Ideal for children encountering multicultural friends at school and
at play, the Bilingual Picture Dictionaries series is a
comfortingly uniform presentation that makes simple language
exchanges fun and easy--well, pretty easy. Each book features 13
spreads that are identical between books: a bathroom, a kitchen, a
farm, a garden, and so forth. The pictures are full bleed and have
the brilliant, bright look of a catalogue. What changes between
volumes, of course, are the words in the information bubbles, each
of which features three lines: the word in English, the word in the
foreign language, and the pronunciation. My First Book of Arabic
Words begins with an intro explaining how Arabic is written right
to left and how certain sounds do not have English equivalents.
Some pronunciations will be surprisingly familiar ("mother" is om),
while others are mind-blowingly different ("kite" is ta'eraa
waraqeya). My First Book of Hindi Words will delight with the
language's squiggly appearance, though some pronunciations are sure
to baffle (PA-nv). My First Book of Italian Words will be the most
familiar to most readers as well as the funnest to say out loud
(pee-JAH-mah). The various Italian words for "the" are explained in
an intro. With its repetitive format, this is not for browsing but
makes for good kindergarten ready reference.-- "Booklist"
This is a bilingual picture dictionary in English and Hindi. The
pictures are very clear and so are the words in both languages. The
pictures are of very common items and there is also a section of
useful phrases as well as numbers. So far, we really like it. It is
fun sitting down with my son and looking through the book with him.
This book is one in a set of 14 other languages. I think it is a
great beginner book and introduction to Hindi for me and my
family.-- "The Picture Book Revivew Blog"
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