I Want My Banana!. Mary Risk

by Mary Risk

Book Overview

Use the magic of a story to introduce young children to a foreign language in a natural and relaxed way. These 10 stories each introduce little linguists to core vocabulary and key phrases through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905710089
• ISBN13: 9781905710089
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: B Small
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I was skeptical, but it works!

After two years of French, my kid still refuses to speak a word. But she does seem to enjoy reading this in both english and french. I'm not crazy about the artwork, but that's not the point, is it?

Fun, colorful, great for new vocabulary.

I teach French to elementary school children and they loved this book. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. And the story is entertaining enough for them to catch up on new vocabulary. The book itself is excellent quality as well.

The Monkey Shines

Grief . . . comforting friends . . . food . . . threatening enemy . . . victory . . . happiness. What more could you want in a book? Well actually, there is more. You can read it, look at Alex de Wolf's clever pictures, listen to it on tape, and learn French -- all at the same time. Mary Risk, as usual, has not been satisfied just to "feed" the reader French - she has created an engaging story that my 4-year-old listens to and "reads" over and over.

A wonderful book

What a great way to learn another language! My son loves the pictures, and we tirelessly read it over and over again in both French and English. The pronunciation guide is very helpful. I wish they offered this book in several more languages.

Pretty Good.

There are very few french books for children it seems. However, we enjoy this one. It has both english and french (with pronunciation guide in the back of the book). The pictures are amusing. We wish there were more of these books.