About the Author
Iris is a mom of two young daughters and the founder of ImagiLingo, a brand dedicated to supporting multilingual families through meaningful early language experiences. Alongside her husband, she is raising her children trilingually in English, German, and Spanish — a journey full of joy, challenges, and the desire to keep her family’s roots alive through language.
As a professional user experience designer, Iris combines her expertise in creating meaningful, user-centered products with her love for storytelling. She channels this passion into books and services that support early childhood language development in a way that feels natural, engaging, and fun.
Laugh Dear Sun is her debut book — and the first of many stories to come — born from her desire to share the beauty of multilingual learning with others.
Our Family Story
Finding quality multilingual books for young children, especially in German-English, is surprisingly difficult. Books that are engaging, age-appropriate, and bilingual are rare, especially for kids in the early stages of language learning. In our family, this often meant improvising, using whatever we could find, and filling in the gaps as best we could. Recently, our oldest daughter has started telling us which language she wants to hear the story in. She’s eager to learn and wants to make sure she’s hearing the words in both languages.
For us, raising multilingual children is about more than just teaching them a language — it’s about preserving our connection to family and culture. Our kids’ grandparents don’t speak English, so it’s important to us that our daughters can communicate with them, not just talk about them. Laugh Dear Sun was born out of this need for a bilingual book that is both accessible and meaningful, a story we could share together every day.
This book is for our daughters, for us, and for any family raising multilingual kids. It’s our little ritual, and we hope it can be yours too.
Available in two editions:
What does “ImagiLingo” stand for?
“ImagiLingo” stands for imagination + language — a space where little stories help little ones grow up connected to their roots, their families, and their voices.
We create bilingual books that celebrate early childhood, everyday rituals, and the power of learning languages with love.
Born from a trilingual home, ImagiLingo is for anyone raising (or loving) multilingual kids — one rhyme, one smile, one page at a time..
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