I just learned about the Lusophone Calendar Art Contest for Kids, which was published on the Vice-Consulate of Portugal in Providence website and The Herald News! It’s such an honor that my book “Summer with Grandpa” in European Portuguese (there’s another edition in Brazilian Portuguese) has been selected for this purpose. I truly hope it will inspire kids and that they’ll have a great time reading in Portuguese and painting. 300 calendars featuring the winners’ paintings will be printed.

The watercolor artist is Svitlana Holovchenko, the European Portuguese translator is André Morgado, and the proofreader is Ana Pereira.

Links:
https://providence.consuladoportugal.mne.gov.pt/en/the-consulate/news/2025-lusophone-calendar-art-contest

https://providence.consuladoportugal.mne.gov.pt/images/iplws_2025_calendar_contest_rules-rdx.pdf

https://eu.heraldnews.com/story/news/local/ojornal/2025/02/27/portuguese-studies-institute-rhode-island-college-bilingual-lusophone-calendar-art-contest-returns/80708128007/

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Art-Calendar-Contest-is-back-.html?soid=1103000147407&aid=kRVbsdfTn4c

The Lusophone Calendar Art Contest is back. Seeking entries from K-12th graders.

Organized by the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies (IPLWS) at Rhode Island College in collaboration with the Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc., the contest is open to students aged 5 to 18 who wish to submit their drawings to be featured in a 2026 bilingual calendar.

“We have returned by teacher demand,” said Dr. Silvia Oliveira, the Director of RIC’s Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies. “Since 2004, over 4,000 students have participated in this activity.”

In its 18th edition, the contest is open to students enrolled in Portuguese language and culture classes in public, private or charter schools or community Portuguese schools.

“There is no better way to learn a language than by learning the culture, the stories, the places, the traditions throughout the ages, and the modern times,” said Dr. Oliveira.

The goal is to encourage students to develop an understanding of Lusophone cultures and heritage by learning about their people, stories, history, geography and art through artistic expression.

“The Portuguese-speaking nations span 900 years and there are over 265 million speakers spread through all continents, including our heritage communities here in the U.S.,” said Dr. Oliveira. “And the Portuguese language has the unique ability to connect all of those different cultures and people in all continents today.”

Students 5 to 10 years old (grades K-5) are invited to explore a bilingual picture book provided by the IPLWS and submit their drawings based on the story of the book. Students aged 11 to 18 are asked to explore a given theme.

“Our themes are designed to be developmentally appropriate for students’ ages, and relevant to Portuguese language learning, following curricular guidance set by the Rhode Island World Language Standards and the ACTFL World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages,” Dr. Silvia said.

Teachers are asked to work with their students in exploring themes and in encouraging their students’ imagination and creativity through artistic expression.

“The materials are made available to all K-12 teachers of Portuguese language and Lusophone cultures; however, only Rhode Island students can submit their artwork for this contest,”

What are the age categories and themes for the 2026 Bilingual Lusophone Art Calendar?

The 2025 Lusophone Calendar Art Contest age categories and themes are as follows:

Ages 5 to 7 (Grades K-2): ‘Summer with Grandpa/Verão com o Avô’ by Elisavet Arkolaki;
Ages 8 to 10 (Grades 3-5): ‘Summer with Grandpa/Verão com o Avô’ by Elisavet Arkolaki or ‘A Lusophone Picture of the Past’;
Ages 11-13 (Grades 6 -8): ‘A Lusophone Picture of the Past’;
Ages 14-18 (Grades 9 -12): ‘A Lusophone Picture of the Past.’

Only one entry per student will be accepted.

Entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by the IPLWS Community Advisory Board.

The three entries in each age category with the most votes will be declared the winners. Each winner will receive a monetary prize.

Each teacher from a winning entry will receive a matching award, to be expended on materials or activities for their Portuguese classes.

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If any of you live in Rhode Island, speak Portuguese, and have kids or students who will participate in this competition, please send me an email. 

Thank you!

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Luxembourgish books / Luxembourgish English bilingual books for kids / Luxembourgish English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, Where am I from?, Happiness Street, Cousins Forever, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are available in Luxembourgish English editions. These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Luxembourgish or English as their second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring Cousins Forever, which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Happiness Street -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here. 
Where am I from? -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.

Where am I from? – Wou kommen ech hier?

Nelly’s Box – Dem Nelly seng Këscht

Summer with Grandpa – Ee Summer mam Bopi

Cousins Forever – Cousineë fir ëmmer

Happiness Street – D’Glécks Strooss

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Chinese books / Chinese English bilingual books for kids / Chinese English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Chinese or English as their second language. The Chinese bilingual books are available in Simplified Chinese and English and Traditional Chinese and English editions (Where am I from? and A Sea of Stars will be published in Traditional Chinese early in 2025) and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring Cousins Forever, which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Happiness Street -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here. 
Where am I from? -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
A Sea of Stars -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.

Happiness Street – 幸福街: A bilingual English Chinese book for kids learning Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese

Cousins Forever – 永远的表姐妹: Α bilingual kids’ book in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English

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Welsh books / Welsh English bilingual books for kids / Welsh English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, Cousins Forever, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are available in Welsh-English editions. These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Welsh or English as their second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of Cousins Forever narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring Cousins Forever, which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Happiness Street -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.

Cousins Forever – Cefndryd am Byth

Nelly’s Box – Blwch Nelly

Summer with Grandpa – Yr Haf â Thad-cu

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Icelandic books / Icelandic English bilingual books for kids / Icelandic English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, the following titles are available in Icelandic-English editions: “Where am I from?”, “Cousins Forever,” “Nelly’s Box,” and “Summer with Grandpa.” These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Icelandic or English as their second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Where am I from? -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here. 

Cousins Forever – Frænkur að eilífu

Where am I from? – Hvaðan er ég?

Nelly’s Box – Kassinn hennar Nelly

Summer with Grandpa – Sumar með afa

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Finnish books / Finnish English bilingual books for kids / Finnish English dual language books

Cousins Forever – Aina serkuksia

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, the following titles are available in Finnish-English editions: “Where am I from?”, “Cousins Forever,” “Nelly’s Box,” and “Summer with Grandpa.” These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Finnish or English as a second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Where am I from? -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.

Nelly’s Box – Nellyn laatikko

Summer with Grandpa – Kesä isoisän kanssa

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Galician books / Galician English bilingual books for kids / Galician English dual language books

Cousins Forever – Curmás para sempre

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, only the following title is available in a Galician-English edition: “Cousins Forever.” This book is perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Galician or English as their second language, and it can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Download the accompanying activities for “Cousins Forever” here.

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Basque books / Basque English bilingual books for kids / Basque English dual language books

Cousins Forever – Lehengusinak Betirako

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, only the following title is available in a Basque-English edition: “Cousins Forever.” This book is perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Basque or English as their second language, and it can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Download the accompanying activities for “Cousins Forever” here.

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Czech books / Czech English bilingual books for kids / Czech English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, all books except “A Sea of Stars” are available in Czech-English editions. These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Czech or English as their second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Happiness Street -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Summer with Grandpa -> Download the accompanying activities in English here. 
Where am I from? -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.

Where am I from? – Odkud jsem?

Happiness Street – Ulice Štěstí

Cousins Forever – Sestřenice navždy

Nelly’s Box – Nellyina krabička

Summer with Grandpa – Léto so starým otcem

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Filipino books / Filipino English bilingual books for kids / Filipino English dual language books

A Sea of Stars, Where am I from?, Cousins Forever, Happiness Street, Nelly’s Box, and Summer with Grandpa are bilingual books written by Elisavet Arkolaki (me), published on Amazon in 50+ languages, and as of right now, close to 65,000 books and eBooks are in the hands of readers (November 2024, over 15k eBooks have been offered and downloaded for free). Currently, the following titles are available in Filipino-English editions: “Cousins Forever,” “Happiness Street,” and “Nelly’s Box.” These books are perfect for bilingual kids and kids learning Filipino or English as their second language and can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide. If you’re interested in buying 50+ books for your school, library, group of students, event, etc., you can contact me at liza@maltamum.com for wholesale prices.

Read-aloud videos of these stories in many languages can be watched on the PEaCH bilingualfamily.eu YouTube channel here. I am an ambassador of this EU, Erasmus+ funded project for bilingual and multilingual families. More information about my background can be found here.

For example, here’s a read-aloud video of “Cousins Forever” narrated in English.

There’s also a video of an event at Lynden Sculpture Garden, USA, as part of the “HOME Multilingual Story Time” project featuring “Cousins Forever,” which might work as an inspiration for more school and library projects. The story was read in English and Ukrainian by Halyna Salapata from Wisconsin for Ukraine, and the storytelling session ended with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela in English and Spanish, where local kids were invited to send her their paintings and words to play the “Word swap” game.

Here’s also a video of kids of various ages reading Nelly’s Box in English and Romanian at the Centrul Educațional Arici Pogonici in collaboration with the Plymouth Babylab at the University of Plymouth, which might give you some ideas on how to use bilingual books in a classroom.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. The bilingual books I publish are ideal for early readers and beginner language learners: 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.

Amazon USA link
Amazon UK link
Amazon CA link
Amazon AU link
Amazon DE link
Amazon IT link
Amazon ES link
Amazon FR link

Cousins Forever  Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Happiness Street -> Download the accompanying activities in English here.
Nelly’s Box -> Download the accompanying activities here.

Happiness Street – Kalye Maligaya

Cousins Forever – Magpinsan Magpakailanman

Nelly’s Box – Ang Kahon ni Nelly

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