First Thousand Words Books

These fascinating books teach basic vocabulary through colorful illustrations. Some facing pages hold a colorfully illustrated scene, such as a classroom, a city, a beach, a kitchen, or another common area. Smaller pictures of everyday objects found inside the picture border the page, along with the word written in the foreign language (Chinese shows the character and pinyin pronunciation.) Other pages focus on a theme (parts of the body, jobs, food, animals, and actions) with the small pictures depicting the foreign word being taught. A word list is included in the back of each book. The new internet-linked versions include a link to a pronunciation guide spoken by a native speaker. Latin does not yet have this feature. 64 pgs, hc. ~ Lisa