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Four cheerfully illustrated picture dictionaries in English and French for the very young child. Each opening shows a simple, brightly-coloured, clear picture with its caption in two languages and a phonetic guide to the French version. The illustrations all include teddy bears so the age-range is probably limited but, given the lack of suitable bi-lingual texts for the very young, these books are still very welcome.

Now I want to see bi-lingual storybooks for Infants and a wider variety of languages to choose from. It's nearly impossible to find such books at a normal price and schools would benefit greatly if publishers would produce suitable books in much greater numbers. If b small publishers can do it, surely the v big ones can manage it, too?