The Book of The Animals - Premium Collection: Episode 1-2-3-4-5 (Volume 1)

FINALLY AVAILABLE... THE PREMIUM COLLECTION: 5 BOOKS IN 1. “The Book of The Animals - Premium Collection" is the first premium book compilation of the series by author J.N. Paquet. In this first volume, children will find the five first episodes of the series: Ep.1. - These Animals... Don't Want to Wash! (Bilingual English-French) Ep.2. - These Animals... Don't Want to Eat! (Bilingual English-French) Ep.3. - These Animals... Don't Want to Sleep! (Bilingual English-French) Ep.4. - These Animals... Don't Want to Go to School! (Bilingual English-French) Ep.5. - These Animals... Don't Want to Share! (Bilingual English-French) With these books children will discover the benefits of washing, eating, sleeping, sharing and going to school, with the help of their favourite friends, the animals! They won't only discover these benefits, but they will also discover some new animals, new words and new situations. The book makes fun learning something essential in the child's general learning process. THE AUDIENCE The books are geared towards children aged 2-5, before elementary/primary school. They will likely be bilingual children whose parents want to encourage the learning of their two current languages. They will also be children whose parents want to teach a language at a young age. THE STORY These animals don't want to wash, eat, sleep, share or go to school! But step by step, each one discovers their benefits... for the animals, as well as for children! A funny way to learn and a funny way to teach. As everyone knows how difficult it can be to explain to young children how important it is to eat, wash, sleep, share and go to school... THE CURRENT BOOKS There are currently 5 books in the series. Each ‘episode’ brings on new animals, new words, new situations and new stories. - Ep.1. “These Animals... Don't Want to Wash!” (2008) - Ep.2. “These Animals... Don't Want to Eat!” (2009) - Ep.3. “These Animals... Don't Want to Sleep!” (2010) - Ep.4. “These Animals... Don't Want to Go to School!” (2011) - Ep.5. "These Animals... Don't Want to Share!" (2011) And more episodes coming soon... The books are all available in either bilingual or monolingual versions: - Bilingual versions: English-French, English-Portuguese, English-Italian, English-Spanish, and English-Swedish. - Monolingual versions: English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. More versions are still to come... REVIEW "The Book of the Animals is a planned series of illustrated books for young children. [...] These delightful books tell the story of what happens when the animals in the stories, like many young children, don’t want to eat and don’t want to wash... The books are very suitable both for reading to young children and for older children to use to learn to read in both languages. They might even persuade them to wash and eat their dinner! The repetitive structure is supportive of children learning new words and the illustrations work well alongside the text to help understanding of unfamiliar words. I can easily imagine young children demanding repeat readings and enjoying learning the text by heart as many children do with favourite stories. Children learning to make up and write their own stories might well want to write a personalised version, using the structure as a prop. I think the stories would work well both in the home and in the classroom." (Review published in The Cass School of Education, by Dr Raymonde Sneddon, Research Fellow for “The Cass School of Education” at the University of East London, and Honorary Research Fellow of Birkbeck College, in the Departmnent of Applied Linguistic)