Maravilloso Maxx y el Balón de fútbol/Marvelous Maxx and the Soccer Ball (Spanish and English Bilingual Edition)

By: John Higgins, Catherine Higgins

Narrated by: Quintin S Bulnes

Length: 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Are you looking for a fun way to teach your child new words? Then you are in the right place! Perfect for young learners! Bonus—they learn some first-aid too!

¿Busca una forma divertida de enseñar a su hijo o hija nuevas palabras? Entonces está en el lugar adecuado. ¡Es perfecto para los más pequeños! Y además, ¡aprenden primeros auxilios!

After watching his dad do heart surgery, Maxx goes to play soccer with his besties, Arielle and Lucas. While warming up, Lucas gets slammed in the head by a soccer ball causing a bloody nose. Lucas is a mess! Can Maxx, with Arielle’s help, stop the bleeding? Will Lucas be ok?

Después de ver a su papá realizar una cirugía de corazón, Maxx va a jugar fútbol con Arielle y Lucas. Mientras calientan, Lucas recibe un golpe en la cabeza con un balón de fútbol que le causa una hemorragia nasal. ¡Lucas está hecho un desastre! ¿Podrá Maxx, con la ayuda de Arielle, detener el sangrado? ¿Se pondrá bien Lucas?

With all the fun of an amazing adventure, Marvelous Maxx and the Soccer Ball is sure to capture the hearts and minds of children and adults alike. You won't just enjoy the story, you will feel a part of it and learn a lot!

Created by a Harvard-trained teacher to educate and inspire, children will love learning awesome new words and powerful first-aid, through the adventures of a group of children—Maxx, Arielle, Ethan, and Lucas—in a colorful journey.

Each new word is defined in simple language your child can understand, and listed in a glossary at the end e.g.

I shiver. It’s frigid in here!

‘Frigid’ is a marvelous word meaning ice-cold.

Estoy temblando. ¡Está frígido aquí!

“Frígido” es una palabra maravillosa que significa que hace mucho frío.

Lucas looks miserable and anxious.

‘Miserable’ means unhappy. ‘Anxious’ means super-scared.

Lucas se ve miserable y ansioso.

“Miserable” significa infeliz.

“Ansioso” significa muy asustado.

For all those asking "Are there any other 'Fancy Nancy' type books to teach new words and facts?"

The resounding answer is "YES!" Marvelous Maxx has stepped up to entertain and educate both boys and girls.

Our experts chose the perfect words so that your child will be a better reader at any age. Within each new adventure, children will learn epic words like “delectable, intriguing, rumble, distressed, anxious, swift” that will ignite their imagination. In addition, we include at least one common idiom in each book such as “The world is your oyster” which means you can do anything or go anywhere. We have used progressive, practical, current, culturally diverse, and advanced words that will make your children smarter and more confident.

The authors were Honorable Mention winners for Picture Books 6 & Older in the 2021 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.

Proofread by / Corregido por: Alexa Tewkesbury

Illustrated by / Ilustrado por: Elaine Long

Translated by / Traducido por: Armando Garzon @armangar

Audible.

Please note: This audiobook is in English and Spanish.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 John Higgins (P)2024 John Higgins

SUPERB SPANISH-ENGLISH AUDIBLE PICTURE BOOK! WOWED

I got this audiobook for my 8-year-old son. He’s bilingual in Spanish - learns at school - and he reads well so I thought I should get something a bit more challenging to stretch his mind and decided to search for some beginner bilingual picture books.
The nice thing was this audiobook comes with a free pdf of the book. So, I had my son read it. After he started, he asked to read the whole book.
He did it first in English, then in Chinese, which I helped him with as there were a lot of new words.  I am busy so having the audible recording was perfect.  OMG - the narrator has a such perfect and beautiful command of Chinese -
and there is a second narrator who does perfect English - so my son could practice along with the narrator and improve his Mandarin & English while I was busy.  Simply AWESOME! Also, it's teaching my son some special skills that literally might help him save a life one day–e.g. what foods contain peanuts and how to treat a peanut allergic reaction – totally WOWED!!!  
With all the picture books out there these days - including the bilinguals - its so refreshing to listen to a fun children's book yet at the same time learn bucketloads of helpful information - new vocabulary and first aid! 2 thumbs way up . . .