Dylan's Birthday Present/O Presente de Aniversário de Dylan: Bilingual English and Portuguese (Brazil) Edition: 1 (Little Polyglot Adventures)

★ WINNER OF THE 2020 PURPLE DRAGONFLY CHILDRENS BOOK CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD ★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: Cultural Diversity (Purple Dragonfly Award 2020)1st Place: Best Illustrations (Purple Dragonfly Award 2020)1st Place: Outstanding Childrens Fiction Illustrated (IAN Book of the Year Awards 2020)Silver Medal in Children - Concept genre (Readers Favorite Award 2020)Golden Award (Moms Choice Award 2020)Smart Book Award (Academics Choice 2020)Brain Child Book Award (Tillywig Award 2020)Honorable Mention: Picture Books 5 & Younger (Purple Dragonfly Award 2020)Finalist: Childrens Picture Book (American Fiction Awards 2020)♥ If you liked this book dont forget to check out its coloring book companion (sold separately). ♥ Little Polyglot Adventures Series (Vol. 1): Dylans Birthday Present/O Presente de Aniversário de Dylan - Bilingual English - Portuguese (Brazil) Childrens Picture Book (includes English-version audiobook)This is the bilingual English - Portuguese (Brazil) edition of this book. It is also available in several other languages in bilingual and monolingual 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 childrens book 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.Portuguese spelling reflects the current orthographic spelling rules.Resumo em português: Dylan é um menino americano como muitos outros. Uma coisa o torna especial no entanto: seus pais vêm de outros países e falam com ele em outras línguas. Hoje é seu aniversário e ele ganha um presente bem diferente apenas para perdê-lo logo em seguida. Junto de sua melhor amiga Emma uma doce menina bilíngue filha de pais sul-africanos Dylan tenta encontrar seu presente de aniversário perdido. Durante sua busca os dois amigos aprendem sobre o valor da amizade de falar outras línguas e a valorizar tanto sua própria herança cultural e linguística quanto a dos outros.