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The Keys to My Kingdom: A Poem in Three Languages.


Translated by Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year.  Cerro, the book presents a traditional nursery rhyme nursery rhyme

Verse customarily told or sung to small children. Though the oral tradition of nursery rhymes is ancient, the largest number date from the 16th, 17th, and (most frequently) 18th centuries.
 in three languages: English, French and Spanish. The little girl in the story enters the kingdom using the "keys" of brushes and paint. The colorful illustrations paint a kind of "portrait of the artist as a young girl." The author uses the three languages to invite children into her kingdom. The book is perfect for a multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual  
adj.
1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary.

2.
 class. Ages 4-8.
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Author:Hildebrand, Joan M.
Publication:Childhood Education
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Mar 22, 1993
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