With online audio.
This Shiba dog is very impressed with himself and takes every opportunity to show off his many handsome traits. Unfortunately he makes a shocking discovery at the end of this story.
Readers will learn to recognise body parts in Japanese and will be able to compliment their own good looks, or someone else’s, in Japanese too.
With free access to a bilingual audiobook and hiragana chart bookmark to assist with decoding, this 20 page picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4). (See specific Content Descriptions below).
Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go.
The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy for children 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.
