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This English-Russian Picture Dictionary offers an accessible introduction to the Russian language for young learners aged three to seven. Featuring more than 350 essential vocabulary words organized across thematic chapters - body, family, home, food, animals, clothing, weather, seasons, transportation, school, sports, emotions, action words, opposites, greetings, days, months, shapes, colors, and numbers - the volume pairs each Russian term with its English translation and a simple phonetic pronunciation guide rendered in the Latin alphabet, making it suitable for parents and educators with no prior background in the language. The dictionary is appropriate for heritage-language households seeking to maintain Russian fluency across generations, for English as a Second Language (ESL) programs serving Russian-speaking families, and for early-elementary classrooms introducing Cyrillic literacy and Slavic linguistic culture. The complete Russian alphabet is presented with letter sounds and pronunciation, supporting initial decoding skills as children progress from picture recognition to text. Bright, child-friendly illustrations accompany every entry, and complete Russian-English and English-Russian word indexes at the back of the volume allow quick reference in either language. The format follows the established design conventions of the publisher's expanding picture dictionary series, which currently spans more than a dozen languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Vietnamese, allowing libraries and educational programs to build cohesive multilingual collections across world language offerings. Recommended for public library children's collections, school libraries serving multilingual student populations, ESL and world language classrooms, and family heritage-language resource centers.

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