The Chariot Race/La carrera de carros

A bilingual fiction title for children who are independent readers. The parallel text, speech bubbles and pictures by different, talented illustrators provide a child-friendly bridge to reading - and speaking - in another language. There is a quiz at the end of each story to help comprehension and revise vocabulary.

About the author

Lynne trained as a primary school teacher before starting to write books for children. Lynne lives in Bath.Tom is the illustrator of The Chariot Race in the Let's Read series published by b small publishing.Rosa is the Coordinator of Modern Language Learning at Queen Mary University as well as being a languages teacher and adviser. For b small publishing, Rosa translated stories from the bilingual I CAN READ and LET'S READ series into Spanish and narrated the audio versions.

Summary

Ali's donkey strays into the arena during a very important chariot race - and wins the race! The parallel text will help you to follow Ali's exciting adventure in Spanish and English! Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance for readers and a quiz to check understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Lynne Benton, Benton Lynne
• Assisted by: Tom Sperling (Illustration), Sperling Tom (Illustration), Rosa Maria Martin (Translation), Rosa María Martín (Translation)
• Publisher: b small publishing limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2009
• EAN: 9781905710874
• ISBN: 978-1-905710-87-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 92 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations, color
• Series: Let's Read; Let's Read in Spanish and English; Let's Read; Let's Read in Spanish and English
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / General, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Designed for home learning, Educational: Languages other than English, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General