language and languages

On his first day of first grade in a new country, Santiago has a dinosaur-sized problem: how will he make new amigos when he does not speak English?.

"When Jos? is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice"--OCLC.

"When Aurora came to the United States, she learned to speak English. But her spaniel, Nena, did not. Sweet Nena loves to give besos, and she knows only Spanish. At the park, Nena may not know what the other dog owners are saying, but she and Aurora will always understand each other just fine"--Provided by publisher.

Best friends and sixth-graders Bumble and Lizard go on a quest to save the severely endangered language, Guern?siais, partly to impress Bumble's linguist mother.

Presents an illustrated guide to onomatopoeia, words that imitate sounds, looking at how a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds like in Hindi, and more.

A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.

When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.

English anthropologist, Edward Burnett Tylor look at the social evolution, language, and myths of primitive cultures.

Text and illustrations look at twenty-one spoken languages, focusing on where they came from and how they are spoken today.

One morning Rafe wakes up to discover his bedroom is floating in a vast sea of water. Alone with only his dog for company, Rafe adapts to this strange new world by fishing cans of food out of the water and keeping watch. Boxes float by, as does a woman, playing her cello. Then, one day, Rafe fishes out a young girl, who joins him in his room - they don't speak the same language, but together they will face this uncertain future together.