Learning German for Children Has Never Been More Fun! Lingo Dingo loves to help — anyone, anytime, anyhow! In this heartwarming story, Lingo helps a German chef make the perfect birthday cake… but the chef only speaks German! What could go wrong!? This bilingual German-English picture book for children aged 3–9 : Blends an English language story with over 50 German words and phrases so that children learn German without realising; - Builds a child’s confidence in speaking a new language - Makes learning German fun, natural, and memorable Follow Lingo Dingo on her next adventure in Lingo Dingo and the German Astronaut , and discover another 50 German words and phrases ! Learning German for children has never been more fun! Following on from the success of the wildly popular The Fabulous Lost and Found and the little German mouse , bestselling author, and writer on the Emmy Winning Tales of Peter Rabbit, Mark Pallis returns to make learning German for children even more fun! This book uses the unique Story Powered Language Learning method work to help children learn German without realising it. Unlike other German English books for children, or traditional bilingual German English childrens books (or bilingual German English kids books), this German language learning book for kids is different. We take a fun character, Lingo Dingo, who kids will love, and then we put her in a tight squeeze, where she needs to figure out the meaning of the German words and phrases in the story in order to help save the day. Kids will be so busy laughing that they don't realise they're learning. Message from the Author I am passionate about learning languages. There is something special about that sense of connection you get when you talk to another person in their mother tongue. The expression 'they really spoke my language' really captures that magic feeling. So unlike other German childrens books or bilingual German-English kids books, this story makes German for kids fun and engaging. I really wanted to focus on German words and phrases, German vocabulary for children, and German language learning for kids that would make people smile. Imagine the joy on the child's face when they say that special phrase to a native speaker! They'll feel so proud, and you will too! with my best wishes, Mark Pallis Reviews for Mark Pallis' language learning stories: "A fabulous bilingual story for anyone to enjoy and read in two languages. Mark Pallis is set to make our world a multilingual place where all languages are cherished. I highly recommend this book!" - Dr Fabrice Jaumont, author of The Bilingual Revolution "The mix of humour and language learning in this story works really well. When it first arrived Ivy made me read it three times in a row .... She's picked up lots of the vocabulary and has also started to ask me the French words for other things she can see in the pictures." - IvysLibrary.com "What makes this book extra special is how it begins to introduce its readers to a new language, the Welsh language in fact. As a mother who has two children in a Welsh school, and can only read and write a little myself, it is a novel way to bring us together as a family." - Rhian Gregory, wales247.com Mark Pallis is a language loving father of two. He speaks five languages and can tell jokes in another ten! A frequent schools speaker on the importance of language learning, he is on a mission to make language learning fun. "The phrase, 'They really spoke my language' is so amazing - it perfectly captures the sense of connection that you get when you talk to someone in their own language. And that's what my books are all about: making us feel connection. And having fun of course!" Mark is the author of several popular books for children and wrote Episodes of the daytime Emmy award winning animated series 'Tales of Peter Rabbit'. James graduated from Falmouth University with a BA (Hons) in Illustration in 2007. He lives in the UK and is represented by NB Illustration. He loves the countryside, music and illustrating dogs getting up to mischief...James creates his humorous, detailed cartoon illustrations using a blend of both traditional and digital methods. He has a real strength for observation, characterisation and a strong use of line. He loves illustrating animals and people and is rarely without his trusty sketchbook to capture the world around him. His commissioned work often involves dogs which he is more than happy about!