Books in English series

Everybody into the water! From one to ten, and from diez to uno, counting is featured in this swimmy, finny underwater concept book. With opposites, short, long / corto, largo; descriptions, yellow, blue/amarillo, azul; action words swim, dive / nadar, saltar; and rhyme, a lot of language arts fill this lively lake.And it all ends . . . with a splash!Teachers and parents of ESL students will cheer when they discover the ¡Hola, English! series, as will those seeking to expose English-speaking kids to Spanish. Ten Little Fish combines numbers with simple adjectives ("fish above, fish below; seven fish, fast and slow") and simple verbs ("swim and dive fish, here are five fish").

A little girl wants to know: Are you my brown bear?In a series of endearing illustrations, each bear explains why he isn’t quite the one she’s seeking. He might be a white bear (el oso blanco), a black bear (el oso negro), or a bear that’s too hairy, or scary. With rhymes, repetition, adjectives, and a simple, effective question and response dynamic, kids will pick up a plethora of language as they turn the pages, eager to see if the next bear will be the bear. Which is her . . . teddy bear? / ¿osito de peluche?The ¡Hola, English! bilingual books make each story personal, and being personal makes each story interesting to every child. Are You My Brown Bear? uses descriptive adjectives to differentiate between lots of bears ("I am hairy bear. I am scary bear. I am boy bear. I am toy bear.")

Teachers and parents of ESL students will cheer when they discover the ¡Hola, English! series, as will those seeking to expose English-speaking kids to Spanish. Each story in the series contains material that reflects children's daily lives. Sharing their own experiences, kids will build vocabulary, curiosity, imagination, critical thinking, and motivation.In Stop and Go!, "stop" and "go" are illustrated in different situations. In addition, the meanings of "red" and "green" are extended into the wider world.