Free Kindle Minutka: The Bilingual Dog (Italian-English) (Minutka Series) ebooks Download
With beautifully expressive, witty illustrations and an appealing contemporary design, this book shows kids how much fun it is to be bilingual by introducing them to a teeny-tiny dog who is fluent in English and Italian—and even dreams in both languages. Anyone who has ever known and loved a pet will instantly recognize Minutka's favorite activities: she shakes paw, snatches socks, runs in circles, and has fun around the house and garden with her family and friends. Readers don't need to know Italian (or even be children) to be entranced by this lovable dog.
Series: Minutka series
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: Milet Publishing; Bilingual edition (April 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1840595132
ISBN-13: 978-1840595130
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.4 x 6.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,887,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #125 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > Italian #5928 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Dogs #413275 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 3 - 5 years
Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
It's cute, but a bit boring. Drawings are simple and it's all white, black, and grey, which makes it pretty for an adult, but probably a bit more colors would have made it nicer for a kid. I have the Italian-English version and I've found a grammar mistake in the Italian part!
We read it all over again and again with my daughter. She is almost 8 years old, she enjoyed the graphics - simple and funny and the text - sweet, funny but with common sense. Each page contains a picture and a sentence from a life of small doggy, both in Polish and in English. It has very elegant but simple graphics, nice pictures. It may be given as a present for somebody dear to your heart, especially if this person has Polish-American or Polish-English roots.Although this book is recommended for children 4-8, I think, everybody, children and adults may enjoy it very much.
What a sweet little dog and a funny little story. Minutka is the bilingual pooch who tells the story of himself, his house and his friends in both English and Polish. (My favorite friend is Kot, the cat next door!)The illustrations are just so sweet. I hope the next book out is Minuto, the Italian bilingual dog.
I am not impressed by this book. It is quite simply boring. No interesting pictures, no colors (it is all printed in black/white/gray), hardly any storyline. This book would be the awkward guy at the party who bores you with uninteresting details about himself until you can find a way to excuse yourself. I think my daughter would find an Italian 101 text more interesting than this book. I would recommend Elmer the Patchwork Elephant books as Italian-English bilingual books for kids instead. I ordered a few of those and am pleased with the quality.
The copy of Minutka: The Bilingual Dog and Friends (Polish-English) (Minutka series) that I have is the English-Chinese version. The cute story is in English and Chinese with a pronunciation guide under the Chinese symbols. The story is cute and the pictures are adorable. It is a great way to introduce a child to a new language.
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