About me

Hi,

I’m Elisavet Arkolaki, and it’s great connecting with you! I’m a multilingual mom raising two beautiful multilingual and ethnically mixed children. I’m also a children’s book author, mainly writing and publishing bilingual books. I have lived in six countries, and my home now, most of the time, is in Norway.

My husband and I are passionate about traveling; inspired by global learning, we raise our children between countries, cultures, and languages. I write to build cultural understanding and sensitivity in young children while they are still eager to learn, and to entertain, help, and support them in their bilingual journey. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers: white backgrounds (except books for a younger audience where the background has color), large and easy-to-read fonts, the image on one page and the text on the other, modern themes relevant to bilingual children, bilingual main characters and families that speak more than one language, etc. These books are available in 50+ languages with progressively longer stories from one book to the other. More languages and editions can be added depending on demand.

I have an academic background in foreign language teaching, translation, and marketing. I graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in Global Marketing (MSc), the University of Athens (EKΠΑ) with a degree in French Philology/Language and Literature (BA), and I was awarded a certificate of proficiency in English from the University of Cambridge. I speak four languages at different levels of fluency. I’ve worked for many years with translations, marketing, project management, content writing, and writing, in general, in various forms.

“A Sea of Stars”, “Where am I from?”, “Cousins Forever”, “Happiness Street”, “Nelly’s Box”, and “Summer with Grandpa” are the titles of my bilingual books and as of right now close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (updated November 2024, 15,000+ eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). You can find them in all Amazon stores, Barnes & Noble, and many more. My books are also available in many public libraries worldwide and you could also request that your local library purchase them. As an example, click here to check out my Spanish-English bilingual books, French-English bilingual books, and Italian-English bilingual books.

I’m proud that I’ve been a volunteer and an ambassador of PEaCH, an Erasmus+ (EU) funded project to support European families raising bilingual and multilingual children. PEaCH did that in the form of a handbook for parents, a handbook for educators, informative videos, and an online collection of ready-to-use materials in the 24 official EU languages. Moreover, read-aloud videos of some of my stories can be watched on PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I collaborated with other ambassadors and readers to create read-aloud videos of “Cousins Forever”, “Happiness Street” and “Nelly’s Box” in many languages for the public to access for free (Arabic, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese of Portugal, Portuguese of Brazil, Spanish, Swedish).

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Bilingual children’s books 
Where am I from? (35+ languages)
A Sea of Stars (25+ languages, boy and girl editions)

Happiness Street (45+ languages)
Cousins Forever (50+ languages)
Nelly’s Box (35+ languages)
Summer with Grandpa (35+ languages)

Available languages (more can be added depending on demand):
AfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianBasqueBosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Traditional & Simplified)CroatianCzechDanishDutch • English • EstonianFilipino / TagalogFinnishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseKoreanLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalteseNorwegianPolishPortuguese (PT)Portuguese (BR)RomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSloveneSpanishSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianVietnameseWelsh

 


Children’s books in English
Where am I from? (1st edition, Faraxa Publishing, Malta, EU)
Sunny’s Magical Headband
Happiness Street
Cousins Forever
Nelly’s Box
Summer with Grandpa

 

Non-fiction books
How to Raise Confident Multicultural Children

 

A short love story for adults in a photo book format
Together They Blossomed
(It’s also available in bilingual editions in EN-FR, EN-ES, EN-IT, and EN-GR).

 

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