Dylan's Birthday Present / Dárek Pro Dylana - Bilingual Czech and English Edition: 1 (Little Polyglot Adventures)

A sweet and colorful picture book with a positive message about our multicultural multilingual world that will appeal to all language-loving families. -- Adam Beck author of Maximize Your Childs Bilingual AbilityThis book should be on bookshelves in every multilingual home to help empower kids and develop their superpower of speaking in different languages. -- Shelley Admont award-winning author KidKiddos BooksElementary school children everywhere will enjoy re-reading this story over and over again. -- Nikki Prsa (American polyglot)★ Awards ★ 1st Place: Best Illustrations (Purple Dragonfly Award)1st Place: Cultural Diversity (Purple Dragonfly Award)Golden Award (Moms Choice Award)Honorable Mention: Picture Books 5 & Younger (Purple Dragonfly Award)Brain Child Book Award (Tillywig Award)Little Polyglot Adventures Series (Vol. 1): Dylans Birthday Present / Dárek pro Dylana - Bilingual Czech and English Childrens Book This is the bilingual Czech and English edition of this childrens book. It is also available in several other languages in both monolingual and bilingual versions. Summary in English: Dylan is an American boy like many others. One thing makes him special though: his parents come from other countries and speak to him in different languages. Its his birthday today and he receives a very unusual present only to lose it shortly after. Together with his best friend Emma a sweet bilingual girl born to South African parents Dylan sets out to find his lost birthday present. During their search the two friends learn about the value of friendship of speaking different languages and of appreciating ones own as well as others cultural and linguistic background.If you are looking for a bilingual childrens book in English and Czech that will help your child see the value in speaking other languages in being multicultural and that will hopefully get them excited about learning languages this book is a great choice.Summary in Czech: Dylan je americký kluk jako mnozí dalsí. Ale díky něčemu je speciální jeho rodiče pocházejí z jiných zemí a mluví s ním různými jazyky. Dneska má narozeniny a dostane velmi neobvyklý dárek a hned vzápětí ho zas ztratí. Společně se svou nejlepsí kamarádkou Emmou milým bilingvním děvčetem jejíz rodiče pocházejí z Jizní Afriky vyrazí Dylan pátrat po ztraceném narozeninovém dárku. Během svého hledání se oba kamarádi učí o hodnotě přátelství o mluvení různými jazyky i o oceňování kulturního a jazykového původu ostatních.