Japanese/English Primary School Reader Series Level 5: Baby Sitter’s Unlucky Day – Bilingual Version

Description

With online audio.

Aki is a babysitter in a tough situation with a boy who refuses to participate in any activity she suggests. He does NOT like babysitters! How will this evening end?

Babysitter’s Unlucky Day introduces language used to invite someone to do something and demonstrates negative forms of verbs.

With free access to a bilingual audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Year 3 and 4 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for Year 5 and 6).

Each colourful page is firstly presented in hiragana only. Once the page is turned, children can then see the same page with both the English meaning and also each hiragana character decoded in romaji above, so that readers are able to check on the accuracy of their hiragana reading as they go.

The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.