Tina the Detective/Tina la Detective: Spanish/English Edition by Jenny Vincent; Illustrated by Martin Ursell; Translated by Rosa Maria Martin
	List Price:   $4.99 Unit Price:   $3.99 You Save:   $1.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0764142151 ISBN-13:   9780764142154 Publisher:   Barron's Educational Series:   Let's Read! Bks. Category:   Dual Language, Special Needs Pub. Date:   March 2009 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback
Description/Notes
Tina wants to make friends with the new girl next door, but when things start to disappear, Tina is blamed. But who is the real thief? This new title in the illustratedLet? Read!language-learning series is a real page-turner! It? written in a bilingual Spanish and English format, which encourages boys and girls who are independent readers in their own language to begin learning a second language. AllLet? Readbooks present original stories of action and adventure geared to young readers?interests. Meanwhile, kids begin to learn a new language, compare it with their own, and start out on a path toward bilingual fluency. As they read, children discover that they don? need to learn every single new word that they encounter in the second language. As unfamiliar words appear and reappear in the story? context, they will pick up meanings effortlessly, just as they pick up and understand new words in their own language. The parallel text, illustrations, and dialogue balloons on every page give kids a child-friendly bridge to reading and speaking in a second language.Let? Readbooks are available in both French/English and Spanish/English editions.