Quiero mi Plantano / I Want My Banana

Name: Quiero mi Plantano / I Want My Banana
Price: 17.95 AUD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780486855530

Spanish/English

Mary Risk, Alex de Wolf, Rosa María Martín

$17.95

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

Spanish

Miscellaneous
16 September 2025

Educational: Languages other than English; Languages & ESL; Spanish - Children's Bilingual Books; Spanish - Languages; Spanish - Children's Bilingual Books

Oh no, poor Monkey! He's lost his banana, and now it's up to him and his jungle friends to track it down. Will they solve the mystery together? Learning Spanish and English is easy with this cute bilingual storybook. It's a breeze for young readers to pick up new words with side-by-side sentences in Spanish and English, accompanied by bold and colorful illustrations, a handy Spanish-English glossary of key words, and a comprehensive quiz for easy reference. Children will have more fun than a barrel of monkeys learning Spanish and English in this entertaining bilingual jungle adventure.

By: Mary Risk
Illustrated by: Alex de Wolf
Translated by: Rosa María Martín
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Edition: Bilingual edition
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 215mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 118g
ISBN: 9780486855530
ISBN 10: 0486855538
Pages: 24
Publication Date: 16 September 2025
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Risk is the pseudonym for author Elizabeth Laird, an award-winning British writer of children's fiction and travel, known for her large body of folktales she compiled from Ethiopia's regions. Laird uses her pseudonym for TV and educational writing, including the TV adaptation of The Animals of Farthing Wood, in addition to several stories for children learning English as a foreign language. Rosa María Martín is the coordinator of language learning at the Language Centre and has organized courses in languages other than English at Queen Mary University of London since 1993. A native Spanish speaker, Rosa holds a BA in Romance Philology (Spanish and French) from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, and an MA in Language and Literature in Education/Modern Languages from the Institute of Education at the University of London. Rosa is a member of the Association of Language Learning and the UK Association of Language Advisors. She conducts courses and hosts talks for language teachers.