Filter By Subjects
English language Orthography and spelling Study and teaching (Primary) English language Phonetics Study and teaching (Primary) English language Study and teaching (Elementary) First day of school Juvenile fiction Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Language and languages Language and languages Fiction Language and languages Juvenile fiction Readers (Primary)Filter By Subjects
English language Orthography and spelling Study and teaching (Primary) English language Phonetics Study and teaching (Primary) English language Study and teaching (Elementary) First day of school Juvenile fiction Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Language and languages Language and languages Fiction Language and languages Juvenile fiction Readers (Primary)Fatus, Sophie
Summary: Accompagnez une famille sympathique durant une journée bien remplie. Vous découvrirez plus de 700 mots, en français et en anglais, à apprendre et à partager.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J FRENCH 448.2 FATUSBui, Hanh
Summary: A child living in a Vietnamese refugee camp learns their first word in English with a little help from their teacher and grandmother in this heart-warming picture book based on the author's childhood. --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Say hello in 15 different languages as babies all over the world play and enjoy their day."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Niebuhr-Siebert, Sandra
Summary: Mina is worried about starting a new kindergarten in her new country. The classroom is full of laughter, friendly faces and fun things to do, but the only word Mina can understand is her name. As she listens to stories and songs, chatter and instructions, Mina's understanding steadily grows. She tries out sounds that roar in her throat and tickle her tongue until the new words feel like her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NIESummary: Designed to give users comprehensive conversational language and grammar skills. The basic course (10 lessons) focuses on polite greetings and small talk and is perfect for patrons who are planning a short trip to a foreign country, or for those who want to get a taste of a foreign language and culture. The complete course (100 lessons) is designed for patrons who already know the basics of a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Languages 2009
Summary: Learn the signs for shoe, sock, hat, coat, please, thank you, sorry, car, train, bus, bike, airplane, boat, ball, doll, bear, wash hands, soap, sleep, bath, brush teeth, book, pajamas, blanket. Uses singing, dancing, speaking, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Little Hands Productions 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BABWright, Andrew
Contents: Language for the organisation of games -- Picture games -- Psychology games -- Magic tricks -- Caring and sharing games -- Card and board games -- Sound games -- Story games -- Word games -- True/false games -- Memory games -- Question and answer games -- Guessing and speculating games -- Miscellaneous games -- Summary of the games (skills, level, time, etc.) -- Index to structures and types of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1984
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in EZ, Call number: EZ 418 WRIAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALEPinker, Steven
Summary: Steve Pinker discusses the idea that language is an instinct, as innate to us as flying is to geese. This book covers the biological origin, acquisition by children and the grammatical structure of human language.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Folio Society 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401 PINSpencer, Renè
Summary: Two children lost at sea must overcome a language barrier if they want to find a way home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Organized by subject: everyday phrases, transportation, shopping, hotels, menu guides and pronunication. Includes cd with book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Curso completo de inglés, con más de 300 ilustraciones, más de 100 ejercicios con autocorrección, más de 100 conceptos fundamentales, 30 artículos sobre costumbres y cultura de Estados Unidos, más de 700 palabras agrupadas en más de 50 temas de vocabulario, más de 500 frases verbales de uso común en Estados Unidos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 248 SPANISH INGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.3 INGBetancourt-Perez, Jessica
Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BETMaslen, Bobby Lynn
Summary: Twelve books carefully organized in presentation of short vowels and single consonants. Introduces the alphabet (except Q) with very basic three-letter words and short vowels.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MASSummary: From calypso, soca, and soukous to New Orleans brass, country, and Latin rhythms, embark on a musical celebration with this lively collection of Spanish-learning children's songs.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Middle school students will be fully engaged with games, puzzles, and learning tools that will sharpen vocabulary, reading comprehension, problem-solving skills, and more! Improve reading comprehension; Expand vocabulary; Develop strong punctuation skills; Test knowledge of words and stories"--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD WORSummary: Learn Mandarin Chinese by listening to specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of Chinese and English words and phrases. Volume 1 teaches over 200 essential words and phrases.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2007
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 495.1 RAPMills, Claudia
Summary: "Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MILReis-Frankfort, Tamar
Summary: Dandelion Launchers is a structured phonic reading series for beginner readers that can be used with any phonic program. These decodable books were developed by reading and dyslexia specialists and offer children engaging stories right from the beginning of learning to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phonic Books Ltd 0000
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Reis-Frankfort, Tamar
Summary: Dandelion Launchers is a structured phonic reading series for beginner readers that can be used with any phonic program. These decodable books were developed by reading and dyslexia specialists and offer children engaging stories right from the beginning of learning to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phonic Books Ltd 0000
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Reis-Frankfort, Tamar
Summary: Dandelion Launchers is a structured phonic reading series for beginner readers that can be used with any phonic program. These decodable books were developed by reading and dyslexia specialists and offer children engaging stories right from the beginning of learning to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phonic Books Ltd 0000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE REISummary: "Elementary students will play their way through these action-packed games and adventures that will keep them learning and exploring all summer long. Improve hand-eye coordination and problem-solving speed; Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; Explore basic physics; Learn Spanish vocabulary."--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020