By: Manjula Padmanabhan
This book would be great to use for elementary and middle classroom, either as a read aloud in an elementary class, alone, or in small groups in middle. The book takes you through different types of languages with the same question on every page, I am different can you find me? The illustrations looked like they were done with mixed media. What was nice about the illustrated pages is that there is one thing you have to look for in the pages that is different. Which kind of gives the book two purposes.
The best part about the book is that at the bottom it gives a short paragraph about the language, where the language is from, how many people speak it, and what are some words we as Americans would recognize from our own language. Everyone will enjoy trying to speak in different languages, and learn about different cultures as well.
Thanks for inroducing me to this book. I can't wait to use it with my own children, as well as with my 8th graders.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really fun book to read. The pronunciation of each phrase is given so that students get to practice speaking a new language. It introduces the different styles of writing that exist in other languages, such as Chinese and Hindi characters. American Sign Language is also included. I think the most important part of the book is the information given about each language. Students read about where the language is spoken and are able to relate to words they know that were derived from that language. The beauty of the book is that it can be read at almost any grade level.
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