Say Hello!

This book is about a young girl that goes into town with her Mom and her dog Manny. She says hello to many people in many different languages.

Carmelita and her mother go around her neighborhood saying hello to all her neighbors. Although these people live and work together in the same place, they are all from different cultures. Carmelita and her mother learn to say hello to them in their native language. This is a great read aloud book

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to teach children about different cultures and diversity.

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Say Hello! is a great book for teaching children about diversity. Carmelita and her mother are on their way to visit Abuela Rosa. On their way, they encounter many different culture and saying hello to each one in their native language. The illustrations depict each culture well. The illustrations

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looks like painted pieces of paper cut out into shapes to form the people, places, and things. Some of the pieces look like printed paper as well. It was interesting to look at as an older reader but I do remember not enjoying this type of illustrations as a child. Also, in the back of the book features all the different ways to say Hello in the different language. It has the word broken down so that children can learn them. I think that is a fantastic aspect for children book. I would definitely recommend this book for a diversity week.

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Nothing really incredibly new here, but cute illustrations; and I loved that one of the multilingual hellos is the dog's "woof" on each page.

All about greetings, vocabulary and social modeling. The vocabulary is diverse and easy to follow.

The character is the story likes to visited her neighbor, but her neighbor form different country, and they used different languages. she learned to say Hello.She want to communicate with them.
Age group 3
Pierce country library

Summary: In this book Carmelita and her mother travel through town so they can visit Abuela Rosa. On their way across town, Carmelita and her mom say hello to many different cultures. They pass people that are Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, Swahili, Japanese, Chinese, and Jewish. Carmelita and

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her mom say hello to everyone in their home languages until they finally reach Abuela Rosa. Carmelita tells Abuela Rosa that they know how to say hi in many languages.

Review: I think this book is great to read to introduce children to different languages. The main point of this book was to learn how to say hello in other languages. It also introduced a little about each culture as Carmelita and her mom were saying hi. For example, they said Bonjour in a bakery, which shows that some of our foods are based off of French goods. The clothes worn in the story were also a good example of what could be seen in a different countries. For example, when they went into a Japanese restaurant, the people there were wearing outfits that may be seen as traditional Japanese clothing. Overall, I thought this book would be a great way to open up about a topic on different cultures and I really liked how the author showed how diverse a city can be with everyones different cultures.

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How a girl can go to her grandmas how and on her way learn to say hello in many different languages and see some culture in clothing and the diversity around her until she gets to grandmas house.

In this delightful picture book Rachel Isadora teaches the reader how to "Say Hello!" in 9 languages. Colorful pages accompany the text as the main character, a little girl named Carmelita, wakes up to visit her grandmother. On her way, she walks through the neighborhood with her mother and her

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dog, greeting the neighbors in their various languages.

Every page is visually captivating and full of vibrant life. I love the "Hello" translations found at the end of the story. Perfect to read aloud ages 5+.

Themes: Languages, Multicultural, Greetings, Urban Life.

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This is a very simple book that says hello is many different languages. Its awesome because we can all learn to greet in different languages.

Ages 3-4
Pierce County Library

Little girl loves to say hello to everyone and can say it in many different lagauges. Her neigborhood is very diverse. pronunciations in the back of the book help the reader. Supports diversity and literacy
3 and up, group

Say Hello! is about a little girl named Carmelita who is growing up in a very diverse neighborhood. for this reason, she can say hello in many different languages and greets everyone in their own language. I really liked this book as it introduces children to diversity and foreign languages. Like

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Carmelita, the kids can learn to say hello in the different languages, and learn about the different cultural things introduced (such as the Kimono from Japan).

Ages: 3 and up. It might be a little above a 3 year olds level, but they could learn a couple different ways to say hello.
Source: Barnes and Noble

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In this book a little and her mother go to visit her grandma. On the way they pass through a busy city full of people who speak many languages and her says hello in several different languages. be polite to others is the key

In this book "Say Hello!", Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. She learns many different languages how to say hello, so that she can great people in their own language. I found this book really interesting because this book really helps the small children to learn

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different and and understand the the culture around the world.

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This book is about a little girl who goes on a road trip with her mother, once they got to where they were going they walked a round and meet a lot of different people who greeted people differently in different languages.

For ages 5 years old and up. Carmelita walks around her neighborhood saying hello to everyone. Eventually she begins to learn to say hello in many different languages. (Pierce County Library System)

Carmelita learns to say hello in a few different languages.

This adorable book is about a little girl Carmelita takes us on a stroll to her neighborhood and says hello to everyone she knows in their native tongue. This book shows the melting pot this country really is.

diverse picture book (preschool age 3 , community).
* prominently features a diverse cast: Yes--Carmelita and her family speak Spanish but have hair/skin that might also be interpreted as African-American or a mix. They exchange greetings with neighbors and friends of many different cultures on

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their way to Abuela Rosa's.
* Would work for preschool storytime: Yes--engaging characters and illustrations, and brief text. Note: there is a pronunciation guide at the end of the book, but many presenters still find the different languages daunting.
* works with "community" theme: absolutely.

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