The "Discover the World" series of books offers a good resource for FLES teachers. The books highlight important elements from each culture in simple language combined with expressive illustrations. Each letter in the alphabet includes a different topic with its own picture. In the P is for Piñata book, for example, the topics include: A is for adobe, C is for cacao, D is for Diego Rivera, and R is for Rain God. While these books are written in English, they are very easy to re-write in the target language and provide an excellent opportunity for students to talk about the scenes, important people, practices and products of each culture. Here are some of the titles in this series:
- C is for Ciao: An Italy Alphabet by Elissa Grodin, Mario Cuomo, and Marco Ventura
- D is for Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet by Carol Crane and Zong Zhou Wang
- E is for Eiffel Tower: A France Alphabet by Helen Wilber and Yan Nascimbene
- K is for Kabuki: A Japan Alphabet by Gloria Whelan, Jennifer Nolan, and Oki Han
- P is for Piñata: A Mexico Alphabet by Tony Johnston and John Parra
- T is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet by Varsha Bajaj and Robert Crawford
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