Japan Family & People Picture Book

About this book

> Written and produced in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu (Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC) — an authentic Japanese picture book, created in Japan, not a mass-produced import. 500 Japanese words of family and people — from kazoku (family) and okāsan (mom) to second cousins, kind neighbors and the words that connect hearts! Every word with romaji AND free listening audio! > > Who is in your family? Family words are the very first words a child ever learns — and the words they will use every day of their life. Most English–Japanese first-word books give family a page or two of about 15 words. Japan Family & People Picture Book: My First 500 Japanese Words is a whole family album in one book: > > - 500 family and people words (not 100, not 320) across 10 chapters — my family, mom, dad and grown-ups, grandpa, grandma and elders, brothers, sisters and babies, uncles, aunts and cousins, friends and playmates, neighbors and town people, words that connect people, family time together, and celebrations and memories > - Romaji for every single word, so any parent can read Japanese aloud with confidence > - A picture for every word — each illustration pairs a family-and-people motif (family at home, parents, grandparents, siblings and baby, relatives at a big table, friends holding hands, neighborhood houses, a heart with a ribbon, the family table, a photo album) with the word's first kana, so children learn Japanese letters while they learn words > - Free audio QR code: scan it to open the listening page and hear all 500 words in English and Japanese — then play who's-who detective together: point at a photo and ask, who is this? > - The Japanese way of calling people: humble words for your own family (chichi, haha) and polite words for everyone else's — plus the everyday greetings a Japanese family really says (tadaima, okaerinasai, ittekimasu) > - More than family: cousins, second cousins (hatoko), great-grandparents, neighbors, friends and the kind words — thank you, sorry, I missed you — that hold people together > - Made in Japan: written and produced in Japan by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — authentic words, not generic ones > > Perfect for bilingual families, international families, and any child who wants to talk to Grandma and Grandpa in Japanese. > > Collect all 19 volumes: Vol. 1 Animals · Vol. 2 Festivals · Vol. 3 Seasons · Vol. 4 Vehicles · Vol. 5 Food · Vol. 6 Town · Vol. 7 Daily Life · Vol. 8 Nature · Vol. 9 School · Vol. 10 Play & Friends · Vol. 11 Music · Vol. 12 Animals of Japan · Vol. 13 Jobs · Vol. 14 Weather & Seasons · Vol. 15 Body & Health · Vol. 16 Home & Rooms · Vol. 17 Colors & Shapes · Vol. 18 Clothes & Dressing · Vol. 19 Family & People