The power of books is not to be underestimated.
The right book can draw in a distracted child’s attention, it can calm down a fussy, upset kid, it can launch children into their own imaginative play that could last much longer than it takes to read the story.
A book can give words to something a child has never expressed before.
A book can open up a new world of foreign language for the eager listener in the hands of a nurturing native speaker!
Here’s more than fifty fantastic books that will work in just about any second language context/culture AND are captivating to almost every child.
These are chosen based on these five guidelines: (read that whole blog post here) simplicity, repetition, relevance to child and language, and engaging. Then we’ve sorted them into several categories to help you narrow down which one will be perfect for your next language session.
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