My First Book of Korean Words

My First Book of Korean Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Korean language and culture through everyday words. Additional Reviews: "These books work for younger kids and also help teach ABC's. They are a series of ABC rhyming books about Asian languages and culture. Each book has information about how certain letters in the language are pronounced…The books have colorful illustrations and rhyming information using the word from the language of the book and its English version as well as a bit about the word in the particular culture." — Crafty Moms Share "Alphabet books that reinforce the beauty and importance of learning about many languages and cultures." —Booklist My First Book of Korean Words is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Korean language and culture through everyday words. The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Korean language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Korean Words are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Korean speech, to introduce core elements of Korean culture, to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages. Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes, and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Hangul, as well as in its Romanized form. With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the nearly 80 million people worldwide that speak Korean!