When I set out to make this list, I had NO IDEA how many great books were out there to celebrate Day of the Dead. It just took a little bit of digging. Between Amazon and my local library's card catalog I have found for you all of the must-read picture books (and...
Día de los muertos is not a holiday I grew up celebrating. In fact, I hadn't heard of it until I started teaching Spanish after college. Muerto or "dead" is a word we tend to tiptoe around in English, therefore if it's your first time hearing about it, it might...
Fall holds so many great themes for reading. In this list of Spanish picture books I have chosen to highlight books with the themes of pumpkins & fall, as well as a few of my current favorites to go along with celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!! You can also...
Apples conjure up so much nostalgia for those of us in North America. Is it the same elsewhere in the world? This time of year means back-to-school, apples, apple orchards, apple picking, and in our house LEARNING ABOUT APPLES IN SPANISH of course! Here we'll show you...
It's booklist time again!! What kinds of themes do you love to talk about in September? Around here we like to talk about trees, since the leaves will be changing colors soon, and apples, and this September we're reading the story "The Three Little Pigs" as part of...
I've really been in denial that it's back to school time around here. I dropped my kids off today for their first day! Their school had a "Boo-hoo/Yahoo!" breakfast for the parents. I was definitely in the "boo-hoo" camp. I am sad to see summer end!!!! If you're in...