The interesting, illustrated bilingual stories in LetA's Read! language-learning books are written for boys and girls who are independent readers in their own language. Titles in this
series are available in both English-French and English-Spanish editions. While enjoying the original, varied, and exciting stories, young readers explore a second language, compare it with
their own, and start out on a path toward fluency in their new language. Boys and girls soon discover that they donA't need to learn every single new word that they encounter in the second
language. As unfamiliar words reappear in the storyA's context, kids will pick up their meaning effortlessly, just as they pick up and understand new words in their own language. The parallel
text, illustrations, and dialogue balloons on each page give kids a child-friendly bridge to reading and speaking in a second language. In this story, Danny lives in Borneo, where his Mom is
the director of the orangutan reserve. He loves helping her and working with the animals, but the reserve is in danger. A lumber company hopes to take it over for commercial purposesA-an action
that will destroy the orangutansA' environment. Danny decides itA's up to him to do something about this new threat. With the help of his computer, he discovers how he can save the animalsA'
habitat.
