Multilingual Books May Newsletter

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• Feature Article - Adults' baby talk helps infants learn to speak
• Product News - Bilingual Children's Books - Top 10 Products
• Featured Site - The Language Menu
• Language Trivia Contest - Answer correctly and win FREE language products!
• Newsletter Specials - Special offers only for our newsletter subscribers!

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
By Ebenor Attard
Illustrated by Richard Holland
A long time ago in Arabia, on a full night, Ali Baba noticed something very strange as he gathered firewood. A rumbling sound, like thunder, came not from the sky but from beneath the earth... Richard Holland's brilliant use of collage captures the essence of this classic tale. Hardback; 32 full color pages; children's illustrated story book in a bilingual edition for English and Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Ages: 5-9

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
By Kate Clynes
Illustrated by Louise Daykin
"Stop Goldilocks, go back home. Woods aren't safe when you're all alone!" But Goldilocks doesn't listen to the warning, she walks through the woods until she comes to the bears house with the steaming bowls of porridge. Wonderfully retold in a unique style with gorgeous cuddly illustrations. An irresistible addition to any collection. Children's illustrated story book in a bilingual edition for English and Albanian, Bengali, Czech, Farsi, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Panjabi, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, and Urdu. Ages: 3-8.

Beowulf
By Henriette Barkow
Illustrated by Alan Down
Grendel, the most evil creature alive, is killing and devouring Hrothgar's bravest warriors. For twelve long years none can stop his evil ways until Beowulf, the strongest and mightiest Great warrior, arrives on the Danish shore and with his bare hands fights Grendel. All rejoice that peace has been restored at long last. But who is the creature living beneath the dark dank waters waiting for revenge? Children's illustrated story book in a bilingual edition for English and Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Italian, Panjabi, Portuguese, Serbo-Croat, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, and Urdu. Ages: 7-11.

1. Language Associates FSI Courses - CD and cassette

2. Platiquemos Spanish Course

3. Talk Now CD-ROM Language Courses

4. Tell Me More Language Software

5. Musical Spanish

6. Language Tree Videos

7. Muzzy Childrens Language Courses

8. Language Littles Speaking Dolls

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10. Spanish On The Go Preloaded MP3 Player

Last month's quiz:

What are the official languages of the UN? Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Bokmål is better known as what language? Norwegian. There are other versions of Norwegian including Nynorsk.
The term "Mayday", used to signal an urgent call for help, comes from what language? French, from "M'aidez" (pronounced "mayday", more or less) meaning "help me".
The word "boondocks" originated from what language? Tagalog, from "bundok" meaning "mountain".

Last month's winner is Sheryl M. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who entered.

This month's quiz:

The word "chocolate" came from which language?
How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet?
Navajo has been used as a kind of code in wartime; name another language that has been used in this way.
Which king of England spoke no English?

The answers and the winner will be in our next newsletter. Winner will receive their choice of one Talk Now or World Talk language CD-ROM! No purchase necessary to enter.

E-mail your entry to: contest@multilingualbooks.com

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