Croatian Bilingual Children’s Books

[ 0 ] 09/11/2023 | liza

Croatian books / Croatian English bilingual books for kids / Croatian 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 studying Croatian or English as their second language. The Croatian bilingual books are available in Croatian and English editions. These books are also available in Serbian English and Bosnian English editions. They can be purchased from all Amazon stores. Books of mine can also be found or requested in public libraries worldwide.

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”. 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.

About my bilingual books

Dual-language or bilingual books are books in which the story is written in two languages. In my books, in particular, in the editions with Croatian and English, there’s an illustration on one page and the story written on the other in both languages. Large, black fonts are used against a white background to facilitate readability for early readers and beginner language learners.

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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.