Minutka: The Bilingual Dog (Chinese + Pinyin-English)

by Anna Mycek-Wodecki

With beautifully expressive, witty illustrations and an appealing contemporary design, this book shows kids how much fun it is to be bilingual by introducing them to a teeny-tiny dog who is fluent in English and Chinese--and even dreams in both languages. Anyone who has ever known and loved a pet will instantly recognize Minutka's favorite activities: she shakes paw, snatches socks, runs in circles, and has fun around the house and garden with her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840595078
• ISBN13: 9781840595079
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Milet Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to another language

The copy of Minutka: The Bilingual Dog and Friends (Polish-English) (Minutka series) that I have is the English-Chinese version. The cute story is in English and Chinese with a pronunciation guide under the Chinese symbols. The story is cute and the pictures are adorable. It is a great way to introduce a child to a new language.

Very lovely and enjoyable story

We read it all over again and again with my daughter. She is almost 8 years old, she enjoyed the graphics - simple and funny and the text - sweet, funny but with common sense. Each page contains a picture and a sentence from a life of small doggy, both in Polish and in English. It has very elegant but simple graphics, nice pictures. It may be given as a present for somebody dear to your heart, especially if this person has Polish-American or Polish-English roots. Although this book is recommended for children 4-8, I think, everybody, children and adults may enjoy it very much.

Minutka is adorable!!

What a sweet little dog and a funny little story. Minutka is the bilingual pooch who tells the story of himself, his house and his friends in both English and Polish. (My favorite friend is Kot, the cat next door!) The illustrations are just so sweet. I hope the next book out is Minuto, the Italian bilingual dog.