Aimed for learners with no prior knowledge. Explained in simple English. Text is divided into three parts. Units 1-2 introduce the alphabets, 3-10 cover the basic structures and grammatical points needed and 12-20 cover everyday situations such as eating out, travelling and making a phone call.

The Russian Picture Word Book has many uses, but I like to leave it in my office and from time to time, re learn the sounds the letters make. Most Russian letters sound the same, so pronouncing what you see is easy. This book helped me learn the phonics of the letters. I can read and pronounce almost any word in Russian. I use a translation dictionary usually to find the words meaning.

Peace Out, The Compusician

PS It is well worth the price.

Rating: (5 / 5)

The poor reviews rate this book low for two main reasons:

1. It is in black and white, like a coloring book.
2. It is in Russian with no English and no guide.

Pros:
- If you learn better by associating words with pictures, this is great.
- If you want to make personal copies (like if you have more than one kid?) then the coloring book style makes this easy.
- If you like coloring, you can color it.
- You learn a foreign language better by completely being submersed in it. Having the Russian word printed on a picture of it without pronunciation or translation makes your brain work less and learn Russian better through instant recognition, instead of it cycling -> English meaning, Russian pronunciation, funny "letters." Forcing the alphabet on yourself is actually easier.
- This book is a whopping $3.95.

Cons:
- If you can't read Russian yet, buy this book but get a pronunciation guide. If you can buy this book on Amazon.com, you can Google a guide.

Also, don't think it's just for kids. Remember learning your native language? Did you have pictures? Did you have to sound out the words thousands of times before you instantly read it? Yeah, you did and there is a reason for that--learn Russian the same way.

Rating: (5 / 5)

Loved the book. Will help me with my Russian. Cute pictures. Easy to follow.

Came quickly.

Thanks

Rating: (5 / 5)

The pages here in can help babies and not only to memorize simple items of the common life

Rating: (1 / 5)

First of all, this looks like a coloring book, which is OK, but should probably be in the description of the product. And secondly (more importantly!!) there are misspelled words! On p. 22, "" is written as "". This is unacceptable!

Rating: (2 / 5)

Some of these types of vocabulary picture books are designed for native Russian speakers to learn English and not the other way around, but many of us native English speakers buy them in hopes of using them to learn Russian. The main problem with this and similar books is that the Russian words are not stress-marked, an essential feature for learning proper Russian pronunciation. So, you get a lot of words and their associated pictures, but nothing in the way of pronunciation help.

That said, one can use this as an exercise in looking up Russian words in a good Russian/English dictionary and page by page, mark the stress yourself. Could be useful in memorizing the vocabulary and make a marginally useful book, more so. Good luck!

Rating: (1 / 5)

This book is for people that already know Russian. Not only that, it must be for Russian children. There are illustrations (just like the cover) that look like a coloring book along with the items corresponding names written in Russian over them. There are no translations for these words in English. I would highly recommend a phrase book if you are hoping to learn a bit of Russian. This would prove useful to you.

Rating: (1 / 5)

I think that all of the reviews on this are very accurate. The description of a "picture word book" is very deceiving. It reminds me of a Where's Waldo book because there is so much going on, each page is almost too confusing to even look at. Plus with it being in black and white everything blends together. I am glad I didn't pay much for it, however even for 2.00 it wasn't that big of a coloring book. I will still use it as a small item to add to to the gift I purchased but I was very diappointed in this item. Plus you would almost already have to know and understand Russian to get any use out of this item -- not a good learning tool.

Rating: (1 / 5)

we are using this with russian in 10 min a day as part of homemade curriculi for senior high student to learn language. We also have a tutor once a week to perfect pronunciation, etc. with. It's working !

Rating: (5 / 5)

Thisbook was not helpful to me. It actually confused me sometimes and I really wasn't sure what the picture was actually supposed to be . Wasn't real precise. My Ukrainian girlfriend would tell me that some things were wrong according to her understanding.

Rating: (2 / 5)