John F. Wilhite, Ph. D., is a retired university professor of Spanish and Latin American culture with expertise in the teaching of Spanish and ESL. He has 35 years experience in writing and editing. He enjoys writing bilingual educational books for youth of all ages. In addition to children's bilingual books, he has published several Spanish textbooks for high school and college. Kym Anderson Wilhite, M.Ed., TESOL, has been teaching children at the high school and elementary levels for 30 years. She teaches both Spanish and ESL. Both recognize the need for second-lnaguage learning to begin as