Check out one of these great books from the El día de los niños/El día de los libros Children’s Day/Book Day Book List
Ages 0-4
- Ada, Alma Flor, and F. Isabel Campoy
¡Pío Peep! Rimas Tradicionales en Español/Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Viví Escrivá
HarperCollins /Rayo, 2003 - Davis, Katie
Who Hops?/¿Quién salta?
Harcourt, 2005 - Delacre, Lulu
Arrorró Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
Lee & Low, 2004 - Elya, Susan Middleton
Bebé Goes Shopping
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Steven Salerno
Harcourt, 2006 - Emberley, Rebecca
My Shapes/Mis Formas
Little, Brown, 2000 - Gomi, Taro
Spring Is Here/Llegó la Primavera
Chronicle, 2006 - Guy, Ginger Foglesong
Siesta
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por René King Moreno
Greenwillow, 2005 - Hartley, Jill
Colors + Flavors/Colores + Sabores
Groundwood, 2008 - Morales, Yuyi
Little Night / Nochecita
Roaring Brook, 2007 - Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth
Rabbit’s Bedtime / Hora de dormir del conejo
Houghton, 2000 - Weeks, Sarah
Counting Ovejas
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2006 - Weill, Cynthia and K.B. Basseches
ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Moisés and Armando Jiménez
Cinco Puntos, 2007
Ages 4-8
- Ada, Alma Flor
I Love Saturdays y domingos
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Elivia Savadier
Simon and Schuster/Atheneum, 2002 - Andrews-Goebel, Nancy
The Pot That Juan Built / La vasija que Juan fabricó
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Lee & Low, 2002 - Argueta, Jorge
Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Elizabeth Gómez
Children’s Press, 2005 - Brown, Monica
My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Rafael López
Luna Rising, 2005 - Chapra, Mimi
Sparky’s Bark/El ladrido de Sparky
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Viví Escrivá
HarperCollins/Rayo, 2006 - Costales, Amy
Abuelita Full of Life/Abuelita liena de vida
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Martha Aviles
Luna Rising, 2007 - Cruise, Robin
Little Mama Forgets
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Stacey Dressen-McQueen
Farrar, 2006 - Cumpiano, Ina
Quinito’s Neighborhood/El vecindario de Quinito
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por José Ramírez
Children’s Press, 2005 - Cuyler, Margery
From Here to There
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Yu Cha Pak
Holt, 1999 - Geeslin, Campbell
Elena’s Serenade
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ana Juan
Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz, 2004
- González, Lucia M.
The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Lulu Delacre
Children’s Press, 2008 - González, Maya Christina
My Colors, My World/ Mis colores, mi mundo
Children’s Press, 2007 - Harris, Robie H.
Go! Go! Maria! What It’s Like to Be 1
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Michael Emberley
Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2003 - Laínez, René Colato
Playing Lotería/El juego de la lotería
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Jill Arena
Luna Rising, 2005 - Montes, Marisa
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Yuyi Morales
Holt, 2007 - Mora, Pat
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart/ Doña Flor: Un cuento de una mujer gigante con un gran corazón
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Raúl Colón
Knopf, 2005 - Mora, Pat
Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day/Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Rafael López
HarperCollins/Rayo, 2009 - Morales, Yuyi
Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
Roaring Brook, 2008 - Paul, Ann Whitford
Count on Culebra: Go From 1 to 10 in Spanish
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ethan Long
Holiday, 2008 - Pérez, Amada Irma
My Diary from Here to There/Mi díario de aquí hasta allá
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Maya Christina Gonzalez
Children’s Press, 2002 - Shahan, Sherry
Spicy Hot Colors/Colores Picantes
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Paula Barragán
August House/LittleFolk, 2004 - Tafolla, Carmen
What Can You Do with a Rebozo?
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Amy Cordova
Tricycle, 2008 - Zepeda, Gwendolyn
Growing Up With Tamales/Los tamales de Ana
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por April Ward
Piñata/Arte Publico, 2008 - Winter, Jonah
Frida
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ana Juan
Scholastic, 2002.
Ages 8-12
- Alarcón, Francisco X.
Animal Poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazú
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Maya Christina Gonzalez
Children’s Press, 2008 - Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Marshall Cavendish, 2005 - Deedy, Carmen Agra
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Martina, una cucarachita muy linda : un cuento cubano
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por by Michael Austin
Peachtree, 2008 - Jiménez, Francisco
Reaching Out
Houghton, 2008 - Machado, Ana Maria and Caroline Merola
Me in the Middle
Groundwood, 2002 - Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Becoming Naomi León / Yo, Naomi León
Scholastic, 2004 - Soto, Gary
Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me
Putnam, 2005
Ages 12-up
- Carlson, Lori Marie
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
Holt, 2005 - Engle, Margarita
Poet Slave of Cuba
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Sean Qualls
Holt, 2006 - Herrera, Juan Felipe
Downtown Boy
Scholastic Press/Scholastic, 2005 - Resau, Laura
Red Glass
Delacorte, 2007 - Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Esperanza Rising / Esperanza renace
Scholastic, 2000
This book list was originally published in this brochure, which was created in part by the Quicklists Consulting Committee, Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association; and the Children’s and Young Adult Services Committee of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking.
