My First Bilingual Book–Numbers (English–Russian)

I bought this and the "colors" version of this book in Urdu for my son to teach him Urdu and English numbers. Like my review of the Colors book, the book does have a nice print and vivid colors, but the Urdu part of the book is lacking greatly. For example, they don't use actual Urdu words for many of the objects in the book, even when they have an equivalent word. The words 'lamps' are used instead of 'battiyan,' 'car' is used instead of gaari,' 'is-scarf' is used instead of 'dupattay,' 'train' instead of 'rail gaari' and there are many other instances where English words written in Urdu script are used instead of the real Urdu word translation. In addition, many objects are used that have no Urdu equivalent (so that the English word is used)- for example: crayons, bus, skateboards, sandwiches, cakes, and chocolates. Other objects that actually have Urdu translatable words could have easily been substituted. Very disappointed.

The books in the "My First Bilingual Book (English-Italian)" series have colorful, good quality images, sturdy pages, and the size is relatively small. These are great books for households where both parents don't speak Italian, since they provide the word in both Italian and English. The only downside (for the whole series) is that it's not a story book, it's a dictionary/flashcard style book, so it can sometimes be difficult to hold a baby/toddler's attention with this. With the limited Italian bilingual material out there, I would still highly recommend them. The the "Numbers-Numeri," along with  My First Bilingual Book-Colours (English-Italian) , are the best in the series as they also show vocabulary for nouns you can count as you teach the numbers.

Uh...page 9 is not French. It's in Vietnamese. so random.

Trying to introduce various languages to my daughter. Great book to do so. I wish it had pronunciation of the French words though.

Love the fact that this was made! board book! perfect!!! Perfect for my son who is half german and half american. So Hes able to communicate in both language with both families. I got them and other whole package for my son's 2nd birthday. He keeps reading them and able to pronounce different when he is with me (english) and with his father (German). So blessed for this book!

Product arrived damaged. Clearly was returned and then resent out again.

Our two-year old toddler isn’t really interested in this book as much as he is in other number books. Maybe when he gets older.

I bought this book for my 2-year old daughter to help her learn Portuguese and English. My husband is from Brazil and we want her to speak both languages. This book is perfect because it shows both languages on each item and has more English/Portuguese words than expected. It's perfect for young kids because it's a hard book and the pages can't rip. I am learning the language as well and this book helps me. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to teach their children a different language.

Disappointed with the product because it’s missing the most obvious thing you’d be looking for in a book about Arabic numbers- the actual Arabic numbers. They are written in English so doesn’t fulfill the function I was hoping for. It’s a mix up of words and numbers in English and Arabic but the only Arabic in here is the words.

Lovely book as an aid for toddlers learning another language. This is my mother's language, and she struggled to teach me as a child, but my eldest has taken to it so well that we got this for her to enjoy with her grandma.

Good quality product. Lovely illustrations

USELESS for children learning Japanese for the first time, as it requires them to already know kanji and hiragana - and furthermore there is no pronunciation guide. A really stupid book and a rip off with absolutely no redeeming features whatsoever and completely unsuited for bilingual children.

My son is English and Polish so it's a great way for him to learn both languages bright and colourful too.