With enchanting stories and beautiful illustrations, these award-winning Latino picture books from Candlewick Press introduce young readers to language and culture.
Board Books by Juan Felipe Herrera
Cerca and Lejos
Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera’s board books, Cerca and Lejos are perfect for toddlers. Wonderfully sweet and calm, they use patterned sentences to illustrate spatial concepts. Blanca Gómez’s beautiful, detailed illustrations of the settings provide the content of the stories. Toddlers ask to read these bilingual books again and again.
Award-Winning Latino Picture Books
Evelyn del Rey se muda
Meg Medina’s book Evelyn del Rey se muda is about best friends on moving day. It’s a wonderful portrait of the special bond children have when they know each other so, so well. This is also a timely, reassuring story as children deal with the distance caused by Covid-19.
Imagina
Imagina, also from Juan Felipe Herrera, is the story of the author’s journey of becoming a poet and then United States Poet Laureate. The beautifully lyric text is also interactive as the author invites children to imagine his life and to imagine their own. The Spanish edition is new this year; the English edition Imagine is available too. We believe all children should read this inspiring, empowering book.
Gustavo el fantasmita tímido
Gustavo El fantasmita tímido is Flavia Z. Drago’s story of a shy ghost who wants to make friends. This book has amazing illustrations! In addition to the art, the story is full of cultural connections as Gustavo realizes Día de los Muertos is his moment to shine. This is a lovely story for Day of the Dead or anytime.
Nuestro huerto
Using engaging photographs and text, George Ancona documents a year in a school garden in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nuestro huerto moves through the seasons with the students and teachers who care for the elementary school garden. This book celebrates the joy of gardening and community, and it is a wonderful non-fiction title to share with children.
More Picture Book Resources
Picture books are a fabulous source of language and culture for young readers. You can find more books by Latino authors on our Spanish Books for Kids resource page. There are also book lists and activities for specific titles to keep you reading with your Spanish learners.
Andrea
Feb 8, 2021
We would love to win these books. Thanks for the opportunity!
Zara
Feb 8, 2021
These look great. Thank you.
Rebecca
Feb 8, 2021
Would love to enter! Thanks so much!
Debbie Urman
Feb 8, 2021
I’d love to surprise my daughters with these books! Thanks for chance!
April
Feb 9, 2021
Both books look incredible! ❤️
Holly Salazar
Feb 9, 2021
This sounds great! Thank you!
Natalie Joy Mosman
Feb 9, 2021
Hi, I’m Natalie and I teach Spanish for 5th grade. They would love this! Thank you!
Joanna Irizarry
Feb 9, 2021
How exciting! My kiddos would love these as well.
Bethany Easom
Feb 9, 2021
Thank you for all your resources! I love reading books to my students.
Anne Matela
Feb 10, 2021
I love your resources and so do my students. Both of these books would be amazing to share with them.
Beatriz M Lugo
Feb 11, 2021
Great books!
Brendan Aucoin
Feb 11, 2021
I would love to win these books and will likely be purchasing them if I do not win.
Rachael
Feb 11, 2021
Me gusto libros! I love books! Even if we don’t win, we appreciate the learning tools that you provide for everyone.
Ann Baus
Feb 11, 2021
I would enjoy using this books in my classroom! : )
Becky
Feb 11, 2021
I would love these for my Homeschool Spanish class!
Kristina
Feb 11, 2021
These look like great tools for our Spanish learning, especially Evelyn del Rey se muda!
Gale
Feb 12, 2021
I don’t see where to enter…do we just leave a comment? How long is this giveaway open for?
Jenny
Feb 12, 2021
Your comment is your entry, and you can also enter on our Facebook and Instagram pages if you like. As it says in the post, “Giveaway closes February 14th at midnight PST”. Good luck!
Maria J. Cabrera
Feb 14, 2021
Lovely books to be read in class and at home!!
Dawn
Feb 14, 2021
Beautiful books!
Mirna Deakle
Feb 14, 2021
I would love to add these books to my Classroom library. Thank you!
Margarita
Feb 14, 2021
I would to enter! We need more books in Spaniah
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