Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Foreign Language Study - Spanish

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory and pain of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents....

"The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zarate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary. . . tan lindo "--Kirkus Reviews

"Zarate's sculptures exude personality."--Publishers Weekly

Welcome to the family It's just like yours, right? But maybe there's something a little bit different about this bunch.

Cynthia Weill Mi Familia is Weill's fifth book featuring the folk art of Oaxaca. She is the Director of the Bank Street Center for Childrens' Literature.

Jesus Canseco Zarate is a Oaxacan folk artist known...

Jimmy is a sweet little bunny, who doesn't like to brush his teeth, but with a little magic and a few surprises, Jimmy learns just how important tooth brushing is and how much fun it can be.

Jimmy el pequeNo conejito no le gusta lavarse sus dientes, pero con un poquito de magia y unas cuantas sorpresas, Jimmy aprende cuAnto es de importante lavarse los dientes y cuAnto divertido puede ser.

Este libro estA escrito en espaNol y english.
"El DIa Ocupado de la Perrita" es el Primer Libro de la serie de "Ella, la Perrita." El Primer Libro presenta a Ella a tu familia, una Husky Siberiana con una personalidad Unica. "El DIa Ocupado de la Perrita" llevarA a los pequeNos niNos a travEs de uno de los tIpicos dIas de Ella, con cada aspecto de su dIa siendo apoyado por imAgenes divertidas y atractivas. El formato del libro permite una experiencia muy interactiva, ya que al escuchar sobre el dIa ocupado de Ella, los niNos pueden compararse con ella; tanto en las similitudes como...

At God’s Table/En la mesa de Dios is a bilingual (Spanish-English) children’s book that explores the richly symbolic practice of the Lord’s Supper in Christian worshiping communities. In this vividly illustrated book, the celebration of the Lord’s Supper unfolds as a multi-faceted event that nourishes our faith and stirs our imagination to see the gifts of grace and signs of God's ongoing work in our lives and God’s world.

About the contributors

María Cornou is program manager for international and intercultural...