To Swim in Our Own Pond: Ta Ve Ta Tam Ao Ta : A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs (English and Vietnamese Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885008082 ISBN 13: 9781885008084

Publisher: Shen's Books, 1998

Synopsis

Offers a collection of traditional Vietnames proverbs, in English and Vietnamese, with equivalent sayings in English and a brief introduction to the Vietnamese language

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English, Vietnamese

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6-Tran has selected 22 familiar Vietnamese proverbs, drawn from both his childhood and an early 20th-century collection, and paired them with generally well-known Western equivalents. The Vietnamese "Good personality supersedes beauty," for example, is matched with "Beauty is only skin deep." The proverb in the original language is boxed in at the top of each page; beneath it is a soft, pastel watercolor illustration. A larger rectangle at the bottom presents the translation in boldface type and the Western equivalent. The deceptively simple, almost childlike paintings nicely convey the lifestyles and countryside of Vietnam. An author's note in both languages describes the collection and certain characteristics of Vietnamese proverbs; appended is a short introduction to the Vietnamese language.
Diane S. Marton, Arlington County Library, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shen's Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1885008082
• ISBN 13: 9781885008084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Ngoc Dung Tran
• Illustrator: Xuan-Quang Dang