Bilingual Books for Kids for Hispanic & Latin Heritage Month

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Childhood is the perfect time to be exposed to different languages! To celebrate Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month, here is a list of English-language picture books that incorporate Spanish words and phrases throughout the text.   

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In the Catalog

Bright Star

Bright Star

Yuyi Morales

The story of a fawn learning how to find her place in a world full of uncertainty.

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Con Pollo

Con Pollo

A Bilingual Playtime Adventure : Spanish

Jimmy Fallon

This adorable and hilarious bilingual picture book serves as an engaging introduction to Spanish vocabulary with the help of a plucky chicken named Pollo.

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El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!

El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!

Donna Barba Higuera

Ramón is worried about his first day at a new school, but it helps to remind El Cucuy, the monster who lives in his cactus pot, of how brave and strong they both are.

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Gato Guapo

Gato Guapo

Anika Denise

Nine kittens follow Gato Guapo around, but when it’s time to count them, one by one, they go missing, along with a piece of Gato Guapo’s clothes.

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Gloriana, Presente

Gloriana, Presente

A First Day of School Story

Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

Gloriana overcomes anxiety on her first day of school and finds her voice in the classroom.

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Isabel and Her Colores Go to School

Isabel and Her Colores Go to School

Alexandra Alessandri

English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she’s going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there’s more than one way to communicate with new friends.

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Mariana and Her Familia

Mariana and Her Familia

Mónica Mancillas

The story of a young girl visiting her extended family in Mexico for the first time.

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A Song of Frutas

A Song of Frutas

Margarita Engle

While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos–hugs.

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The Three Billy Goats Buenos

The Three Billy Goats Buenos

Susan Middleton Elya

A rhyming twist on the classic tale in which the goats help fix what is making the troll so grumpy in order to cross the bridge.

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¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge

¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge

Raúl The Third

When Little Lobo, his dog Bernabé, and their pals El Toro and La Oink Oink use a new truck to carry party supplies over the bridge, they run into a long line at the border crossing. How will they pass the time?

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