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Great way to make connections between languages

5 star rating

reading non-fiction, avid reader, Reading to & with children, reading children's books, Teaching elementary children
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    easy to read, simple story, easy to follow, Spanish to English on same page, Colorful, entertaining


JAN
6
2009

P. D. Eastman - Perro Grande...Perro Pequeno/ Big Dog...Little Dog: Un Cuento De Las Buenas Noches/ A Bedtime Story — 

Perro Grande...Perro Pequeño aka Big Dog...Little Dog by P.D. Eastman is a Spanish to English story.  It is a paperback in full color with story and illustrations by Eastman.

Fred and Ted are the Big dog and Little dog of the title.  Each page compares the two friends Fred and Ted.  The story is written in simple but complete sentences allowing the reader to see sentence structure and correct verb, noun, adjective usage of both languages.

It's a simple but cute story that takes you on the journey of the lives of Fred (Perro Grande) and Ted (Perro Pequeño).  You start off with their size comparisons, and travel through things like money, weather, instruments, food, houses, cars, and winter sports.  You learn about locations, rooms, and things that make the friends different, as well as problems big and small for these two, but in the end, they are friends, and friends work out their differences and find ways to work together to help one another. :)

This is an entertaining story that is easy to follow.  It is a big help in learning Spanish that takes things in small terms for the young learner. :)

As the child reads the story over and over s/he will pick up new words in another language, just like s/he did when s/he was learning to read for the first time - in an easy way that just feels right.

I picked-up my copy at Amazon.  It comes from Amazon, so it's included in their Free shipping (you need to choose standard shipping if you are not prime, but Amazon is always pretty quick anyway).

Last edited on Jan 06, 2009



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LoveisJoy wrote on Jan 7, 2009 at 7:41PM

My grandson loves PD Eastman's book, Go Dogs, Go. I should put this on my list for him as well. :)

VixenViewTreasures wrote on Jan 7, 2009 at 4:56AM

In response to GigiandAdonai's comment from Jan 6, 2009 at 12:15PM:

LOL, I didn't think of that - you always have a good comment. Thanks for reading. :)

GigiandAdonai wrote on Jan 6, 2009 at 12:15PM

The dogs look like Hispanic versions of Clifford the big red dog ;+) Nice review! ~Gigi


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