This attractive paperback book-and-audiocassette combination is a new title in Barron's "I Can Read" series. They introduce a second language to children of pre-school and early school age. An appealing story comes with full- color illustrations on every page, accompanied by simple text in two languages. The tapes repeat the books' bilingual texts so kids can hear the actual sounds of spoken French and English.
Monkey is hungry, but he can't find his banana. Some fearsome jungle creatures offer him tasty alternatives, but Monkey isn't convinced of their generosity. Illustrated in color and written in both English and French, this book also contains a short bilingual picture dictionary and pronunciation guide.
"Joshua Jones" is a character-based series written to coincide with a BBC TV programme of the same name. Each of the stories highlights recent interest in the Green movement and is aimed at helping children to foster respect for the environment.