What Color Is It?/¿Qué color es éste? Good Beginnings

Customer Reviews

Learning colors

2008-05-28
Book was in good condition as discribed by the seller. My son loves the book

"naranja" is correct in spain

2007-07-01
Great book, my toddler loves it. And there are no mistakes.

For clarification: the color orange is "naranja" in Spanish from Spain. We call the fruit and the color the same in Spain (just as they do in English!). I know in Latin American countries they say "anaranjado". But that does not make "naranja" a mistake in the book. It is correct Spanish, found in the dictionary.It was just probably translated by a Spaniard.

I was shocked by the review by a teacher saying that she tells her students that the word "naranja" is wrong. I would never tell my toddler that "anaranjado" is incorrect, even though we don't say it that way! It's just a proof of the diversity of the Spanish language. Shame on this teacher who says she uses "naranja" as an example of bad translation - and complains of seeing the mistake frequently. No wonder, since it is not a mistake. She should instead explain how different Spanish-speaking countries use different words, and all are correct.

a good start

2007-06-29
"ANARANJADO" is the word I learned for the COLOR orange. "NARANJA" means the fruit, not the color. Confusing, since in English the color and the fruit are the same word! Other than that, a very cute early Spanish book!

my 16 month olds favorite book!

2007-06-18
My 16 month old LOVES this book. She has been bringing it to me for months asking me to read it 'with' her. she points at all the different things on each page and I tell her what it is and what colour it is. ex "that's a green grasshopper" or "he's painting the fence purple". It's a very colourful book for us to share together. And as a bonus we get to learn spanish colours too!

Buenisimo!!!

2007-05-24
Me encanta este libro. Mi hija de apenas 10 semanas se lo disfruta muchisimo. Las imagenes y las diferentes tonalidades de colores en cada pagina son perfectos para el aprendizaje por asociacion ya que te da la oportunidad de poderles inventar historias. Ademas es buenisimo para los pequeñitos pq pueden ejercitar los musculos de la vista, ademas que es una manera muy bonita de comenzar a introducirle los colores y de una vez ampliar su vocabulario de manera bilingüe.

good book for young children

2007-03-06
This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.

The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting introduction to vocabulary.

One wrong word, otherwise, great layout and concepts

2006-03-01
As another reviewer pointed out, the color for Orange is incorrect in this book - I've seen MANY Spanish resources make this error, which is frustrating as a teacher. Otherwise, this is a great layout, fun, simple pictures that keep my children and students engaged. I use it for my Spanish classes ages 4 all the to 10 years old. We use the orange page as a quiz - what's wrong here (They all know their fruit vocabulary already.)

Over all, a good book to have in your Spanish library, and a great addition to a more comprehensive curriculum like Flip Flop Spanish.