Books with Multilingual or Bilingual Content
Ada, A. (1997). Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet In Spanish and English. NY: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1997.
Ada, A. (2004). I love Saturdays y domingos. NY: Alladin.
Alarcon, Francisco X. (1997). Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Bernard Gonzales, D. (2004). My pal, Victor/ Mi amigo, Victor (Bilingual). NM: Raven Tree Press.
Brown, C. (2004). My name is Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz/Me llamo Celia: The life of Celia Cruz. AZ: Rising Moon.
Delacre, L. (1989). Arroz con leche. NY: Scholastic.
Delacre, L. (1991). Las navidades. NY: Scholastic.
Delacre, L. (2004. Arrorró mi niño: Latino lullabies and gentle games. NY: Lee and Low.
Dorros, A. (1991). Abuela. New York: Dutton.
Dorros, A. Isla. New York: Dutton.
Felipe, J. (2001). Calling the doves / El canto de las palomas. (Bilingual). CA: Children’s Book Press.
Fox, M. (1999). Whoever you are/Quienquiera que seas. NY: Voyager Books.
Garza Lomas, C. (1989). Family pictures / Cuadros de familia. CA: Children’s Book Press.
Hallinan, P. (2002). A rainbow of friends. NY: Ideals.
Mendoza, G. (2001). English and Spanish foundations series.
NY: me +mi publishing
Includes the following books with bilingual content:
- The Alphabet/El alfabeto (Book #1)
- Numbers 1 2 3/Los números 1 2 3 (Book #2)
- Colors and Shapes/Los colores y las figures (Book #3)
- Opposites/Opuestos (Book #5)
- The Weather/El tiempo (Book #6)
- What time is it?/¿Qué hora es? (Book #7)
- My Body/Mi cuerpo (Book #8)
- Jobs Around My Neighborhood/Oficios en mi vecindario (Book #9)
- Fruits and Vegetables/Frutas y vegetales (Book #10)
- I can!/¡Yo puedo! (Book #11)
- When I Am/Cuando estoy (Book #12)
- Animals at the Farm/Animales de la granja (Book #13)
- Cars, Trucks and Planes/Carros, camiones y aviones (Book #14)
- My Clothes/Mi ropa (Book #15)
- Lupe Lupita, Where Are You?/ Lupe Lupita, ¿dónde estás? (Book #16)
- It’s My Birthday!/¡Es mi cumpleaños! (Book #17)
- My House/Mi casa (Book #18)
- I Live Here!/¡Yo vivo aquí! (Book #19)
Montes, M. (2003). A crazy mixed-up Spanglish day. NY: Scholastic.
Mora, P. (1997). A birthday basket for Tia. NY: Scholastic.
Orozco, J. (2005). Rin, rin, ron, ron/Do re mi. NY: Scholastic.
Priddy, R. (2005). My little bilingual word book. NY: Priddy Books.
Saenz, B. (2002). Grandma Fina and her wonderful/Abuela Fina y sus sombrillas maravillosas. TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
Tello, J. (1997). Papa y los tres osos/Papa and the three bears. NY: Scholastic.
Van Laan, N. (1996). La boda. A Mexican wedding celebration. Canada: Little, Brown.
Whitford, A. (2004). Mañana iguana. NY: Alladin.
Books with Multicultural Themes
Adoff, A. (1991). Hard to be six. NY: Lothrop.
Agard, J. (1989). The calypso alphabet. NY: Henry Holt.
Anno, M. (1981). Anno’s magical ABC. NY: Philomel Books.
Anno, M. (1986). All in a day. NY: Philomel Books.
Bunting, E. (1988). How many days to America. A Thanksgiving story. NY: Clarion Books.
Calir, D. (2001). Carlos, light the farolito. NY: Clarion Books.
Carling, A. (1998). Mama and papa have a store. NY: Dial Books.
Carling, A. (2005). The sawdust carpets. NY: Groundwood.
Choi, Y. (1999). The name Jar. NY: Knopf.
Coerr, E. (2002). Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. NY: Putnam’s Sons.
Crowther, K. (2000). Jack and Jim. NY: Hyperion.
Delacre, L. (1993). Vegigante masquerader. NY: Scholastic.
Derolf, S. (1997). The crayon box that talked. NY: Random House.
Falwell, C. (2003). Butterflies for Kiri. NY: Lee and Low Books.
Falwell, C. (2001). David’s drawing. NY: Lee and Low Books.
Friedman, I. (1987). How my parents learned to eat. NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Geslin, C. (2004). Elena’s serenade. NY: Atheneum Anne Schwartz Books.
Jeyaveeran, R. (2004). The road to Mumbai. NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Katz, K. (2005). My first Chinese new year. NY: Henry Holt.
Krishaswami, U., & Sitaraman, S. (2003). Chachajis’s cup. CA: Children’s Book Press.
Kuklin, S. (2003). How my family lives in America. CA: Sagebrush.
Lin, G. (2003). Dim sum for everyone. NY:Dragonfly Books.
Pak, S. (2001). A place to grow. NY: Levine Books.
Saenz, B. (1998). A gift from Papa Diego. TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
San Souci, R. D. (2000). Little gold star: A Spanish American Cindera story. NY: HarperCollins.
Say, A. (1994). Grandfather’s journey. MA: Houghton Mifflin.
