The hello atlas / by Ben Handicott ; illustrated by Kenard Pak ; with a foreword by Professor Wade Davis.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Wide Eyed Editions, 2016Description: 79 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781847808639
- 1847808638
- Language and languages -- Juvenile literature
- Salutations -- Juvenile literature
- Multilingualism -- Juvenile literature
- Multiculturalism -- Juvenile literature
- Children -- Cross-cultural studies -- Juvenile literature
- Children -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot
- Dictionaries, Polyglot
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 395.4 H236 | Available | 33111008960664 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 395.4 H236 | Available | 33111008821528 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Look 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.
"Download the free app to hear more than 100 different languages."--Cover.
Explore the languages of the world in this colorful atlas, which presents basic words and phrases from more than 100 different languages. Indentifies salutation phrases from over one hundred languages spoken around the world, including Danish, Icelandic, Gaelic, Greek, Vietnamese, Russian, Urdu, Cherokee, Hawaiian, and Swahili.
Europe -- Asia -- North & Central America -- South America -- Africa -- Oceania -- Antarctica.