Ve lo que dices / See What You Say (Spanish Bilingual Edition) by Nancy Maria Grande Tabor - ISBN: 9781570913761
Paperback
Demonstrates the different ways people look at the same situations by presenting contrasting idiomatic expressions in both English and Spanish. Example: Someone important is a “big wheel” in English but a “fat fish” in Spanish.

Ve lo que dices / See What You Say (Spanish Bilingual Edition)

  • Paperback

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2014

Summary

In this entertaining, bilingual exploration of language, children are introduced to a second language and get a glimpse of another culture. VE LO QUE DICES/SEE WHAT YOU SAY explores the ways two different cultures view their own languages through familiar idioms. Sometimes the words we use have a different meaning from what we say. For instance, if a person becomes hasty and does things out of order, in English we say he has put the cart before the horse. In Spanish he is starting to build th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781570913761
ISBN-10:1570913765
Author:Nancy Maria Grande Tabor
Publisher:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Imprint:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:1 January 2014
Weight:132g
Dimensions:254mm x 203mm x 3mm
Series:Charlesbridge Bilingual Books
Audience Age:6-9
About The Author

Nancy Maria Grande Tabor

Nancy Maria Grande Tabor is the author of several bilingual books for Charlesbridge, including EL GUSTO DEL MERCADO MEXICANO/A TASTE OF THE MEXICAN MARKET, SOMOS UN ARCOS IRIS/WE ARE A RAINBOW, CINCUENTA EN LA CEBRA/FIFTY ON THE ZEBRA, and ALBERTINA ANDA ARRIBA/ALBERTINA GOES UP. Nancy is a bilingual teacher in Sonoma, California. She often speaks at schools, libraries, and conferences to emphasize the need for language-rich books in Spanish. She stresses the importance of understanding other cultures and the reflection of culture through literature in both her presentations and her books.

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