Chameleon Swims (English-Vietnamese)

Chameleon Races is very bright and colorful for children. It's one of my son's favorite English-Italian books because you learn about the lizards helping each other so they can all finish together. the lizard names are easy to pronounce since the spelling is close to the English version. Defenitely a cool book, will look for more in the series.

I would actually rate this book a 3 (I tried to change my rating to three stars, but I couldn't). The story and pictures are very simple, but for a 6 to 24 month old baby, I think they're fine. This book probably would not retain the interest of a child beyond the age of two. The book has a total of approximately seven sentences in French, and seven similar sentences in English (I do not think the translations are exact). Every page shows the Chameleon and his salamander friend in the water, moving forward, or backward, or twirling, etc. Like I said, the story is very simple. The pictures all look similar. But I really like the cheerful, yet mellow shades of blue and green that are used, I like that the story is given in both languages, and the boardbook is a nice size for little hands.

This is a really nice book. I bought it because I speak portugues with my daughter all the time so she can learn to be fluent in 2 languages. Also .... since she is just about to turn 2 and it is almost summer, I wanted her to become more at ease with the idea of swimming. When I read this book too her she becomes so excited. She laughs and giggles everytime she sees the illustrations on certain pages. The illustrations are very colorful and her attention is glued to the pages while we read. She loves to imitate the motions of the Chameleon and Salamander. I highly recommend this book... especially if your little one has a bit of concern about water. Another book to check out is Stella, Star of the Sea!!!! (all Stella books are great!)