Dylan's Birthday Present / Dylanen Urtebetetze Oparia - Bilingual Basque 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 / Dylanen urtebetetze oparia​ - Bilingual Basque and English Childrens Book This is the bilingual Basque 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 Basque 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 Basque: Dylan mutil amerikarra da beste hainbat bezala. Baina berezia da: bere gurasoak beste herrialde batzuetatik etorri dira eta beste hizkuntza batzuetan hitz egiten diote. Gaur bere urtebetetzea da eta opari berezia jaso du baina berehala galdu egin du. Emma bere lagunik onena da gurasoak Hegoafrikakoak dira eta elebiduna da. Biak galdutako opari bila dabiltza. Bilaketa honetan zehar laguntasuna hizkuntzak hitz egitea eta norberaren zein besteen kultura eta hizkuntzaren jakintza baloratzen ikasten dute.