Book
Chitchat : celebrating the world's languages / written by Jude Isabella ; illustrated by Kathy Boake. --
An overview of the different types of languages spoken around the world.
Record details
- ISBN: 1554537878
- ISBN: 9781554537877
- Physical Description: 44 p. : col. ill., col. maps.
- Publisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.95 |
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| Subject: | Language and languages > Juvenile literature. Language and culture > Juvenile literature. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | J 418 Isa | 31681002654895 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Discusses the development of different languages from around the world, focusing on the importance of grammar, various alphabets, and pronunciation. - Baker & Taylor
This guide to language takes readers on a trip of the tongue, exploring how languages--spoken, written and sign--originate and change over time. - Grand Central Pub
This guide to language takes readers on a trip of the tongue, exploring how languages --- spoken, written and sign --- originate and change over time. - Grand Central Pub
Award-winning children's science writer Jude Isabella has compiled everything a young reader would ever want to know about language into one accessible, visually stunning book. In lively text, both spoken and written language are explored, including: a basic history of human's use of language; how individuals learn language as babies, and why; how writing systems and alphabets differ; the many sources and uses of slang through the years; how languages evolved in different parts of the world; and why some languages became extinct. Throughout the pages, more than fifty world languages are highlighted and children are offered opportunities to try out some phrases. Each separate topic is covered on a two-page spread, making the content manageable and approachable, and each spread is enhanced with bite-size sidebars that relate to or expand upon the information presented. The entire book is colorfully illustrated throughout by Kathy Boake's striking and unique artwork. A child with a strong interest in language could read this book straight through. Mostly, however, it will find use as a reference for any number of classes, from language arts to history to multicultural studies. With the strong focus on understanding and comparing cultures in today's social studies curricula, this book about languages throughout the world offers an interesting and unique way to do that. Simple activities suitable for individuals or groups appear throughout the book. This comprehensive volume is rounded out with essential reference tools, including a table of contents, a glossary and an index. - Univ of Toronto Pr
Award-winning children's science writer Jude Isabella has compiled everything a young reader would ever want to know about language into one accessible, visually stunning book. In lively text, both spoken and written language are explored, including: a basic history of human's use of language; how individuals learn language as babies, and why; how writing systems and alphabets differ; the many sources and uses of slang through the years; how languages evolved in different parts of the world; and why some languages became extinct. Throughout the pages, more than fifty world languages are highlighted and children are offered opportunities to try out some phrases. Each separate topic is covered on a two-page spread, making the content manageable and approachable, and each spread is enhanced with bite-size sidebars that relate to or expand upon the information presented. The entire book is colorfully illustrated throughout by Kathy Boake's striking and unique artwork.
A child with a strong interest in language could read this book straight through. Mostly, however, it will find use as a reference for any number of classes, from language arts to history to multicultural studies. With the strong focus on understanding and comparing cultures in today's social studies curricula, this book about languages throughout the world offers an interesting and unique way to do that. Simple activities suitable for individuals or groups appear throughout the book. This comprehensive volume is rounded out with essential reference tools, including a table of contents, a glossary and an index. - Univ of Toronto Pr
This guide to language takes readers on a trip of the tongue, exploring how languages -- spoken, written and sign -- originate and change over time.
