Bilingual Hindi-English Childrens Books
Using color-coded transliteration techniques, and simple translations - these books will make learning Hindi fun for anyone, young or old!
Start with "Meet Buckley- Buckley Sey Millo" for readers between the ages 3-7 years...
Add on the sequel "Meet Buckley and Casen" to bring more Hindi words for readers between the ages 5-9 years.
The second of the beloved bilingual Hindi-English childrens book series "Meet Buckley" is here!
This time follow along as Buckley and his friend Casen grow up together. From a newborn to age 10, Buckley is by his side with Casen. They travel across the country, celebrate milestones, and even some disappointments.Â
This bilingual childrens picture book uses color-coded Hindi transliteration to make it anyone to learn new Hindi words - without knowing how to read the Devnagiri script. BONUS - this book also teaches readers to count in Hindi! A must-have for multicultural families who want to help their kids learn a new language in an easy, fun way.Â
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The first of this bilingual Hindi-English picture book for children who love to read and love dogs! Kya aap Buckley sey millay hay? Have you met Buckley?
Share a day in the life of this energetic, loving dog as he goes running, plays in the park, and takes a road trip! This fun, bilingual story with pictures is perfect for young and old readers who are beginning to learn Hindi.
Author Neha Shah did not grow up with pets, but fell in love instantly with her now-husband’s dog Buckley. Neha loves reading to her many nieces and nephews. On a recent trip to India, Neha was unable to find bilingual Hindi-English books that her nieces and nephews could read with their parents (some of whom know little-to-no Hindi).
This inspired her to create a children’s book that could help them become familiar with basic Hindi words. Using color-coded learning techniques and thoughtful Hindi transliteration, this bilingual book is a must-have for all multicultural, multilingual families.
Neha, her husband Nish, and Buckley live in Austin, Texas - which is featured prominently in this book! Buckley is a rescue dog, and 5% of every book sold will benefit Austin's local animal shelter organization "Austin Pets Alive!"
About Us
Meet Buckley is a Hindi-English bilingual picture book series for children. Author Neha Shah wrote the first book in 2019 for her nieces and nephews who did not know Hindi, but wanted to learn Hindi beyond Bollywood songs and movies. It was such a hit, she later released the sequel "Meet Buckley and Casen" in 2022.
What makes the Buckley books unique is that they use color-coded Hindi transiteration as the main learning technique. Readers do not need to know the Hindi Devnagiri to be able to connect and learn new Hindi words. This makes the books perfect for families where the adults may not know how to speak or read Hindi either, but want to embrace learning a new language together with their kids.
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This is such a cute story about Buckley, the dog. For any bilingual kids, this is a great book that teaches young readers a new language with simple, easy to pick up words. The color coordinated text lend to easy association between English and Hindi. Highly recommend for South Asian families with young kids!
I love this book! It’s exactly what I was searching for! I like that I can read in English or in Hindi- it’s especially helpful that the Hindi is written in English letters as I am unable to read Hindi script! Perfect for the bilingual family ❤️
This is such a cute book for kids to begin learning Hindi or Urdu. The story is easy and fun for kids to understand and the words are color coded for easy language learning. Plus the illustrations are beautiful! But it’s not just for kids! My husband, who does not speak Hindi, has already been using it to help learn some new words and phrases. Can’t wait for a sequel so I can start collecting these!
We got this book yesterday, and have already read Meet Buckley 10 times. The kids just cannot stop reading and asking questions.
I got this book as a present for my niece but it turns out I enjoyed it so much that we ended up keeping it. Ha! It's a sweet story - especially for dog lovers - but it also has a ton of useful Hindi vocabulary that I could practice. The color coding was particularly helpful to make sense of which word means what.
I have been recommending the book to all my Hindi/English speaking friends with kids!
My son does not speak any Hindi at-home. My husband and I are fluent native speakers, but because he does not learn it at school, or have many others to speak with - he does not feel comfortable speaking with us in Hindi. I couldnt believe how he was able to pick up even the difficult Hindi words so easily with this book. The transliteration really helps - hope he will be comfortable in speaking in Hindi more now.
Ideas for the next Buckley book? We welcome partnerships, language translation requests, or any other ideas you'd like to share!
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