Barefoot Books Walking Through the Jungle

Lo adoriamo! La prima volta è arrivato senza cd, ma i servizi resi e il call center di Amazon sono efficientissimi e ho ricevuto in pochi giorni un nuovo libro con cd. Belle le illustrazioni, curato il testo, ben fatto il cd che ha sia la traccia con il vocale sia quella solo strumentale per cantarci sopra!

This book is absolutely fantastic!. I heard this song at the YouTube, my colleagues often sing this song at the story time. When I sang this song, children enjoyed it, they always requested me to sing. This book for 3-7 years, but I often sing for toddlers.

El libro es ideal para niños pequeños aprendiendo inglés: tiene una estructura repetitiva, utiliza un lenguaje sencillo y las imágenes ayudan a comprender el significado del texto. Además es muy visual y está acompañado de un CD que ayudará a la lectura, además de hacerla mucho más atractiva. Sin duda, lo recomendaría.

Catchy tune and rythm; a bit jingly but plenty of variety in rythm section, with changes of key too. Plenty of simple repetition and large font size, which is exactly what I was looking for, for a three-and-a-half year old who is beginning to recognise words. Chance to make animal noises too. Theme is: Walking through the jungle/climbing up a mountain, etc, what do I see, what do I see? I think I see a lion/monkey,etc,and he's chasing after me. And finally: Running home for supper.... Lots of fun, potentially participative, and a happy ending. BUT... the song moves on much too fast, with no time to think/talk about the answers, and certainly not enough time to look at words. There's not even time for an adult to turn the pages between sections. Solution 1: Have a pause button ready, but that loses the momentum of the catchy rythms. Solution 2: Make a copy on a blank CD and use audio-editing software (or get a teenage family member involved!) to extract 6 to 8-second sections of appropriate parts of the separate music track on the original CD, and insert them in your new copy where needed. I did this reasonably successfully. It was easy to observe the key changes but not so easy to maintain the rythm for every page. Having gone that far, I added an introduction in Granny's voice too, for good measure. Have fun!

テンポの良い歌で、繰り返しの多い歌詞が覚えやすく、4歳の娘がよく口ずさんでいます。