Perro grande... Perro pequeño / Big Dog... Little Dog

Random House, 1982, Paperback

Product Description

Illus. in full color. Trans. by Pilar de Cuenca & Inés Alvares. "The presence of the English text beneath the Spanish makes it especially helpful in the primary-grade bilingual classroom." — Booklist.

Product Details

Title: Perro grande... Perro pequeño / Big Dog... Little Dog
Sales Rank: 8784 in Books
Author: P.D. Eastman
Publisher: Random House, 1982-03-12, Paperback, 32 pages, ISBN: 0394851420
Package Dimensions: 8 x 7.8 x 0.1 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Not what I expected-: I purchased this book because it is written in Spanish with English subtitles and I thought it would be a fun way to teach Spanish to my two year old son. But the book lacks imagination and excitement. It is almost weird to read. I've been reading to my little boy since he was a newborn and needless to say, he loves being read to. He knows what he likes and will… More reviews

Nice bilingual book for the price: Cute little story about a big dog and a little dog who like opposite things. It's pretty obvious that the Spanish was translated from English (as opposed to being originally written in Spanish), but with that said the Spanish seems well translated. Good book for the price.… More reviews

Love it!: I read this to my 4-year-old daughter only in Spanish the first few times and she LOVED it. The pictures and ideas convey the meaning of, (what is to her), a foreign language so well! As a barely-fluent speaker myself, the book introduced a few new fun vocabulary words. The context of the story very clearly depicted for her the meanings of the… More reviews

children of the Dominican: I have a non-profit corp. and took those books to the Dominican and they really enjoyed the book-I would recommend it for youngsters-6-10 Roger/Dominican Team for Dreams,Inc Florida More reviews

Excellent bilingual book: I know a handful of Spanish vocabulary and wanted to expose my infant son to the sounds and cadence of the language. This is a fun book although if you're a Spanish novice, some of the word tenses are a little tough to sound out. It is paperback though - I was hoping for a board book so he could turn the pages while we read. He loves it anyway.… More reviews