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Best Children's Japanese Language Books

My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book of Japanese Language and Culture
My First Book of Japanese Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Japanese language and culture through everyday words. "Join Kenji and his friends as they introduce us to words such as Futon, onigiri (a yummy rice ball treat) and sensei." "Such a sweet book that introduces a kid-friendly Japanese word for every letter of the alphabet, in rhyming prose. All four of my kids (aged 3, 6, 7, and 9 years old) love the illustrations and text in this ABC rhyming book!" "I've always had an interest in learning about people and cultures, so I've collected an assortment of "My First Word" books in a variety of languages. At first glance, the choice of going through the English alphabet to present words in Japanese seems odd, but really it's brilliant.
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"A lovely ABC book with gorgeous illustrations."
"Growing up Japanese I never wondered if I can find a Japanese word for every letter of the English Alphabet-- and there are some letters that have no Japanese words for."
"This is like other books, read, study, memorize...not enough time."
"Almost 2 year old loves it."
"It was not exactly what we were expecting but the story is good and it was our fault for not looking through with the look inside choice on Amazon."
"My toddler is not interested in this book yet but hopefully when older it will be appreciated."
"With help from their mother, our grandchildren really enjoyed learning Japanese words via this book."
"sweet illustrations, simple words with the kanji accompanying it."
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Am I small? Watashi, chisai?: Children's Picture Book English-Japanese (Bilingual Edition) (English and Japanese Edition)
“Am I small?” - Tamia is not sure and keeps asking various animals that she meets on her journey. Eventually she finds the surprising answer... My son spent a lot of time just studying every colorful page. Most importantly, it sends a good message about how being unique and different is good. Tags: Bilingual Children's Books, Bilingual Books, Emergent Bilingual, Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Learning, ESL, English as a Second Language, ESL for Children, ESL for Kids, ESL Teaching Materials, EFL, English as a Foreign Language, EFL Books, EFL for Children, ELL, English Language Learner, EAL, English as an Additional Language, Children's Picture Book, Dual Language, Foreign Language Study, ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages. "For children who enjoy lingering over pages full of magical creatures and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures."
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"The repetition was really helpful."
"The illustrations are lovely I had a wonderful time enjoying the few minutes of this simple story mainly because of the nice artwork."
"It has a positive message at the end and I'll enjoy using this book to teach myself and my son Japanese."
"This book is so cute and has great illustrations!"
"Adorable book and illustrations."
"My baby girl loves me reading this to her over and over."
"I can still read the book but I'm not happy that it will not lay flat on it's own."
"Cute story, great translation."
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Let's Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary
Created by leading educators, these colorful, large-size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide.
Reviews
"Also, an introduction of how to say the basic Japanese sounds would be helpful to those just starting out learning Japanese, especially how to say vowels with the bar over them (they are not English long vowels!). This book is best for those learners who have knowledge of the Japanese "alphabet" and its sounds, and helpful to have some basic knowledge of where the accents generally go (although not easy to figure)."
"in the grocery photo, there are some chubby white kids eating sweets and looking very unkempt. The same with the restaurant page where the little (assuming American) kids are making a huge mess, playing under the table, the dad is pouring ketchup all over his food... but the other families are all sitting nicely."
"Well done and in the perfect format for kids - reminded me of those Richard Scarry books where they have a scene with 50 things going on at once, and then a picture of each item off to the side with words under it."
"My husband loved it."
"Part of series for different languages, this book packs in a lot of words--but the illustrations are all non-Asian."
"This is a fun little book for helping learn Japanese."
"It's quite obvious the editors and even the writers did not speak Japanese and used something similar to google translate for the words within the book! Under the verb "to sleep" the English equivalent to the word they provide is "to lie dead/to lay in repose/to be dormant" instead of the verb "to sleep" which is another verb you learn at the basic level. Instead I would recommend anyone interested in a book like this buy "The Usborne First Thousand Words in Japanese" book."
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Best Children's ESL Books

Am I small? Je suis petite, moi ?: Children's Picture Book English-French (Bilingual Edition) (English and French Edition)
Eventually she finds the surprising answer... « Je suis petite, moi ? » Perplexe, Tamia se met en route à travers un monde fabuleux et coloré pour aller poser sa question. Émerveillée, elle y croise des collectionneurs d’arcs-en-ciel et des attrape-cœurs avant de finir par trouver une réponse étonnante... My son spent a lot of time just studying every colorful page. Tags: Bilingual Children's Books, Bilingual Books, Emergent Bilingual, Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Learning, ESL, English as a Second Language, ESL for Children, ESL for Kids, ESL Teaching Materials, EFL, English as a Foreign Language, EFL Books, EFL for Children, ELL, English Language Learner, EAL, English as an Additional Language, Children's Picture Book, Dual Language, Foreign Language Study, ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages. "for children who enjoy lingering over pages full of magical creatures and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures." " readers will emerge from this book feeling slightly more confident about themselves--whatever their size."
Reviews
"Vibrant!"
"Cute, simple and short."
"The two languages could have been presented in different font colors or significantly different styles."
"I love this book, it allows French into a toddler's life in a way that can be repeated ( by the verbal ones) and my two year old grand daughter knows half the lines by heart now!"
"The pictures are very colorful and there are lots of interesting things to look at."
"Story is adorable!"
"The pictures are so vivid and comes with englich translation under french text."
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Best Children's Chinese Language Books

Tuttle Chinese for Kids Flash Cards Kit Vol 1 Simplified Ed: Simplified Characters [Includes 64 Flash Cards, Audio CD, Wall Chart & Learning Guide] (Tuttle Flash Cards) (v. 1)
The Tuttle Chinese for Kids Flash Cards (Simplified Character Edition) kit is an introductory Chinese language learning tool specially designed to help children from preschool through early elementary level acquire necessary words, Chinese characters, phrases, and sentences in Chinese in a fun and easy way. Also included in this kit is an audio CD which provides native pronunciation of the words, and sample sentences for practice—sentences that children would use in everyday life. "A visual learning tool with audio support.
Reviews
"In a little over a month, both my four year old son and my 6 year old daughter have learned to recognize and say (in Mandarin) everything on the cards."
"These flash cards are great for teaching children chinese."
"I love that the cd has nursery rhymes on it in addition to the vocabulary, it really helps keep learning fun in the car."
"I have these flash cards with me everywhere!"
"Nicely printed, double size cards (compared to poker playing cards), the poster also has a good size which does not require the kinds to put their nose in front of it to read it."
"I really liked these flash cards for kids and for adults."
"Only minus is that current parents don't have CD players."
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Best Children's Korean Language Books

My First Book of Korean Words: An ABC Rhyming Book of Korean Language and Culture
My First Book of Korean Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Korean language and culture through everyday words. "Perfect for early language introduction, this hardcover book used the English alphabet to introduce Korean words to youngsters. There are cognitive benefits, such as greater neural activity and denser tissue in the brain area related to memory, attention, and language. "Open up any one of these books and you'll see beautiful illustrations depicting the target culture, a fun and memorable rhyme, the foreign vocab in Roman letters, as well as in their native script." "These books are really sweetly illustrated and focus on teaching the basic sounds and written characters of the chosen language."
Reviews
"This is a very pretty book."
"Super cute and pretty accurate."
"I think the words they picked are a little weak."
"Very adorable!"
"the illustrations are very nice and it's a very cute way of adding some new korean vocabulary."
"I'm half korean and half Italian and secretly love this book for me."
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Best Children's German Language Books

Grimms' Fairy Tales: Dual Language: (German-English)
The tales have formed the basis for children's tales in the Western world ever since.
Reviews
"A beautiful book especially for the price."
"This cloth hardcover volume is 8.1 x 10.1 INCHES, 320 PAGES, with 27 STORIES (versus the flexcover 5.4 x 7.7 INCHES, 192 PAGES, 14 STORIES The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm that, at roughly 1/3rd the price and practically identical-looking in online images, people mistake for being the same!)."
"There were so many positive reviews for the Calla Edition that I began feeling swayed but ultimately I went ahead with purchasing this edition because it is the complete works of Grimms Fairy Tales whereas the Calla Edition is not the complete works."
"The darker tones in the story lines make it more fun for adults to read, and I have to say after so many years of reading fairy tales that some of the dark twists in the stories surprised me, but it was nice to read the stories and not know what was going to happen because the story was much different!"
"The daughter grew up in a life of wealth and privilege which Cummings could not have provided. Years later, after a heads up from a friend, Cummings arranged to run into his full grown daughter in New York."
"Wow is this a nice looking book! I always hate when these manufactures make a nice looking book and then ruin it with a big ugly barcode on the back."
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Best Children's Italian Language Books

Am I small? Io sono piccola?: Children's Picture Book English-Italian (Bilingual Edition) (English and Italian Edition)
Eventually she finds the surprising answer... “Io sono piccola?” – Tamia non ne è sicura e continua a chiederlo ai diversi animali che incontra per la strada. E alla fine, scopre la sorprendente risposta…. My son spent a lot of time just studying every colorful page. Most importantly, it sends a good message about how being unique and different is good. Tags: Bilingual Children's Books, Bilingual Books, Emergent Bilingual, Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Learning, ESL, English as a Second Language, ESL for Children, ESL for Kids, ESL Teaching Materials, EFL, English as a Foreign Language, EFL Books, EFL for Children, ELL, English Language Learner, EAL, English as an Additional Language, Children's Picture Book, Dual Language, Foreign Language Study, ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages. "For children who enjoy lingering over pages full of magical creatures and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures."
Reviews
"This book is very basic, and focused pretty much exclusively on 'size' words, but overall it's a great bilingual book for children or learning adults."
"I'm new to Italy and trying to learn along with my two year old."
"Darling book to help one understand differences in size."
"This is a cute children's book and the story is fun."
"A fun little book to practice Italian."
"This book helps the children with a difficult concept- all about perspective as well as introducing the concept in Italian."
"My 2 year old loves when myself or my husband read this book to her."
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Best Children's Russian Language Books

Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order
This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. ..."this dictionary can function as a useful yardstick by which they can guage their development and 'fill in' gaps in their basic wordstock.
Reviews
"While those things are fine, if your goal is to quickly increase your Russian vocabulary, then it just makes sense to use this book. Standard Russian/English dictionaries are a must for any learner's bookshelf but if you add this book too, then you'll master the vocabulary much faster and easier."
"These are words which you will encounter over and over again so it is very worthwhile to make a point of familiarizing yourself with them. Of course, this text, since it is based on written materials, does not really do justice to the spoken language however, for what it proposes to do, it admirably succeeds in its goal of providing a frequency list of the most commonly used 10,000 words in the educated, general language."
"However, for the time it has saved me in searching out the most frequent words in any sort of structure, I believe for me the price is acceptable."
"Great, never seen a book like this before."
"If you want to quickly expand your Russian vocabulary in the most logical and useful way, this is the book to buy."
"The book is sold as is, but I have actually had my Russian friends read the words and the examples aloud while I record their native pronunciation onto digital audio files. I hope that the next edition will be sold with a CD or MP3 files to accompany the product."
"This dictionary is immensly helpful in learning new vocabulary."
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Best Children's Spanish Books

First 100 Words Bilingual: Primeras 100 palabras - Spanish-English Bilingual (Spanish Edition)
This must-have for little learners is the ideal tool for teaching new words in both English and Spanish. Roger lives in London with his wife and four children, who have been the inspiration behind many of his best publishing ideas.
Reviews
"Bigger than I would have liked for a board book but still great."
"Some of the words are used twice making it a cop out, and the words used could be difficult for a child to grasp."
"It is a good book to show and read to your kid to teach them words."
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"Great book to learn every day words in Spanish."
"Love this book, it's great for my husband to learn Spanish with our baby!"
"Good : colorful, lots of words, big pictures, well translated. Bad : some words are almost phrases when translated to Spanish."
"This would've been an excellent bilingual book but it has so many typos."
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Best Children's French Books

Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)
These affordable and beautiful editions are sure to delight an entire new generation of readers, students, children, and adults for whom Saint-Exupéry's story will open the door to a new understanding of life. His writings include The Little Prince , Wind, Sand and Stars , Night Flight , Southern Mail , and Airman's Odyssey .
Reviews
"I was in Lyon, France in September where Saint Exupery was born, in a park with a statute of him."
"The translation sounds good to me (but I'm French not Hispanic) and my version has great drawings unlike other reviewers' version..."
"Lo unico que, obvio la version Kindle no tiene imagenes."
"Bellísima historia!"
"This book was written before 1943, all their concepts are valid at this date 2017, and forever."
"It doesn't outright ask these questions or provide answers to them but broaches the thoughts in such a way that invites you think about it for years to come."
"Through its pages it speaks of love, friendship and happiness, it speaks of values that we loose when cast them aside when we reach adulthood."
"Of course it gets 5 stars, such an amazing little tale."
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