Lucy Cat – spanish-english – La Gatita Lucía en la playa / Lucy Cat at the beach

A day with Lucy is never dull, as can be seen in this exciting story. Told in English and Spanish, see Lucy at the beach, saving the day.

A feisty cat called Lucy features in these delightful cartoon stories for early language learning. Always managing to save the day, Lucy is the star of several bilingual adventures, told in two languages at once.

“A great way to introduce youngsters to another language. The colourful cartoons feature brace Lucy Cat who prevents a nasty thief from stealing money in the market. The Simple text is in speech bubbles, French all the way through the top half of the pages, with the English version in identical picture strip format below. With all key words/vocabulary listed at the end of the book. What an innovative and practical way to present French to beginners.”

— Children’s Books UK Website

“This brightly illustrated bilingual story is told in two identical strip cartoons. The text is in captions and speech bubbles and with one language version above the other the young reader can easily refer to the translation. Lucy Cat visits the farm and meets the animals. When the bull is about to escape Lucy saves the day by closing the gate in the nick of time. The introduction suggests how to use the book with young readers and a table of key words at the back of the book includes a useful guide to French pronunciation. A friendly, accessible book that even adults who don’t speak French will find easy to share with young readers. ”

— Books For Keeps Sep 2009 ‘Ten of the Best’

“My daughter loves me reading her this colourful dual language picture strip cartoon book. As my daughter is 2, at present I’m mainly reading it to her in English, and using the French part to help teach myself some basic French words. Gradually introducing my daughter to some of the French words, as I’m keen for her to have more of a healthy interest in foreign languages than I had at school. The pronunciation guide at the back is very useful. Both Dad and daughter are very happy with this book (and have read the other 3 books in the series which are equally as good). I fully recommend this book (and the entire series) to anyone wanting a fun way of introducing the kids to a foreign language.”

— Chris Brooks, parent

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Une journée avec Lucy n’est jamais ennuyeuse, comme le montre cette histoire passionnante. Raconté en anglais et en espagnol, voyez Lucy à la plage, sauvant la situation.

Un chat fougueux appelé Lucy figure dans ces délicieuses histoires de dessins animés pour l’apprentissage précoce des langues. Parvenant toujours à sauver la situation, Lucy est la vedette de plusieurs aventures bilingues, racontées en deux langues à la fois.

« Une excellente façon de faire découvrir une autre langue aux jeunes. Les dessins animés colorés mettent en scène Lucy Cat, qui empêche un méchant voleur de voler de l’argent sur le marché. Le texte simple est présenté sous forme de bulles, en français sur toute la moitié supérieure des pages, avec la version anglaise au format de bande d’images identique ci-dessous. Avec tous les mots/vocabulaires clés répertoriés à la fin du livre. Quelle manière innovante et pratique de présenter le français aux débutants.