Park, Linda Sue Mung-Mung: a Foldout Book of Animal Sounds.Park, Linda Sue MUNG-MUNG: A Foldout fold·out n. 1. Printing A folded insert or section, as of a cover, whose full size exceeds that of the regular page. 2. A piece or part, as of furniture, that folds out or down from a closed position. Book of Animal Sounds. Il. by Diane Bigda. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-57091-486-9. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004. Unp. US $9.95/ CAN $15.95. It is a pleasure to pick up this book celebrating multilingualism multilingualism: see bilingualism. . Mung-Mung is a beautiful first book of animals, which are identified by their calls as onomatopoetically indicated in multiple languages. The layout of the book allows the reader to play with the animal sounds before opening the foldout to reveal which animal is speaking. Hence, children can learn about different animals while also learning about different cultures and languages. The sounds are brightly and playfully scripted in words that wind and somersault on the page. Close to each transliterated sound is the language in which it is used: Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Filipino, Hindi, Russian, French, Arabic, Polish, Italian, Turkish, Swedish, Japanese, Norwegian, Vietnamese, German ... and English. The book concludes with a brief explanation of how animal sounds are represented in different cultures, and invites the reader to research other animal noises. This is a better, more child-friendly introduction to our multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. world and all the creatures that live in it. Ages 1-3. Heather Lotherington, York University, Toronto University is a census neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, so named because it contains part of the main campus of the University of Toronto. Although the area is defined by Statistics Canada and the municipal government for the purpose of statistical reporting,[1] , ON |
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