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August 31, 2006

Spanish/English Bilingual Book List for Kids

This bibliography of Spanish/English bilingual books was compiled by the Cooperative Children's Books Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each book has the text both in English and Spanish.

Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, selectors. ?Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.

Alma Flor Ada. I Love Saturdays y Domingos
A young girl enjoys the similarities and the differences between her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking grandparents.

Lori Carlson, ed. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
Here are the sights, sounds & smells of Latino culture in America in thirty-six vibrant, moving, angry, beautiful & varied voices, including Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Luis J. Rodriguez, Gary Soto & Martin Espada. Presented in both English & Spanish, each poem helps us to discover what it is like to grow up Hispanic in America.

Lois Ehlert. Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale/Un lazo a la luna: Una leyenda Peruana
An adaptation of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass.