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All books have easy-to-understand English and simple pictures and are suitable for children learning English in the age range of around 3-10 years old.
Peter the Lonely Pineapple and Princess Lizzie are bilingual English/Japanese books. Published by Net Musashino.
Blue Mouse, Yellow Mouse and Where Are My Stripes? are picture books in English only published by R.I.C Publications.
All of the above books have an accompanying CD with narration of the story, original piano music, a song or chant, karaoke and vocabulary practice in English.
Patricia has also written a number of books for Benesse Corporation (text only) as part of their World Wide Kids Program http://www.benesse.co.jp/wk/
and for CosmoPier Publishing Company as part of their special publications about English picture books. http://www.cosmopier.com/
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Peter
the Lonely Pineapple (2002)
The main character is Peter, a pineapple in a fruit shop who doesn't have anyone to play with as the other pineapples have been already sold and the strawberries, bananas, apples, oranges and grapes refuse to play with him.
But one day Peter gets lucky......and soon he has many friends.
Children learn the words for different kinds of fruit, feelings and how to ask for a favour, accept and decline invitations. The story teaches children not to exclude others and to get on well with each other
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Princess Lizzie (2005)
Lizzie is a lizard who thinks she is a princess. Even though the other creatures in the garden tell Lizzie that she is not a princess, Lizzie carries on believing that she is. Then something happens which convinces Lizzie that she was right all along.
Children learn the names of many common garden creatures and simple affirmative and negative sentences. The story conveys to children the importance of having confidence and not giving up your dream. It also shows the strength of motherly love.
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Blue Mouse,
Yellow Mouse (2006)
Blue Mouse comes from a land where everything is blue and Yellow Mouse comes from a land where everything is yellow. So what happens when Yellow Mouse comes to live in Blue Mouse Land?
This is an enchanting tale about an adventurous mouse. It encourages children to be open to new or different environments.
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Where are my
Stripes? (2006)
When Christa gradually loses her beautiful blue, red and yellow stripes she goes on a quest to find them. But the seahorse, octopus and starfish can't help her. Only the Wise Old Crab knows the truth.
This story conveys the connection between the coral and the surrounding eco-system in an original and amusing way.
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Broom Zoom Choo Woo (2007)
This book is full of sounds and rhythm and great fun for early learners. Many different animals are riding many different kinds of vehicle.
It is in Stage 1 of the World Wide Kids Series distributed by Benesse Corp.
You can see some sample pages and listen to part of the story here: http://www.benesse.co.jp/wk/trial/pbooks/broomzoom.html
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Stacy Strawberry (2009)
Stacy is a strawberry who is in awe of her friend, Peter Pineapple.
So Stacy decides she wants to be a pineapple, too.
Can she become a pineapple….?
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This story shows Stacy’s amusing attempts to become a pineapple and is in the form of a detachable book inside a handbook for reading picture stories in English for Japanese speakers.
Details about the handbook (in Japanese only) can be viewed here |
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Translation of the Japanese picture book and narration on CD of the story of the space probe, Hayabusa.
The translated story is included in the publication "Eigo no Ehon Club"
http://www.cosmopier.com/eio/backnum/backnum_ehonclub.html
Patricia also translates business and marketing materials and has translated a number of books on design,
including four books by Shigeki Nakamura on traditional design patterns used in Japan and elsewhere. |
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