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If you're learning a foreign language, you can't spend too much time familiarizing yourself with it. One's native tongue takes no effort, at least on a purely communicative level; acquiring a knowledge of French or Mandarin or Swahili requires not only that you learn an unfamiliar vocabulary and grammar, but that you think like native speakers. A language is a reflection of values and culture as much as words and sentences.

Many foreign language courses employ an immersion method, simply drowning students in the language until they begin to absorb it on their own. This is generally a good idea, but even the most comprehensive immersion program will leave gaps, and those are often best filled with supplemental resources and books designed for just that purpose.

For young kids, a lot of these are primarily introductory: picture books that identify familiar images (cars, apples, etc.) with foreign phrases (the Usborne First Thousand Words books come to mind), audio to guide pronunciation, workbooks, and the like. The highly visual nature of most of these resources draws kids in immediately, and starts them on the path to foreign language acquisition painlessly and almost without their knowledge.

As students get older, they'll need more grammar- and communication-oriented material. The 501.....Verbs series is a great place to learn conjugations and usage. Flippers offer quick reference both to basic vocabulary and common grammar issues. There are a plethora of books for Greek and Latin students, many of them worktexts designed for reinforcement.

At every stage, learners need to put their knowledge to practical use. Finding native speakers to converse with is always an excellent choice, but if none are available, reading stories or books in the new language is both challenging and highly rewarding. Many English-language classics are available in translation, or you can read foreign works in the original language.

It's important to remember that learning a new language isn't like riding a bicycle: if you don't practice frequently, you're likely to forget the skills and knowledge you've obtained. Many of the books you'll find in this section can help keep you sharp and in practice. A lot of resources are also available online, and often the level of interaction these provide is exactly what students need.

We'd also encourage you to browse our geography and history sections to find books, maps and other materials that provide deeper understanding of the culture and customs of the nations where the language you're studying is spoken. Language codifies many of the attitudes and beliefs of those who speak it, and understanding what those are can only deepen your understanding of the language itself.

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1, 2, 3, Go!
by Huy Voun Lee
from Henry Holt and Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Arroz Con Leche
by Lulu Delacre
Bilingual from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
Baby word book - Chinese and English
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Berlitz Spanish For Children: The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood
by Staff of Berlitz School of Languages, editors and Dagmar Wilson, illustrator
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-5th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
Bossy Gallito / El gallo de bodas: (Bilingual) (Spanish Edition)
by Lucia M. Gonzalez
Blg Rep from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-2nd grade
in Spanish Curriculum (Location: FL-SPACU)
Caring for Young Children
Beginning Sign Language Series
by S. Harold Collins
from Garlic Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary in Spanish
by P.D. Eastman
from Random House
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Cattus Petasatus
by Dr. Seuss
from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Rhyming fantasy (in Latin) for 1st-3rd grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes
by Faye-Lynn Wu
Hardcover with jacket and disc from Tuttle Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
Chinese Made Easy for Kids 1 - Text and Workbook
by Yamin Ma
2nd edition from Joint Publishing (H. K.) Co.
for 1st-5th grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by Selected and Edited by Robert Wyndham, Illustrated by Ed Young
from Philomel Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Count Your Way Through Germany
by Jim Haskins
from Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in German (Location: FL-GEN)
Count Your Way Through Japan
by Jim Haskins
from Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Japanese (Location: FL-GEN)
Cuckoo / Cucu
by Lois Ehlert
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Donde viven los monstruos (Where the Wild Things Are)
by Maurice Sendak
from HarperCollins
Fantasy for Kindergarten-3rd grade
1964 Caldecott Medal winner
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
El Osito Puff
by Walt Disney Productions, translated by Maria Yolanda Serrano
from Disney Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Eres tu mi mama
by P.D. Eastman, translated by Teresa Mlawer
from Random House
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia
by Carmen Lomas Garza
from Lee & Low Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
Fernando's Gift/ El Regalo de Fernando
by Douglas Keister
1st Pbk. Ed from Sierra Club Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
First Thousand Words in Chinese
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$11.69
First Thousand Words in English
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
First Thousand Words in French
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
First Thousand Words in German
by Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in German (Location: FL-GEN)
First Thousand Words in Italian
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Italian (Location: FL-ITA)
First Thousand Words in Japanese
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Japanese (Location: FL-GEN)
First Thousand Words in Latin
by Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
First Thousand Words in Russian
by Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Russian (Location: FL-GEN)
First Thousand Words in Spanish
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
French-Ruled Notebook
from Unknown Publisher
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Grandfather Counts
by Alfredo Schifini, Deborah J Short, Josefina Villamil Tinajero
Reprint from Lee & Low Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Grass Sandals
by Dawnine Spivak
from Atheneum
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Greek Hupogrammon
by Harvey Bluedorn
from Trivium Pursuit
for 1st-4th grade
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$20.00
Guide to Italy
by Brian Williams
from Highlights for Children
for 1st-6th grade
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Gullywasher
by Joyce Rossi
from Luna Rising
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Gullywasher (bilingual)
by Joyce Rossi
from Luna Rising
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.95
Hebrew Alphabet - Coloring Book
by Chaya Burstein
from Dover Publications
for 1st-6th grade
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
$3.99
Hebrew Alphabet Book
by Avi Margalit, illustrator
from Funk & Wagnalls
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
Hello Rock / ¡Hola, Piedrita!
by Roger Bradfield
from Purple House Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$9.99
Larousse Picture Dictionary English-Spanish w/CD
by Natacha Diaz, illustrated by Peter Brophy
from Larousse
for 1st-6th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Little Bitty Baby Learns Greek
by Johannah Bluedorn
from Trivium Pursuit
for 1st-3rd grade
in Greek Resources (Location: FL-GRE)
$12.00
Little Bitty Baby Learns Hebrew
by Johannah Bluedorn
from Trivium Pursuit
for 1st-3rd grade
in Hebrew (Location: FL-HEB)
Living With Deafness
by Emma Haughton
from Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishing
for 2nd-5th grade
in Special Needs / Learning Disabilities (Location: HSR-SPEC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
My First Spanish ABC Picture - Coloring Book
from Dover Publications
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.99
My Name is Gabriela / Me llamo Gabriela (Bilingual)
by Monica Brown
Bilingual
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Norte, sur, este y oeste
by Allan Fowler
from Children's Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Paris: Mon Imagier
by Severine Cordier
from Parigramme
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in French (Location: FL-FRE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Play it in Spanish
by Mariana Prieto (collector), music by Elizabeth Colwell Nielsen, illustrated by Regina and Haig Shekerjaian
from The John Day Company
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
Primer Catecismo First Catechism in Spanish
from Great Commission Publications
for Nursery-5th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$5.99
Que animal es?
by Sofia Balzola, illustrated by Pablo Barrena
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Russian Picture Word Book - Coloring Book
by Svetlana Rogers
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Russian (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.99
Signing at Sunday School
by Jane Schneider
from Garlic Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Spanish Alphabet - Coloring Book
by Nina Barbaresi
from Dover Publications
for 1st-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.99
Spanish Picture Word Book - Coloring Book
from Dover Publications
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$3.99
Spanish Search-a-Word Picture Puzzles
by Deb T. Bunnell, Kathy Casey
from Dover Publications
for 1st-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$4.99
Stephanie and the Coyote in Navajo and English
by Jack L. Crowder, translated by William Morgan, Sr.
from Jack L. Crowder
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Foreign Language (Location: FL-GEN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Tortillas
by Margarita Gonzalez-Jensen, illustrated by Rene King Moreno
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!
by Dr. Seuss
from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Rhyming fantasy (in Latin) for 1st-4th grade
in Latin Resources & Reference (Location: FL-LATREF)
With Heart and Hands and Voices
by Debra Tyree
from Abingdon Press
for 1st-4th Grade
in Deafness & Sign Language (Location: FL-SIGN)
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