachers of young children. A native of Madrid, Spain, Ana currently lives with her husband and three children in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Customer Reviews

An Excellent Bilingual Book with CD
One of the best purchases I've made and I have made several of bilingual books! and other materials for the learning of French for toddlers and young children. The quality of the book and translation, as well as the CD, are exceptional. The reader on the CD speaks beautiful fluid French. The enunciation is so clear. The illustrations in the book are fun and colourful and attract the young child's attention. Ana Lomba's products are of excellent quality and I would HIGHLY recommend all of them to anyone who wants to expose their children to a foreign language.

Great Value
I agree with the positive comments made by other reviewers. My whole family enjoys this rendition, and the story is presented in a manner that reinforces structure through repetition (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge marchait lentement, tres lentement... 'Une fleur rouge! Qu'elle est jolie!'). Even my 5-year old daughter enjoys calling out key lines at appropriate times ('Allez, ouste!'). Someone in my household wants to hear it almost every day, so that I have it almost completely memorized.

And the CD that accompanies the book includes not only a recording of the entire story, but also individual recordings of the various parts in the event you wish to actually present the story as a play.

It's a very fun and non-threatening way to get your feet wet in French, or just keep active in language learning. Good quality, cheap price.

Goes great with Flip Flop French
I got a start on French with Flip Flop French: Ages 3-5: Level 1, and then purchsed this story book - what a great pair! After getting a foundation in basic pronunciation, I think the kids enjoyed it ht much more. What a fun way to learn and reinforce vocabulary! My children are all five and under, and they all enjoyed this.