Language Learning For Children

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens – and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden . . . which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Frances Hodgson Burnett original by Clare West.

Endorsed by authors, teachers, scientists and congressmen, Mike Mongo's The Astronaut Instruction Manual excites a new generation of space explorers. The audiobook, designed for children between the ages of 8 and 13, is a functioning first-step instruction manual. With excitement and honesty, Mongo encourages his listeners to articulate and personalize their own visions of next-generation space travel.

Baseball Saved Us is about a Japanese American boy who learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. Hearing about how his ability to play the game helps him after the war is over adds to this touching story. A Passage to Freedom offers an even more dramatic understanding of the difficult decision that the Japanese diplomat made in 1940.

Now that Rosa's grandma is sick, Rosa and her friends play music for her after school. She says their playing makes her feel like a girl dancing at a party - and that gives Rosa an idea. She organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her grandma's illness.

Prompted by a neverending stream of letters pleading for advice on how to be a better writer, successful children’s authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter put their heads together to create this useful guide. With dozens of books and decades of experience between them, the authors brought their distinct personal styles to the advice they had to offer. Now they have done the same for this audio version, with each author narrating her own sections.

Adapted from the classic by Lewis Carroll.... There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, "Who are you?" What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter’s tea party, and plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts.

Pinocchio is a naughty, disobedient wooden puppet that longs to grow up and become a real boy, but as long as he misbehaves and disappoints his father, old Gepetto, he is doomed and his dream will never be realized.

Did you know the moon is a satellite? In fact, the moon is the Earth's only natural satellite. Children will learn about lunar phases, eclipses, lunar exploration and the moon's effect on the Earth.

Hello, my name is Coconut! Spielerisches Vokabellernen mit den Abenteuern des kleinen Drachen Kokosnuss: Als der kleine Drache in die Schule kommt, holen seine Eltern den AuPair-Jungen Robert Robertson von der Insel Britanica ins Haus, um Kokosnuss beim Englischlernen zu unterstützen.

Join Rectángulo, the green dog, as he takes young children on an exciting language-learning adventure. Focusing on core concepts, the vocabulary your child will learn alongside Rectángulo will provide excited, young learners with a practical understanding of both the English and Spanish languages. Written by Ryan Roghaar and brought to life by narrator Adriana Placencia, Rectángulo will quickly become a family favorite and a great friend in language learning.

Coconut, where do you go? Kokosnuss' britischer Freund Robert ist zurück und begleitet den kleinen Feuerdrachen und seine Freunde auf eine abenteuerliche Suche nach dem sagenhaften Piraten-Amulett. Wie gut, dass Robert Englisch kann. Mit seiner Hilfe können die Drachenkinder nicht nur überall nach dem Weg fragen, sondern auch die Uhrzeit erfahren und die verschiedensten Farben benennen. Doch gelingt es ihnen auch, dem kleinen Piraten Pieter Backbord zu helfen, seine Angst zu überwinden?

All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said ’No!’ He was Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, King of India, King of Australia, and king of 39 other countries. And he loved the wrong woman. She was beautiful and she loved him - but she was already married to another man. It was a love story that shook the world. The king had to choose: to be king, or to have love... and leave his country, never to return.

Farah is the new girl at school and the dupatta covering her head makes her just a little different from the other students. Because she hasn't learned the English language yet, she knows that some people might not be very friendly. The class takes a field trip to an apple orchard. Farah sees that some of the children want to become friends with her on the hay ride. When it comes time to make the apple cider, however, other classmates protest as she drops the only green apple into a vat full of ripe red ones.

Harry Barker's ABC Basketball Book is a fun way to turn learning the alphabet into an enjoyable experience. Using the one of world's most popular sport as a background, Harry has created a memorable experience for young minds to connect words with the action of basketball. This results in a quick connection between abcs and fun, and leave children wanting more.

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars, and finally butterflies.

A billingual version of the classic fairy tale read first in its original English version and then in its French version. A real treat for language learners.

Adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum.... Dorothy lives in Kansas, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country’s famous Wizard of Oz. So Dorothy and her friends follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to find the Wizard.

Fish & Chips is a guide to English culture and behavior. It sets out to provide listeners with the tools and information they need to understand "Englishness" and successfully navigate the complex social landscape.

Обучение иностранному языку начинается с алфавита, и это именно то, что должен знать Ваш ребенок с самого раннего возраста. Увлекательная развивающая аудиокнига поможет малышу с легкостью выучить английские буквы от A до Z и правильно усвоить их произношение, а впоследствии научиться говорить на самом популярном языке в мире.…

Your child will learn about John's day-to-day life at home, bedtime, meal times, school time, and going to the zoo.