{"id":5107,"date":"2021-11-30T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/?p=5107"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:41:46","slug":"dual-language-picture-books-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/2021\/11\/30\/dual-language-picture-books-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listed below are bilingual language picture books in Spanish and English, and multilingual books which include Spanish.<\/p>\n

Bilingual books<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>My Vida Loca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Jacqueline Jules; illustrated by Kim Smith<\/p>\n

Even the most basic chores can be fun when Sofia is involved! From washing a car to cooking with grandma, this smart and funny 7-year-old knows how to make every moment count. Follow Sofia through three every day adventures in this early chapter book and find out why Sofia has such a crazy life! Includes Spanish words and glossary.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Somos Como las Nubes: We Are Like the Clouds<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Jorge Argueta; pictures by Alfonso Ruano; translated by Elisa Amado<\/p>\n

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.<\/p>\n

\u00bfPor que\u0301 los jo\u0301venes que salen de su pai\u0301s para caminar a los Estados Unidos para buscar un hogar nuevo y seguro? Ma\u0301s de 100.000 nin\u0303os han salido de Centroame\u0301rica. Este libro de poesi\u0301a nos ayuda a entender por que\u0301 y co\u0301mo es ser ellos.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bear<\/span>\u00a0on<\/span> a Bike:<\/span> Oso en Bicicleta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Stella Blackstone and Debbie Harter; translated by Maria Pe\u0301rez<\/p>\n

Follows\u00a0Bear<\/span> as he rides a bicycle to the market, a wagon to the prairie, and even a carriage to a castle. Features various modes of transportation for kids who love things that go. Text is in English with parallel Spanish translation.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Migrant<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Jose\u0301 Manuel Mateo and Javier Marti\u0301nez Pedro; translated from Spanish into English by Emmy Smith Ready<\/p>\n

A Mexican boy tells of his journey to the U.S. with his family. They must face many dangers to cross the border, only to experience the uncertainty felt by all undocumented immigrants. Originally published in Spanish\u00a0 under the title Migrar.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An Illustrated<\/span> Treasury<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0Latino<\/span> Read-Aloud<\/span> Stories<\/span>: the World’s Best-Loved Stories<\/span> for Parent and Child to Share<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

edited by Maite Suarez-Rivas; translated into Spanish by Alma Mora; illustrated<\/span> by Ana Lo\u0301pez Escriva\u0301 and others<\/p>\n

An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories<\/i>\u00a0is a complete collection of time-honored tales from the Latino storytelling tradition. Included are 40 classic myths, legends, fables, and fairy tales, as well as riddles, history, biographies, and modern-day stories.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Featherless<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

by Juan Felipe Herrera; illustrations by Ernesto Cuevas<\/p>\n

Although Tomasito’s spina bifida keeps him in a wheelchair, where he often feels as confined as his flightless and featherless pet bird, he discovers that he can feel free when he is on the soccer field.<\/p>\n

Este hermoso libro biling\u00fce espa\u00f1ol\/ingl\u00e9s tiene como protagonista a Tomasito, un ni\u00f1o con espina b\u00edfida y a su mascota, un ave que no tiene plumas. Cuando Tomasito ve por primera vez al p\u00e1jaro desplumado siente mucho desprecio, pero es gracias a su padre y a su amiga Marlena que el ni\u00f1o aprende a quererlo tal cual es.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My<\/span> Diary<\/span> from Here<\/span> to There<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Amada Irma Pe\u0301rez; illustration by Maya Christina Gonzalez<\/p>\n

One night young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to Los Angeles where greater opportunity awaits. As she and her family journey north, Amada records in her diary her fears, hopes, and dreams for their lives in the United States. Amada learns that with her family\u2019s love and a belief in herself, she can make any journey and triumph over any change \u2014 here, there, anywhere.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Oloyou<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

by Teresa Ca\u0301rdenas; pictures by Margarita Sada; translated by Elisa Amado<\/p>\n

Oloyou the Cat, the very first creature that the God-child creates, is also the very first friend. God-child and Oloyou play together for hours on end, until one day the cat falls into the void and lands in the dark, featureless, sea kingdom of ferocious Ok\u00fan Ar\u00f3. Oloyou is terribly lonely until he meets Ar\u00f3\u2019s mermaid daughter and falls madly in love. Infuriated, the father flings the pair into the heavens, where they become an everlasting part of the night sky.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Only One You: Nadie Como Tu\u0301<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Linda Kranz<\/p>\n

Little fish Adri promises to remember his parents’ words of wisdom about how to live his life, such as “Find your own way. You don’t have to follow the crowd” and “Make wishes on the stars in the nighttime sky.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Napi\u0301<\/span> Funda<\/span>\u00a0un<\/span> Pueblo<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

by Antonio Rami\u0301rez; pictures by Domi; translated by Elisa Amado<\/p>\n

The government is building a dam, forcing the Mazateca people to make a new village for themselves on inhospitable land. Nap recounts what she remembers of this time \u00d1 traveling upriver to the place where they will resettle, the frighteningly beautiful jaguar she sees by the spring, the fierce fires that clear the land for farming, how her father has to walk all day to a far-off town so that he can buy food for the family. But what stands out in her mind very strongly is the misfortune that occurs when her father is kicked by a horse, which she first envisions in a vivid dream. It is Nap who hastens back to the village to fetch her mother and uncles, her rapidity ensuring her father’s survival.<\/p>\n

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La Frontera: El viaje con pap\u00e1<\/a><\/em> ~ My Journey with Papa<\/em><\/p>\n

by Deborah Mills and Alfredo Alva; pictures by Claudia Navarro<\/p>\n

Alfredo y su papa\u0301 deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difi\u0301cil de Me\u0301xico a los Estados Unidos. \u00bfEncontrara\u0301n el nuevo hogar que esta\u0301n buscando en el otro lado? Basa\u0301ndose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y esta\u0301 repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigracio\u0301n. <\/span><\/p>\n

Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They’ll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border – la frontera – and to make a home for themselves in a new land.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multilingual Books<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/em>Don\u2019t Move! = Ne bouge pas! = \u00a1No te muevas!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Anne-Sophie Tilly; Julien Chung; traducido por Yanitzia Canetti<\/p>\n

Don’t Move! is the companion book to Hurry Up, where simple one word pages and bold illustrations help multilingual and bilingual children learn common and uncommon animal names in English, French, and Spanish.<\/p>\n

Hurry Up! = De\u0301pe\u0302che-toi! = \u00a1Apu\u0301rate!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Anne-Sophie Tilly; Julien Chung; traducido por Yanitzia Canetti<\/p>\n

With only one word per page, simple, bold illustrations, and a surprise ending this book can be used to expose toddlers to the names of animals in English, French, and Spanish. Those featured include common ones like lion or monkey, but there are also ones that may be new to children, like iguana or pink flamingo.<\/p>\n

Finding More Resources<\/h4>\n

To find more Dual-Language (Bilingual) Picture books, try the following:<\/p>\n