UPDATE FOR APRIL 2016: Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability is now available worldwide, as both a paperback and e-book. Just click on the image below to get your copy.
As many of you know, I’ve been working on a book about raising bilingual children to bring together the best of my experience over the past 20 years as a teacher and parent of bilingual kids. In fact, it’s taken a lot longer to write this book than I had anticipated—well over three years. From time to time I would mention my progress (or lack of progress 
) at this blog and many people said they were curious to read it…but I could only ask them to wait.
Meanwhile, I’ve done my best to stay active at Bilingual Monkeys and at The Bilingual Zoo, offering a range of information and ideas that I hope have been of some support to your bilingual journey. I also released a shorter e-book, titled Instant Inspiration for Parents Raising Bilingual Kids, which can now be downloaded freely.
Finally, last fall, I felt ready to share a “preview edition” of Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability with early readers, to receive feedback. When I made this appeal, I was so heartened by the response: more people wanted to read the book than I could realistically accept. In the end, I received feedback from 26 people—parents of bilingual kids all over the world—and their frank and helpful impressions enabled me to pursue another three months of targeted writing and make the content of the book even stronger. I’m very grateful to them all. (See their positive reactions to the “preview edition.”)
Early access to the final manuscript
I had planned to release the first edition of the book this spring, in both print and digital versions—and that’s still basically my plan—but I’ve decided to add another stage to this release…beginning today. Because I’ve kept people waiting so long, and then couldn’t even accommodate all those who wanted to preview it last fall, I don’t want to continue putting interested readers off—especially at the start of a new year when our motivation is at its highest and the book could be most helpful!
So here’s what I’ll do: I’ll offer early access to the final manuscript of the book in a PDF file that you can download right now. The final manuscript is simply the typewritten text (the published first edition will naturally look more “fancy”), but it contains all the content, over 77,000 words of it, intended for the first edition. At the same time (if you like), you can also order a copy of the printed book and I’ll send it directly to your home, anywhere in the world, once it’s ready, in roughly April or May. (For a limited number of people, my kids and I can sign your book, too!)
In this way, whether or not you also order a printed book, you won’t have to wait any longer—you can start reading the book today.
Thank you for your interest in my work. I’m thrilled to finally share this book with you and be able to do even more to support the success of your family’s bilingual journey.
Click now for full details on getting early access to the final manuscript to get my book.
