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Curious minds will love the playful, brightly colored collages and multilingual exploration of ocean animals and their names from around the world. This beautiful board book pairs gorgeous collages of eighteen types of ocean animals with their names across the six most popular languages worldwide: English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Chinese (Mandarin), and Arabic, as well as the language of universal friendship, Esperanto.
About the author
Motomitsu Maehara is a Japanese artist, children's book author, and musician based in Paris, France.
Summary
Age range 0 to 3 Fish. Poisson. Pez. In this delightful board book, explore words of the world and learn the names of a variety of colourful ocean animals in the six most widely spoken languages.
Foreword
Galleys available (physical and Edelweiss DRC); national print campaign, including Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal; online and social media campaigns with book reviewers, educator, art, and parenting blogs/media outreach, nature and sea animal media; bookseller and librarian outreach and special promotions; ABA’s Advance Access Program; Artist in the Studio video; social media marketing; includes an online activity kit for bookstores, libraries, and parents with art extension activities for kids; awards submissions; featured title at National Association for the Education of Young Children, American Montessori Society conferences, and more
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“Lovely and informative.” —Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production
A Fuse #8 Production / School Library Journal “2021 Board Books” Featured Series
“Stunning new series...each book features not one but six languages, taking a new generation of readers one step closer to inclusion and representation in the books they consume.” —Let's Talk Picture Books
“Best Children’s Books of 2021” ―Red Tricycle
“Attractive paper collages…cut and layered to create arresting images. Lovely.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A board book series that shows an animal, or plant, and then how to say it in seven different languages. Each book has the same languages, which are color coded on the back so you can easily identify, and those languages that use characters, there is a pronunciation underneath.” —Storymamas
