When publisher Karen Pavlicin began receiving requests for Spanish-language children’s books from military family support centers, librarians and educators, she began looking for ways to fill ...

Friends Chiara Arroyo and Celene Navarette were on the book-fair committee of their children’s bilingual school in Los Angeles when they noticed the spotty Spanish-language selection.

Throughout the book, you’ll find sprinkles of Spanish phrases that include the English translation. Little ones can enjoy a bilingual conversation between two talking giraffes and a baby ostrich. The ...

the Spanish in the book would be Puerto Rican.) The format of children’s bilingual books has not changed much over the past 20 years. When it comes to board books, the text, in English and ...

The board book is available in Spanish, English ... singing to, and playing with babies, and ends with advice on how to take advantage of the public library system. "This is such an easy way ...

Some [books] had mistakes or were full stereotypes,” Arroyo said. “Given how many people in L.A. are interested in learning Spanish or raising children in a multicultural environment ...

When it was published in 1932, it was the first Spanish language book for children published by a mainstream U.S. press. And its author, Pura Belpré, was the first Puerto Rican librarian in New ...