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OverviewLook into the lives of children all over the world with this book that celebrates one of humanity's greatest achievements: written and verbal language. Including fully illustrated word charts, featuring children depicted in their home country, doing ordinary things, this book features more than 100 languages, from well-known and lesser known indigenous languages that introduce us to some of the world's most remote communities. With foreword by ethnobotanist and explorer, Professor Wade Davis. Comes with a free, downloadable app for iOS and Android that allows you to hear the phrases in the book, each recorded by a native speaker. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenard Pak , Ben Handicott , Professor Wade Davis, PhDPublisher: Quarto Publishing PLC Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions Dimensions: Width: 25.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 31.00cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781847808639ISBN 10: 1847808638 Pages: 80 Publication Date: 04 October 2016 Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA 2017 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book <b> - NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Committee</b> A 2017 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book - NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Committee Author InformationKENARD PAK grew up in Baltimore and Howard County, Maryland. After studying at Syracuse University and California Institute of the Arts, he worked in feature animation and music videos. As a visual development artist, he's worked for Dreamworks, Walt Disney Feature Animation, PDI Dreamworks, and he currently works for Laika. His first illustrated picture book was published in 2014. His current picture book projects are self-penned as well as illustrated; the first book will publish in 2016. Kenard lives in San Francisco with his wife and three cats.BEN HANDICOTT studied linguistics and education before heading off to learn Vietnamese and Mandarin over a number of years living in Asia. On his return home he published travel books for Lonely Planet and now looks to pass on his love of travel, food and language to his own children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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