I was provided with a copy of Grasshopper Buddy/El Saltamontes Buddy, a colorful rhyming bilingual book from East West Discovery Press, so that I could provide a review. However all opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.Grasshopper Buddy/El Saltamontes Buddy is Michael Smith’s latest bilingual children’s book. Our family was first introduced to … Read more
I was provided with a copy of Pink Fire Trucks, a beautiful book about courage and gender equality, so that I could provide a review. However all opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. Pink Fire Trucks is award-winning author Gladys Elizabeth Barbieri’s second book and in it Barbieri, who is the main … Read more
I was provided a free copy of “Mi Primer Libro Bilingüe: La Comida – My First Bilingual Book: Food (Spanish and English)” so I could review it. My goal this summer is to improve my children’s Spanish language skills and to aid me I am making use of the best bilingual books I could … Read more
The Moments in the Wild series is a unique set of books published by Moonstone Press and edited by Stephanie Maze. Each book is filled with beautiful real-life images taken by world famous photographers. The set consists of four titles available in both English and Spanish. There is something about animals that just captures the attention … Read more
Reading, like any other skill, improves with practice. When it comes to reading in the minority language motivation is key. Motivating Kids to Read in the Minority Language Motivation is important when reading in general, but when you have a child who speaks two languages one language is always stronger and reading in the second … Read more
I have to admit that keeping Spanish alive is harder than I thought. Even though both my husband and I speak mostly Spanish at home (I’ll admit it’s not a 100% of the time) the truth is that the amount of time my kids spend immersed in a Spanish only environment is a lot less … Read more
1. Gracias * Thanks (Bilingual) Author: Pat Mora Ilustrations by John Parra Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition) is a beautifully illustrated bilingual book about a young boy who gives thanks for the simple things in his life and for the people who enrich it. From the sun waking him up in the morning … Read more
Relativity Relativity is a bilingual book that explains the concepts of high, low, near, far, hot, cold, etc. and how these are relative depending on what two things you are comparing. Written by Michael Smith with illustrations by Octavio Oliva this book is a great tool to teach children critical thinking. Everything in this world … Read more
I am celebrating the Day of the Dead with my children for the first time this year. We tried it last year but they really didn’t understand what was going on, but now they are really loving this beautiful tradition. We are not only having a lot of fun cooking traditional meals and making fun … Read more
I had shared with you in a previous post that I am participating in the Nickelodeon Big Help Book Drive SIMPLE Service Project. My book drive focused on finding books in languages other then English as well as books in English for dual language learners. You can see the previous post HERE and you can … Read more
