In English, of Course

By Josephine Nobisso

Book Overview

Set in the Bronx during the 1950s, when postwar immigrant children were placed in their first American classrooms, this delightful story tells of the riotous linguistic misunderstandings of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940112086
• ISBN13: 9780940112087
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Gingerbread House
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 12.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

A light-hearted story that shows the frustrations and humor of learning a second language

In this picture book, Josephine tries to tell her English class about her hometown of Naples, Italy. The teacher, who clearly knows very little about city-life in Italy, tries to help Josephine tell the story. The result is a far-fetched tale about Josephine's life on a farm. This light-hearted story, illustrated with delightful pen and ink drawings, shows the frustrations, and humor, involved in learning a second language. This book would work well for young elementary school students or TESOL students in early or intermediate grades.

Hilarious

A family favorite - the kids love when I try to read it with an Italian accent. I think I'm going to go read it to them right now!

A Wonderful Picture Book

I haven't had such a good laugh in a long time. This book is written very well and the illustrations are a great complement! As a preschool teacher in a setting where many children are learning English as a second language, this book helped me to open up conversations with the children. Most times, esp ESL children are shy when speaking in a group. But after reading this book, many of my children opened up( By the way, my father's family was also from Napoli, Italia :)