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Say Hello! (2010)

by Rachel Isadora(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399252304 (ISBN13: 9780399252303)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Putnam Juvenile

review 1: A nice book that works well for several themes- saying hello, different languages, different cultures. Includes a pronunciation guide in the back, thank goodness- I'd never have been able to pronounce "Al salaam a'alaykum" without it! Say Hello does a wonderful job of introducing different languages and cultures in an accessible way, even for preschoolers who live in homogenous communities. However, I don't think the story flows well otherwise, especially at the end.
review 2: This is a nice book for introducing children to different cultures. It follows Carmelita as she heads through the neighbourhood. She greets many different people, saying 'hello' in their native languages. The illustrations are bright and the text is simple. It is handy to know there is a ... morepronunciation guide at the back, which also tells you what all the different languages are. The only thing I would say, is because each person is representing a particular culture, I can't help but feel the representations are a bit stereotypical. But I really don't know how that could be avoided. The feeling from the book is inclusion rather than exclusion so it can't be faulted there. less

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