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Classroom, Holidays, International Folktale Characters, Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources

Celebrate World Folktales and Fables Week: Five Fun Activities for the Classroom

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Image from Hansel and Gretel

Next week marks World Folktales and Fables Week (March 19-25), a week where we encourage everyone to learn more about the lessons and cultural background of folktales, fables, and other traditional stories from around the world. Are you looking for fun and interactive ways to celebrate in the classroom? We have put together five ways to excite your students about the week!

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Book Reviews, Language Lizard Announcements, Multicultural, Teacher Resources

New Multicultural Book Celebrates Amazing Sports from Around the World!

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Language Lizard is excited to announce its newest book, Amazing Sports from Around the World, which explores unusual and fascinating sports from diverse cultures and locations, you guessed it, from around the world!

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Language Lizard Announcements, Refugee and Immigrant Resources

Ukrainian Children’s Books Available! Support Refugees with Book Sets in 30 languages

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Language Lizard is excited to announce that our Living in Harmony books are now available in Ukrainian. We are raising funds for refugees with book set purchases of this series in any language! 

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ELLs / DLLs, Language Spotlight

Tagalog Language: Interesting Facts & Resources

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Today we feature the Tagalog language! We’ve gathered background information and interesting facts about the language. We also have information on our newest children’s books available in Tagalog. Continue reading Tagalog Language: Interesting Facts & Resources →

ELLs / DLLs, Holidays, International Folktale Characters, Teacher Resources

World Folktales and Fables: New Multicultural Resources

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This year, World Folktales and Fables Week takes place from March 20th to 26th. Language Lizard is excited to announce the release of the new World of Stories series! These books include multicultural retellings of the story of The Three Little Pigs set in diverse areas and cultures around the world.

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Book Reviews, Giveaways, Holidays

Praise for World of Stories

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day ‘22 was busy with a twitter party, book giveaways, and lots of reviews of multicultural books. See what reviewers said about Language Lizard’s new World of Stories books!

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Book Reviews, Community Support, Holidays, Multicultural, Uncategorized

Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Vaccines Explained Reviews

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On January 28th, 2022, Language Lizard celebrated Multicultural Children’s Book Day as a Platinum Sponsor. Here are some reviews of our bilingual children’s book, Vaccines Explained. Continue reading Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Vaccines Explained Reviews →

ELLs / DLLs, Language Spotlight, Multicultural

Tigrinya Language: Interesting Facts & Resources

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Today the spotlight is on Tirgrinya! We’ve gathered background information and interesting facts about the language. You can also check out our newest children’s books available in Tigrinya. Continue reading Tigrinya Language: Interesting Facts & Resources →

ELLs / DLLs, Language Spotlight, Multicultural

Dari and Pashto: Afghan Languages Fun Facts & Books

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Today’s spotlight language is on Dari and Pashto! We’ve gathered background information and interesting facts about these two languages. You can also find information on our newest bilingual Dari and Pashto children’s books.

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ELLs / DLLs, Language Spotlight, Multicultural

Amharic Language: Interesting Facts & Resources

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Amharic Language: Interesting Facts & Resources

The spotlight is on Amharic today! We’ve gathered some background information and interesting facts about the language. We also share our newest children’s books available in Amharic. Continue reading Amharic Language: Interesting Facts & Resources →