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Tấm and Cám
By Jessie Duong Get Book
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Description
Tấm and Cám is a bilingual Vietnamese-English picture book for children ages 3 to 6. It presents the Vietnamese Cinderella folktale in a child-friendly, simplified form, making it most useful for family story time, heritage-language exposure, and very early reading practice.
Across 24 illustrated pages, English and Vietnamese are printed together, so you can compare short sentences while following the story. Cultural details include Tấm, her stepsister Cám, the fish Bống, Ông Bụt, the lost slipper, and a happy royal ending. The pictures and compact text make repeated read-alouds easy.
This is a storybook, not a structured language course. It does not include audio or practice activities, so you will need a confident reader or another pronunciation source if you are learning independently. The short retelling offers little depth beyond one story, but it works well as a first bilingual folktale.
Content
- Type: Readers
- Skills: Reading, Vocabulary
- Size: 24 pages
- Native audio: No
- Exercises: No
Price
- Price: $15 one-time
- Cost: Paid
- Free trial: No
Details
- Format: Book
- Made for children: Yes
- Author: Jessie Duong
- Publisher: embebooks
- Published: 2025
- ISBN-13: 9781965573068
Pros
- Vietnamese and English text printed together on illustrated pages
- Keeps cultural details such as Bống and Ông Bụt in the simplified retelling
- Short, age-specific format for repeated family read-alouds
Cons
- No audio for pronunciation or listening practice
- No exercises or language notes
- Offers limited depth beyond one simplified story
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