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    My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book
    My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book
    My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book
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    My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book

    By Michelle Haney Brown and Aya Padron

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    My First Book of Japanese Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Japanese language and culture through everyday words.

    The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Japanese language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Japanese Words are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Japanese speech, to introduce core elements of Japanese culture, to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages.

    Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Kanji (when applicable), Kana, and Romanized form (Romaji).

    With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 125 million people worldwide that speak Japanese!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateNov 10, 2012
    ISBN9781462913473
    My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book

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    • 5/5
      I received a free copy through Goodreads.

      The following was reviewed by a 9 year old.
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      Such an excellent book! Small captions for fun facts and beautiful (and cute) graphics for more understanding. It also has good rhyming poetry and the pronunciation guide is very helpful. The Japanese writing is very helpful too.

      I had very much fun reading this book and I hope other kids will too. And again, this is an excellent book.

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