All Kinds of Things/Todo tipo de cosas

Toddler-PreS–What do race cars and ostriches have in common? How about flowers, umbrellas, and tin cans? In this bilingual picture book, Gervais creates a colorful reference in English and Spanish that offers young readers new ways to investigate objects and phenomena by posing imaginative questions about their similarities. Consider, for example, that yellowjackets, safety pins, and forks call all prick, or sting (pican), while pliers, clothespins, and crabs or lobsters pinch (pinzan). Learners will enjoy how some words are spelled similarly across languages, like kangaroo (canguro) or carp (carpe), if not exactly, as with perfume (to later discover that perfume is stressed differently). Compound words are also featured (as with rainbow/arcoiris) to exemplify how language, in general, uses literal and figurative terms to make meaning. This work will engage and entertain readers who can link different things easily through simple observations of their natural states or uses. Photos accompany each word pair across all categories, prompting children to ask more questions when exploring their own surroundings and make more personal, illuminating connections on their own!