Confetti: Poems for Children by Pat Mora; illustrations by Enrique O. Sanchez ($8.95)
Thirteen bilingual poems fill this book, including
Castanet Clicks,
Mexican Magician, and
Dancing Paper. Each free verse poem explodes with imaginative movement and color. The accompanying illustrations by artist Enrique O. Sanchez, complement the words by reflecting the essence of the words. Written predominantly in English, there are Spanish words scattered throughout the text.
Luna by Antonio Rubio; illustrations by Óscar Villán ($7.05)
Described by the publisher as a poetic pictogram, this book was written especially for young toddlers. Rubio says the short rhythmic poems are designed to educate the eye and sweeten the ear. A great introduction to poetry for young readers. Written in Spanish only.
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Love them both, but La Casuela is beautifully illustrated as well as written. 🙂
I’d take all of them but particularly The Cricket Sings and La Casuela. I think I’ve read Guac!
Love this round up of children’s books! My goals is to write a children’s book one day. I need to buy Tortillitas Para Mama and De Colores. My grandma always sang De Colores while cooking — Great memories!
I bet you’d be great at it, Yvette! I’ll be first in line to buy it…
What an awesome list. I never knew there were so many bilingual kids books.
There’s a lot, Patty. But still not enough! 🙂
What a great collection! I don’t own any of those books, but I really need to stock up on bilingual books so I’ll bookmark this page so I can get these. I’m ready to switch to Spanish!
Pattie, some of these are English, some are English with Spanish words embedded in the text, some of them have full text in both English and Spanish, and two of them are in Spanish only. That’s what makes this list so great – there’s something for everyone!
Such great books! I;ll have to look into a couple of those!
Enjoy, Ruby!
Love your suggestions! One of my clients is an early childhood advocacy group and each year they do an early literacy campaign. I’ll bookmark this post for future reference. By the way, one of the most memorable gifts I received as a little girl was a collection of tiny fairytale books in Spanish. It’s long gone but I remember carrying them around and even sleeping with them!
It always makes me so happy to hear about groups promoting early literacy. Thanks, Pamela!