Going Dual?

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From Anneke at Language Lizard

With Chinese New Year approaching, readers may want to introduce their children to Asian culture and fables. The following products from Language Lizard will help them explore this part of the world.

Chinese New Year Poster

This poster offers a great way to teach kids about Chinese New Year. Child-friendly illustrations show “Year of the Dog”, “Year of the Ox”, “Year of the Rooster”, etc. The poster is in English with Chinese characters. To order this poster, visit www.LanguageLizard.com.

The Dragon’s Tears

This moving folk story tells how the twenty four lakes of the River Min came to be called the Dragon’s Tears. When Chin Wah releases a golden fish he is rewarded with the gift of a magic pearl. But this is when his troubles begin... A classic Chinese tale about luck, magic, greed, tragedy and reconciliation has much scope for discussion. This story was written by storyteller and puppeteer, Manju Gregory. It was illustrated by Gua Le, a master of Chinese brush art illustration, a form famous for its spontaneity and energy.

This story is available from www.LanguageLizard.com in English with Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese-Traditional, Chinese-Simplified, Czech, French, Gujarati, Japanese, Korean, Panjabi, Portuguese, Serbo-Croat, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese. Best for ages 6+. An audio CD of this story in 7 languages is also available.

Fox Fables

This book offers a perfect introduction to traditional fables. In the first clever Aesop’s fable, The Fox and the Crane, Fox invites Crane to tea but gives her a flat dish so she can’t eat any food. When it is Crane’s turn to invite Fox, what dish does she use? In the second story in this book, Chinese fable King of the Jungle, Tiger thinks he is the king of the jungle but can Fox fool him to save his own skin?

This story is available from www.LanguageLizard.com in English with Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese-Traditional, Chinese-Simplified, Croatian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Somalli, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Twi, Urdu, Vietnamese and Yoruba. Best for ages 6-9.

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