Higina da Guia
Outskirts Press (2008)
ISBN 9781432720551
Reviewed by Cayden (age 4.5) and Max (age 2.5) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (3/09)
“Pajamas and the Days of the Week” is a story about a boy named John preparing for bed and learning the days of the week. The text is written first in English and then in Portuguese.
Cayden: “I liked the picture of the snail in the beginning and the snail riddle at the end, but the middle of the book was kind of strange. I like books that have words besides English in them, but in this book I didn’t even know what some of the English words meant.”
Parent’s comments:
My children really did not get into “Pajamas and the Days of the Week” by Higina da Guia. The storyline was not that interesting and was a little confusing in some areas. The author’s note in the beginning of the book states that the book “is perfect for all who are learning a second language (English or Portuguese).” It may be suitable for that purpose, but as an entertaining book to read to children it falls a little short. Also, for a small soft cover book I think that the price of $18.95 is a tad bit steep for the content.
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