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A tender collection of endearments for children the world over. All over the world, people express their love for their children through endearments, such as “sweetie pie” or “peanut.” A child might be called little angel, angelito, in Spanish or precious, bao bei, in Chinese or my sweet little moon, mera chanda, in Hindi.Little Treasures offers a wealth of endearments in fourteen languages to share with your own beloved poppet and petit chou.
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; 17330th edition (January 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0547428626
ISBN-13: 978-0547428628
Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.4 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 4 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
I'd like to begin by saying how much I love the illustrations! They're colorful sketches that capture the feel of each language/region in a way that's more authentic then what one would see in a Disney book.For each endearment, you're given the English word(s), the term or phrase in the foreign language, and the pronunciation. Very helpful if you want to use the endearment with your own little HA-li-pu-pu (Hug Bunny).
This is a great starter book for introducing other cultures and languages to preschoolers. It is simple and the illustrations are interesting. Teaching younger kids about love and affection across cultures while introducing tidbits of language and tradition is a great mix. We also did an activity of writing down what mommy and daddy call you out of affection and illustrating it.
This book is so sweet. I read it to my ESL (English as a Second Language) class the other day, and they loved it. They kept looking for their languages and were intrigued by all the names used in the different cultures. I'm so glad to find this book and add it to my classroom library.
My children (ages 3 and 8) love this book! It's exactly as we expected, a multicultural collection, that shares how children are loved through sweet terms of endearment around the world. They really enjoyed the artwork and love learning funny names in many languages. There were a few that induced extra giggly moments, like "ma puce (mah-POOss)", meaning "my flea" in French or how in the Ethopia, they say "yeinay filikliklik (YEN-ay Fa-lik-lik)", meaning "my bubble of joy." I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in sharing how other culture's love their families, too!
I think I've read this book every night for a month . . . or since I gave the book to my daughter for Valentine's Day. Creative and fun!
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