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This bilingual visual dictionary is designed especially for Spanish-speaking ELL students who are at the earliest reading levels. The book is organized around a family's everyday activities, such as eating breakfast, attending school, going to the supermarket, having a picnic in the park, giving the pet dog a bath, and getting ready for bedtime. By the time readers are finished, they will have learned over 100 new vocabulary words in English and Spanish and read at least 70 sentences featuring these words. They will even learn how idiomatic phrasings enter into everyday language. ELL students will be engaged by the simple, appealing format and the colorful illustrations. English-language speakers will find this a great introduction to bilingual reading.