Enjoy learning another language with your child. First French Words is a thematic bilingual book that takes you on a picture book journey through the day - from getting up in the morning, going to school, to a birthday party, even to the seaside, to bedtime. You can also play a word matching game, count ladybirds, and learn simple weather and time words. An ideal first introduction to some 400 essential French words and their English translations and illustrated by acclaimed picture book artist David Melling.
Consists of full-page spreads of various familiar locations such as the house, street, nursery, supermarket, beach, bedroom, and more. This illustrated thematic word book has side panels detailing 15-20 particular words with English translations and corresponding pictures for each scene. It serves as an introduction to French words for children.
One of the World Book Day 2014 Authors David Melling was born in Oxford. His father was a sculptor and David inherited his artistic leanings. David has received much recognition for his artistic talent. His first book 'Brilliant the Dinosaur' (Pavilion) was shortlisted for the 1994 Smarties Book Award and 'What's that Noise?' was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. More recently, The Kiss That Missed was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. His recent picture book, The Tale of Jack Frost was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day with a voice over by Hugh Laurie. It was shortlisted for the Pulcinella Award 2005 for 'Best TV Movie' category. To date he has illustrated over 60 books, writing and illustrating around 15 of them, including the popular Hugless Douglas series...www.huglessdouglas.co.uk
David Melling is married and lives with his wife and two children in Oxfordshire.
