Japan Weather & Seasons 500

About this book

> Written and produced in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu (Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC) — an authentic Japanese picture book, created in Japan, not a mass-produced import. 500 Japanese words of weather and the seasons — mackerel-sky clouds and rain that sings on your umbrella, diamond dust, typhoons, cherry-blossom springs and crimson maple autumns! Every word with romaji AND free listening audio! > > "What is the weather like today?" is the first conversation every family has every morning — and now your child can have it in Japanese! Most English–Japanese first-word books give weather a single page of 10 or 15 words. Japan Weather & Seasons 500: Bilingual Picture Dictionary is the whole sky in one book: > > - 500 weather and season words (not 100, not 320) across 10 chapters — sky patterns and weather signs, rainy days, snow and ice, wind and storms, spring scenes, summer scenes, autumn scenes, winter scenes, weather by the sea, mountains and rivers, and weather forecasts and season words > - Romaji for every single word, so any parent can read Japanese aloud with confidence > - A picture for every word — each illustration pairs a weather motif (sun and cloud, rain umbrella, snowflake, typhoon spiral, cherry blossom, sunflower, maple leaf, snowy mountain, waves and fog, four-seasons medallion) with the word's first kana, so children learn Japanese letters while they learn words > - Free audio QR code: scan it to open the listening page and hear all 500 words in English and Japanese — then say today's weather out loud together! > - Real Japanese weather, not just sun and rain: the rainy season (tsuyu), typhoons, the cherry-blossom front and the maple front on the forecast, rime ice forests, sea fog, sun showers called "the fox's wedding", and old weather sayings Japanese grandparents still use > - Made in Japan: written and produced in Japan by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — the words, scenes and seasons are the real ones Japanese children grow up with > > Perfect for bilingual families, little sky-watchers and weather fans, and any child who loves puddles, snow days, rainbows and cloud spotting — now in Japanese too. > > Collect all 14 volumes: Vol. 1 Animals · Vol. 2 Festivals · Vol. 3 Seasons · Vol. 4 Vehicles · Vol. 5 Food · Vol. 6 Town · Vol. 7 Daily Life · Vol. 8 Nature · Vol. 9 School · Vol. 10 Play & Friends · Vol. 11 Music · Vol. 12 Animals of Japan · Vol. 13 Jobs · Vol. 14 Weather & Seasons