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The Biscuit Moon
By Jesús Zatón Get Book
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Description
The Biscuit Moon is a bilingual English-Vietnamese picture book for children, officially aimed at roughly ages 6 to 12. It follows Buffalo and Lion as a fight over a biscuit during a drought grows into a lesson about greed, illusion, migration, and cooperation.
The 28-page paperback uses present-tense narration, illustrations, repetition, and a gradual build-up of vocabulary. This makes it useful for shared reading and for comparing how the story is expressed in English and Vietnamese. Its themes also give parents or teachers plenty to discuss beyond the language itself.
Every page works with Mantra Lingua's TalkingPEN, which can play the story in both languages after the matching audio is loaded. The pen is a separate purchase, so the book alone is mainly a reading resource. Free teacher notes and activities add lesson ideas, but this is not a structured Vietnamese course and does not provide systematic grammar or conversation practice.
Content
- Type: Readers
- Skills: Listening, Reading, Vocabulary
- Size: 28 pages
- Exercises: Yes
Price
- Price: $15.50
- Cost: Paid
Details
- Format: Book
- Made for children: Yes
- Author: Jesús Zatón
- Publisher: Mantra Lingua
- Published: 2020
- ISBN-13: 9781787848597
Pros
- Repeated present-tense language builds vocabulary gradually
- Page-by-page English and Vietnamese narration available with TalkingPEN
- Free teacher notes and activity ideas
- Illustrated story explores conflict, drought, migration, and cooperation
Cons
- TalkingPEN is required for audio and sold separately
- Only 28 pages, so language coverage is limited
- No structured grammar or conversation practice
- Activities are separate rather than printed in the book
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