Unlike other word books for children, the Let's Learn JAPANESE Picture Dictionary has been created by leading language educators with a carefully controlled vocabulary of the words most commonly taught in beginning Japanese classes.

The dictionary consists of 30 large, colorful scenes that illustrate more than 1,550 basic words These ful-filled scenes are designed to encrourage children to spend time discovering and rediscovering each topic-focusing on the child's everyday world (the house, the family, the classroom, sports), life in the community at large (the city, the country, transportation, people in the community), and the child's world of fun and fantasy (a make-believe castle, space, the ocean, the zoo). Alongside each scene, children will find individual illustrations of the specific vocabulary in that scene. These individual illustrations are clearly defined in Japanese in order to build vocabulary and to enable mastery of the core words. At the back of the dictionary there is a complete alphabetical index of the individually illustrated words that shows where each word can be found.

The Let's Learn JAPANESE Picture Dictionary is a delightful, educationally sound picture book of more than, 1,550 words children learn in beginning Japanese classes. Children will experience hours of enjoyment exploring the information-packed scenes while they build a foundation of basic vocabulary for their Japanese language development.