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BILINGUAL BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

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This page provides a list of bilingual children's books, with all of the text written in English and one of many world languages. For a list of books that feature translation of some the text, please see our World Language Words in English Language Children's Books booklist.

Albanian

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
AL JE COWEL	Cowell, Cressida	What Shall We Do With Boo Hoo Baby? The dog, cat, duck, and cow try various ways to soothe the Boo-hoo Baby and stop him from crying, including feeding him, bathing him, and playing with him.	2000
AL JE MARTI	Martin, Jr., Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.	2004
AL JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Come On, Daisy! / Eja, Dejzi!	2000
AL JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Daisy and the Egg / Dejzi dhe Veza	2000
AL JE VELTH	Velthuijs, Max	Frog and the Stranger / Bretkocka dhe I Huaji When a strange rat sets up camp in the woods, Frog's friends are very suspicious and unfriendly because he seems so different from them.	2000
AL JE VELTH	Velthuijs, Max	Frog is Frog / Bretkocka eshte Bretkocke Frog wants to be like his other animal friends. He thinks it is great to be capable of flying like duck, bake like pig, or read like rabbit. In the end, he realizes that it is much better to be himself and be happy with his unique abilities.	2000
AL JE WADDE	Waddell, Martin	Farmer Duck	2006

Arabic

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
A J BOARDBK KUBLE	Kubler, Annie	The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round Presents a version of the traditional song about a bus and its passengers with parrallel text in Arabic and Englishi.	2005
A J297.77 GHAZI	Ghazi, Abidullah	Teachings of Our Prophet	1991
A J398.6 CROZO	Crozon, Alain	I Can Fly, What Am I? Rhyming text and lift-the-flap illustrations depict a variety of things that fly, including a bee, hot air balloon, and kite, and invite the reader to guess their identity.	2000
A J741.642 ELABB	Ellabbad, Mohieddine	The Illustrator's Notebook	2006
A JE AKTAR	Aktar, Nasreen	Samira's Eid	1999
A JE BOND	Bond, Michael	Paddington Bear Goes to Market	1998
A JE CAMPB	Campbell, Rod	It's Mine!	1987
A JE CARLE	Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar "The story of a very small and very hungry caterpillar. He eats food all through the days of the week. He grows from a small egg to a beautiful butterfly ..."	1992
A JE COWEL	Cowell, Cressida	What Shall We Do with the Boo Hoo Baby? A dog, a cat, a duck, and a cow try to think of things to do to soothe a crying baby.	2002
A JE HILL	Hill, Eric	Where's Spot? A mother dog finds eight other animals hiding around the house before finding her lost puppy. Flaps conceal the animals.	1980
A JE MARTI	Martin, Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	2004
A JE PAWAG	Pawagi, Manjusha	The Girl Who Hated Books	1998
A JE ROBER	Robert, Na'ima bint	Journey Through Islamic Art	2005
A JE ROSEN	Rosen, Michael	We're Going on a Bear Hunt	2007
A JE RUMFO	Rumford, James	Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey A Calabash Cat, living in Africa, sets off to see where the world ends.	2003
A JE SEKI	Seki, Sunny	The Tale of the Lucky Cat A bilingual retelling of the traditional Japanese tale of how a toymaker's kindness to an injured cat is repaid by good fortune.	2007
A JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Come on, Daisy Daisy the duckling becomes so engrossed in playing with dragon flies and lily pads that she temporarily loses her mother. When she looked round, Mamma Duck wasn't there any more. Daisy was all alone.	2000
A JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Daisy and the Egg	2000
A JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Carrying Explores the importance of carrying things as well as babies and of lending a helping hand by sharing a load.	1999
A JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Eating In photographs and rhyming text, describes the foods and eating customs of people around the world.	1999
A JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Smiling Explores the importance of smiling to people all over the world.	1999
A JE TADJO	Tadjo, Véronique	Mamy Wata and the Monster "Mamy Wata, the queen of all waters, is swimming peacefully in a big river when she hears that a terrible monster has been frightening people in the surrounding villages"--P. [4] of cover.	2000
A JE TADJO	Tadjo, Véronique	The Lucky Grain of Corn Soro's mother and father give him a lucky grain of corn, but when he leaves it on the stone, a bird steals it away.	2000
A JE WADDE	Waddell, Martin	Farmer Duck	2006

Amharic

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
AMH J398.8 YOHAN	Yohannes, Gebregeorgis	Silly Mammo: An Ethiopian Tale Mammo's well-meaning but simple-minded efforts to bring his wages home end in disaster until he makes a rich merchant's daughter laugh.	2002

Bengali

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
BN J BOARDBK MCKEE	McKee, David	Elmer's Colours Elmer the patchwork elephant helps children learn the different colors.	2002
BN J BOARDBK MCKEE	McKee, David	Elmer's Friends Elmer the patchwork elephant finds something unique to admire in each of his many different animal friends.	2002
BN J BOARDBK MCKEE	McKee, David	Elmer's Weather Elmer the patchwork elephant experiences wind, storms, fog, snow, and other kinds of weather.	1994
BN J394.26 SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Celebrating Explores the importance of celebrating to people all over the world.	1999
BN JE	Hamanaka, Sheila	All the Colours of the Earth Reveals that despite outward differences children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable.	1994
BN JE	Murphy, Jill	Five Minutes' Peace Mrs. Large tries to take a peaceful, relaxing bath but her family has other ideas	1995
BN JE CAMPB	Campbell, Rod	I Won't Bite!	1996
BN JE CARLE	Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar "The story of a very small and very hungry caterpillar. He eats food all through the days of the week. He grows from a small egg to a beautiful butterfly ..."	1992
BN JE COWEL	Cowell, Cressida	What Shall We Do with the Boo Hoo Baby? A dog, a cat, a duck, and a cow try to think of things to do to soothe a crying baby.	2004
BN JE MARTI	Martin, Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	2004
BN JE MCBRA	McBratney, Sam	Guess How Much I Love You	1995
BN JE PAWAG	Pawagi, Manjusha	The Girl Who Hated Books	1998
BN JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Come on, Daisy	2000
BN JE SIMMO	Simmons, Jane	Daisy and the Egg	2000
BN JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Carrying Explores the importance of carrying things as well as babies and of lending a helping hand by sharing a load.	1999
BN JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Eating In photographs and rhyming text, describes the foods and eating customs of people around the world.	1999
BN JE SWAIN	Swain, Gwenyth	Smiling Explores the importance of smiling to people all over the world.	1999
BN JE TADJO	Tadjo, Véronique	Mamy Wata and the Monster "Mamy Wata, the queen of all waters, is swimming peacefully in a big river when she hears that a terrible monster has been frightening people in the surrounding villages"--P. [4] of cover.	2000
BN JE TADJO	Tadjo, Véronique	The Lucky Grain of Corn Soro's mother and father give him a lucky grain of corn, but when he leaves it on the stone, a bird steals it away.	2000
BN JE VELTH	Velthuijs, Max	Frog and the Stranger When a strange rat sets up camp in the woods, Frog's friends are very suspicious and unfriendly because he seems so different from them.	2000
BN JE VELTH	Velthuijs, Max	Frog and the Wide World Frog joins Rat on his travels in search of advanture. But Frog soon misses his friends and discovers that wide world is very far from home ...	2000

Burmese

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
BU JE ADLER	Adler, Helen	The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen	200?
BU JE BOND	Bond, Michael	Paddington in the Kitchen	200?
BU JE GODDE	Goddess	A Beautiful World	2003

If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing you at the Library!

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This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians. Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.