What Am I?: A Let's Learn Spanish Book

by Diane de Anda, Sara Sanchez (Illustrator)

Overview

What Am I?, a Let’s Learn Spanish lift-the-flap book, introduces little ones to the Spanish words for things that go.

Clickity clack, clickity clack.
What’s that racing down the track.
It takes us far, then home again.
“ALL ABOARD!” Come ride the

tren (train).

Introducing a creative way to learn first words in Spanish, What Am I? uses the power of rhyme and lift-the-flaps to teach basic transportation names.

Perfect for young readers and families looking for a gentle introduction into a new language, What Am I? focuses on everyday vehicles in the second book in the Let’s Learn Spanish series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534426689
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	1 - 5 Years

About the Author

Diane de Anda, a third generation Latina, is a retired professor in the Department of Social Welfare at UCLA and the author of several children’s books featuring Latino families.

Sara Sanchez has always drawn everything around her and went to art school when she grew up. She currently lives in Madrid, Spain.

Editorial Reviews

2020-01-21
With rhyming text and flaps to lift, little ones are introduced to six Spanish words related to things that go.

Each double-page spread introduces a vehicle, six in all: tren (train); camión (truck); carro (car); barco (boat); avión (airplane); and metro (subway). The left-hand page gives the clues: “CLICKETY-CLACK, / CLICKETY- CLACK. / You hear it racing / down the track. / It takes you far, / then home again.” The recto has a flap with: “ALL ABOARD! / Come ride the,” and when little hands lift the flap they will find that (hopefully) yes! They were right: It’s a train. The trick here is that the word is presented in Spanish—“tren”—and is then defined underneath in smaller print: “Tren means train.” The other five words are presented in the same manner. The cartoon illustrations in the margins around the stanza on verso also give clues about the hidden vehicle, such as tracks and a whistle for the train, or a rear-view mirror, a steering wheel, and traffic lights for the car. The last spread presents the six vehicles with their names and a pronunciation guide. Non–Spanish-speaking adults should be aware that not all Spanish speakers refer to these vehicles by the same names, though all of the words here are correct.

A simple and entertaining Spanish word-builder for English-speaking youngsters. (Board book. 1-3)

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