Bosley Builds a Tree House - Portuguese-English by Tim Johnson
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Bosley Builds a Tree House - Portuguese-English by Tim Johnson is a story that emphasizes teamwork with cartoonish images on one page and text on the other. Each page of text includes English and Portuguese, with highlighted vocabulary words. The corresponding vocabulary words in English are highlighted in Portuguese as well. On certain pages, there are vocabulary words to teach readers the Portuguese names for the animals in the book, such as rabbit and coelho.
Although the images are the right kind for children, these books are for older readers interested in learning a language or for parents interested in teaching their younger children another language. As a Portuguese descendent with little to no experience in the written language, it would be difficult to speak the Portuguese translations without consulting another source for pronunciation. My daughter's grandfather speaks the language and struggled with the translated text, as his experience with the words he knows instinctively sometimes did not match up with how the words were written on the page. Bosley Builds a Tree House - Portuguese-English by Tim Johnson doesn't really work with native English speakers because of the lack of pronunciation key, but it could work as an audio book or with help from a native speaker.
About the Author:
Tim Johnson is an author in a variety of fields, most notably dual-language children's illustrated picture books and martial arts non-fiction.
Tim discovered the power of bilingual books while visiting Japan as a teenager. In 2011 he published his first dual language children's book in 7 different foreign languages as a tool for increasing cultural awareness and gaining new perspectives. Bosley Bear has since become popular among U.S. and international readers, providing a fantastic way for children to learn a second language in a fun, easy and natural way.
26th book for 2014 New Author Challenge.