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My First Hiragana Activity Book
Contributor(s): Green, Yuko (Author)
ISBN: 0486413365     ISBN-13: 9780486413365
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $5.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2000
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Annotation: 46 characters comprising the Japanese "alphabet" allow English-speaking children (or Japanese youngsters beginning to read and write) to jot down simple words in Japanese -- from ahiru (duck) to yubi (finger). 336 ready-to-color illustrations accompany Japanese characters and their English transliteration.
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Foreign Language Study - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities - Word Games
Dewey: 658
Series: Dover Children's Activity Books
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.27" W x 10.96" (0.42 lbs) 48 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

This entertaining and instructive activity book introduces English-speaking children to simple words in the Japanese language. Japanese youngsters just beginning to read and write also will find the easy-to-follow book helpful. Spaces are provided for drawing each hiragana symbol with one, two, or three strokes.
Forty-six characters make up the basic Japanese hiragana, or alphabet, with each symbol of the hiragana depicting a syllable rather than a single letter. With these 46 characters, you'll be able to write hundreds of words in Japanese -- from ahiru (duck), ame (candy)' and atama (head) to yuki (snow), yuri (lily), and yubi (finger).
For each character, there is a selection of ready-to-color illustrations of items whose names begin with that character -- more than 330 words in all -- along with the word in Japanese characters. A separate list accompanies the Japanese word with a transliteration and an English translation. The book also lists 58 hiragana modified syllables used to form thousands of additional words.