Before School - Avant l’école

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This document, titled "Before School - Avant l’école," is a bilingual (English and French) early reading book for children, authored by Carol Smith with illustrations by Anna Grove. Published in 2020 by SIL Cameroon, it adheres to a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), allowing for adaptation and distribution under specific non-commercial terms and requiring proper attribution of authors and illustrators. The book follows a young girl named Anna (Anne in French) through her morning routine before school. It describes her waking up, washing her face, putting on clothes, eating breakfast, and packing her school bag. Each action is presented in both English and French, facilitating early language learning for bilingual or multilingual children. The accompanying illustrations by Anna Grove visually represent each step in Anna's morning, making the narrative engaging for young readers. The book serves as a pedagogical tool for developing early literacy skills, introducing basic vocabulary and sentence structures in two languages. The copyright and licensing information is clearly stated, emphasizing the shared nature of the work and the conditions for its use and adaptation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time22 min

Before School

Avant l’école

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What is the purpose of the "Before School - Avant l’école" book?

The book is an early reading material designed to help children learn basic vocabulary and sentence structures in both English and French by describing a girl's morning routine before school.

Who are the creators of the "Before School - Avant l’école" book?

The book is written by Carol Smith and illustrated by Anna Grove. It was published by SIL Cameroon.

Under what conditions can this book be used or adapted?

The book is distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), meaning it can be adapted and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided the copyright and author credits are maintained and the resulting work is shared under a similar license.

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