Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons? Author(s): Matthew J. Pinto Not just a catchy title, "Did Adam & Eve have Belly Buttons?" is an actual question posed by an eighteen-year-old boy. In fact, the whole book is organized around questions from teenagers about the faith. To make it easier to follow, the author has grouped them into twelve categories: God, Creation and Man, Religion and the Bible, Jesus Christ, Catholic Morality, etc. Read more about Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons?
Latine Cantemus Author(s): Franz Schlosser This is a fun collection of popular and traditional songs translated in Latin. It's a nice exercise for Latin class to practice pronunciation and gain a little cultural literacy to do some of this kind of singing in class. You'll a wide variety of songs, including: Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Happy Birthday, Amazing Grace, My Bonnie, The Star Spangled Banner, Good Night Ladies, Lots of Christmas Carols and a section of Gregorian Chant. With the exception of the 20 page Gregorian Chant segment (which includes the traditional Chant notation), only words are included and no musical notations. Read more about Latine Cantemus
Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency Author(s): John C. Traupman Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency (Third edition) is a beefy, but easy-to-use supplement for Latin teachers and older Latin students.. Read more about Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency
Lingua Angelica Author(s): Cheryl Lowe There are several components of this Latin/Music Appreciation Program. Materials may be purchased individually or in sets, depending on where you purchase them from. Read more about Lingua Angelica
501 Latin Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses Author(s): Richard PriorJoseph Wohlberg This is a dream come true for teachers, like myself, struggling to keep up with a group of teenagers studying Latin. Quite simply the book devotes one page to each of 501 verbs. Each verb has all of its endings written out completely and includes the four principle parts. Some notes at the bottom of each page offer "compound and related words", "alternate forms", "usage notes", and a model Latin sentence using the word. (These are written by famous authors of old!) The format is very user-friendly and easy to read. The verbs are arranged alphabetically in Latin. Read more about 501 Latin Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses
Latin for Beginners (Passport's Language Guides) Author(s): Angela WilkesIllustrator(s): John Shackell In the typical Usborne style, this book offers lots and lots of cartoon-like pictures with Latin dialogue and descriptions and quite a bit of grammar and other tidbits along the way. The pictures are a little goofy (I think they use the same pictures for all the different languages they have out in this series), but the book is packed with content (particularly for the price). This might make an especially nice supplement for grade school students studying Latina Christiana or another early Latin text. Read more about Latin for Beginners (Passport's Language Guides)
What Will I Eat?/Quid Edam? Author(s): Marie Carducci BolchazyIllustrator(s): Michelle Kathryn Fraczak Lots of silly black-and-white pictures (which will likely appeal to certain funny-bones) and simple text introduce readers to the Latin words for many types of food. You'll find a monster eating pizza, a cow suggesting pork instead of beef, a hot dog enjoying a soda and... lots of good Latin content. Not my favorite book in this series, but perhaps not a bad way to introduce young children to some relevant Latin vocabulary. Read more about What Will I Eat?/Quid Edam?
How Many Animals?/Quot Animalia? Author(s): Marie Carducci BolchazyIllustrator(s): Kristie Stock What a great idea - simple Latin readers to introduce young children to the language. Big pictures are paired with large, clear print, just like an English easy-reader. This first book in the series is a simple picture book with very nicely drawn, realistic pen and ink illustrations. The format allows readers to intuitively figure out what some basic words mean by connecting them with the pictures. The text introduces 13 types of animals, offering each Latin word in the singular and plural. Read more about How Many Animals?/Quot Animalia?
Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles Author(s): Betty Wallace RobinettVirginia French Allen This will make a fun supplement to students in upper grade school or high school who have already studied Latin for a year or two. The words are fairly simple (requiring both English to Latin and Latin to English translations). One feature that makes it quite accessible is a list of words from which to choose the correct word. There are 50 crosswords in all, plus a complete answer key, and a brief introduction to Roman numerals, some common Latin abbreviations in use today and a list of the Latin mottoes of 19 states and the District of Columbia. Read more about Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles
Who Loves Me? / Quis me amat? Author(s): Marie Carducci BolchazyIllustrator(s): Michelle Kathryn Fraczek This book introduces names of family members - mother, father, sister, brother, grandfather, grandmother, fraternal and paternal aunt and uncle, cousins and God - through the eyes of a baby. I liked how small details on some of the pictures - like the words on a T-shirt - are written in Latin (and the translations are included in the back along with the rest of the text). The text is charming, but these pictures are a bit on the "goofy" side (very cartoon like and some weird proportions). Read more about Who Loves Me? / Quis me amat?
