A big part of our site here is to introduce you to a variety of children’s books, so you can explore themes that you would like to read in your own minority language homeschool. You can be assured that we read every single book here in our home. Since we generally read in Portuguese, German, and English, you will find the reviews based on one language specifically. This is for example interesting if translations change character names, or if we share pictures of the books, or if we mention publisher information. While we try to always link back to all three languages, sometimes not all books are localised in all languages.
“Pumpkin Soup” - Helen Cooper
Life is good for Cat, Squirrel, and Duck. They live together, they cook the best soup together, they make music together. Every day is the same pleasure. Then, Duck wakes up and wants to shake things up.
“The Bug Collector” - Alex G. Griffiths
When George visits the insect museum with his Grandad, his love for bug is unstoppable. As he sees the big collection in the museum, he wants to build his own - live - display of all the bugs he can find in the garden.
“The Blue Umbrella” - Emily Ann Davison, Momoko Abe
The little girl finds a small blue umbrella on her doorsteps, and takes it with her on the journey. When it starts raining, she only has eyes for all the other people getting wet, and the little girl tries to get them all underneath the little blue umbrella.
“The Adventures of Lowly Worm” - Richard Scarry
A collection of stories centred around Lowly Worm from Richard Scarry’s Busytown. Some stories extend on each other and tell a bigger continuous story. While others are stand-alone little readings about Lowly, Huckle and the Cat family.
“Bunny’s most fabulous vacation ever!” - Brian Fitzgerald
Bunny is enjoying her vacation in total solitude in the most remote beautiful nature spot, when an unexpected neighbour shows up. Can bunny overcome her initial resentment and prejudice? Or will her vacation be ruined?
“Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast” - Sophie Gilmore
Little Doctor takes care of all the crocodiles that visit her. She treats them all and makes sure they all get better. Until one day, she’s getting visited by the biggest crocodile of them all. The crocodile lady seems fine but little doctor does not give up until the real cause of her struggle is revealed.
“The Bear’s Winter House” - John Yeoman, Quentin Blake
The bear is building a nice winter house for himself to keep the cold wind out this time around. The hen, the hedgehog, the pig, and the squirrel are curious to observe until they are faced with true winter outside of the bear’s house. They are deciding to ask the bear for shelter…