books

Since we started Bilingual Readers in 2009 we have strived to publish original, high quality bilingual books for children. Up until now most of the books we’ve published at Bilingual Readers have been more geared toward younger children, but over the past two years we’ve had many requests from parents for books that would help older children and adults improve their language skills through reading. We agree that there is a need for bilingual books for older children and adults, which is why we’re thrilled to announce the recent publication of a new collection of classic bilingual books for readers aged 10 and up! Each book in the new Bilingual Classics collection includes the full bilingual text of a classic work of literature, as well as exercises and activities to reinforce vocabulary and sentence structures. You’ll also notice the gorgeous cover designs by designer/illustrator Mar Blanco. She’s an up and coming illustrator who we hope to work with on many projects in the future.

Last week we released the first two books in this collection, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow/La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow and The Canterville Ghost/El fantasma de Canterville. Each book contains the full text in the original English alongside the Spanish translation of the text, with highlighted vocabulary words and expressions. Games and activities at the end of the book help readers practice new vocabulary and sentence structures, and mp3 audio files of the original English text can be downloaded for free from our website.

Click here for more information on how you can buy these fantastic new books!

With all the craziness surrounding the Madrid book fair, we have somehow waited entirely too long to announce the publication of two gorgeous new books by Javier Muñoz. So with no further ado, we are thrilled to introduce you to the two newest books our Cuentos del mundo collection. In Aprende inglés con los cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen and Aprende inglés con los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm, fabulous illustrator Javier Muñoz brings new life to some of the most treasured classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Our bilingual adaptations of these favorite tales are sure to keep readers of all ages entertained, and like the other books in this collection, we’ve also included exercises to practice the vocabulary highlighted in each story. Check out these images from both books:

The Princess and the Pea / La princesa y el guisante (Aprende inglés con los cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen)

Hansel and Gretel / Hansel y Gretel (Aprende inglés con los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm)

As always, both books can be purchased either at our on-line shop or in bookshops and specialty shops throughout Spain.

• Teaches English and Spanish through bilingual stories.
• 25 pages of English language exercises at the end of the book help language learners reinforce what they learn from each story.
• Appropriate for all ages.
• A fun, new language learning “method”.
• Fourth volume in a collection of bilingual stories.

How to Buy
Spain	US & Canada
You can also visit our online shop.	Not yet available.

• Teaches English and Spanish through bilingual stories.
• 25 pages of English language exercises at the end of the book help language learners reinforce what they learn from each story.
• Appropriate for all ages.
• A fun, new language learning “method”.
• Third volume in a collection of bilingual stories.

How to Buy
Spain	US & Canada
You can also visit our online shop.	Not yet available.

This Christmas we’ll be introducing you to our latest book: Fungi: Salón de belleza/Fungi Beauty Salon. This is our first bilingual flip-book, which allows you to read the book in one language first and then flip the book over to read the entire text again in the other language (available in English/Spanish and English/Catalan). This is first title in the Fungi collection, based on the adorable characters in a new international television series, which is currently in production.

Each book in the Fungi collection teaches children fun scientific facts and real life experiments they can try at home. Learning languages has never been so fun!

Description (You can find all the details here [pdf]):
Title: Beauty Salon/Salón de belleza
Author: Veronica Lassenius
ISBN: 978-84-92968-06-0
Pages: 80 pages
Collection: Fugi
Size: 13 x 21 cm
Specifications: Softcover
Price w/VAT: 9.95 €
6 years and up.

For those of you who missed the presentation of Barbara Zurer Pearson’s book Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe, Barbara will be featured on today’s edition of Madrid Live on Radio Círculo. Tune in to Radio Círculo (100.4 FM) at 6:30 pm (or tomorrow at 9:30 am) to listen in as Ann Bateson interviews our favorite linguist!

As we mentioned a few weeks ago in our post about fall highlights at Bilingual Readers, we have just published our first book for parents, Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe. We decided to publish this book in response to the many questions about childhood bilingualism we receive from parents on a daily basis. We’re confident that this clear cut, down to earth book by Barbara Zurer Pearson, a linguist with over twenty years’ experience in researching childhood bilingualism, will provide our readers with many of the answers they’ve been looking for.

And for those of you who live in Madrid, you’ll even get the chance to personally ask the author anything you like in a couple of weeks! Barbara Zurer Pearson will be spending a few days in Madrid promoting her book, so we’re taking advantage of her stay to have an official presentation for parents and the media. The event is being sponsored by the wonderful people at the Instituto Internacional and will be held in their headquarters on calle Miguel Ángel 8 at 7:30 pm on Wednesday October 6th. This will be an informal workshop-style presentation where readers can truly get to know the author and try to find answers to their specific questions about raising bilingual children. For more information on this event, please call 91 354 6857 or email info@bilingualreaders.com. We hope to see you there!

*Want to tell a friend about the presentation of Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe? Click here to download the pdf version of the invitation. The more the merrier!

As we already hinted at in a previous post, we’ve been busy working on several new projects which will finally see the light of day over the next few months. Here are just a few highlights to get you started:

Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe: During our first year at Bilingual Readers we’ve had the opportunity to meet bilingual families from all over the world. Many of these families come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but many of them had very similar questions about childhood bilingualism and what’s the best way to create a bilingual home. We’d been toying with the idea of starting a parenting collection at Bilingual Readers for a while now, so we thought the first book in this collection should be focussed on addressing the specific needs of parents of bilingual children. We’re very excited to present our first title in this new collection, Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe. We’re confident that this clear cut, down to earth book by Barbara Zurer Pearson, a linguist with over twenty years’ experience in researching childhood bilingualism, will provide our readers with many of the answers they’ve been looking for. Official publication date is September 14th, but you can get your copy now at our on-line store.

Fungi: We’re thrilled about this new series of reversible bilingual flip books for children ages 6 and up! This new series follows their daily comings and goings of a community of neighbors living under a fungus farm through the adventures, games and fantasies of two young friends: Frida and Max. Each book in this collection is based on a new animated children’s program called Fungi, which will be appearing worldwide over the course of 2011. In addition to teaching vocabulary in Spanish and English, these books also teach scientific facts and include simple, fun activities that kids can do at home. Not to mention the ridiculously cool design. The first title in this series, Fungi Beauty Salon / Salón de belleza Fungi, will be published in October.

Marina and the Little Green Boy: At School: The little green boy is back for a new adventure! After much protesting, the little green boy has finally convinced Marina’s parents to let him go to school with Marina. But is school ready for the little green boy? There are lots of surprises in store for readers in our favorite book yet in this adorable series.

Marina and the Little Green Boy Interactive E-book: This fall Marina and the Little Green Boy will be making their way into the hearts of iPhone, iPad and iPodTouch owners around the world! You can now download an interactive edition of this book from the iTunes Store.

Now that you’ve gotten a small taste of what’s in store this fall, we hope you’ll come back and visit us often for more details!

Consigue que tu hijo sea bilingüe

• A complete step by step guide for parents who want to raise bilingual children.
• Provides solid scientific arguments about the benefits of raising bilingual children.
• Practical advice about how to to integrate two (or more) languages in your child’s day to day activity.
• Straight forward, down to earth style.
• Testimonies from bilingual parents and children.
• Debunks myths about childhood bilingualism.
• Explains how learning two languages from a young age can help your child’s intellectual and emotional development.
• Winner of the Disney iParenting award.

How to Buy
Spain	US & Canada
You can also visit our online shop.