Pepita talks twice =: Pepita habla dos veces

by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

Book Overview

Pepita, a little girl who can converse in Spanish and English, decides not to speak twice until unanticipated problems cause her to think twice about her decision. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439131456
• ISBN13: 9780439131452
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: SCHOLASTIC
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful book

This book looks at what it is like to be bilingual from the child's perspective. We hear too much about immigration issues and we sometimes forget what it is like for the child- legal or illegal. Wonderful story that I plan to usewith my students at the start of the new year.

Clearly, the best side-by-side children's bookLATimes 1/98

"Los Angeles Times 1/1/98 Bookshelf for young readers by Kevin Baxter Clearly, the best side-by-side children's book I've run across is Ofelia Dumas Lachtman's Pepita Talks Twice. Beautifully illustrated, the story shows how bilingual skills allow children to move seamlessly from one culture to another, experiencing the best of both as they go