I recently asked readers to share the title of a book they enjoyed reading with their children or classes. These are the books that were mentioned. Froggy se viste and Buenas noches, luna were favorites with a number of people. The books by Bill Martin and Eric Carle and the “Oso” Barefoot Books also came up several times.
Most of the books are translations. I am sure this is largely due to what is available at a reasonable price. The titles are not in any order. I included authors and links if I could find them (and followed Spanish capitalization conventions, even though Amazon does not.)
Classic stories – Caperucita Roja, Ricitos de Oro y los tres osos, La gallinita roja, La Cenicienta
The “classic” set from Combel (Serie Caballo alado – I wrote about these Spanish stories here)
My First Spanish Word Book by Angela Wilkes
La oruga muy hambrienta por Eric Carle
Oso pardo, oso pardo ¿qué ves allí? por Bill Martin y Eric Carle
De la cabeza a los pies por Eric Carle
Buenas noches, luna por Margaret Wise Brown
El gran granero rojo por Margaret Wise Brown
Si le das un panqueque a una cerdita por Laura Numeroff
Si le das un pastelito a un gato por Laura Numeroff
Buenas noches a todos por Sandra Boynton
Azul el sombrero, verde el sombrero por Sandra Boynton
Frida por Jonah Winter
Quiero ser famosa por Ana Galan
Froggy se viste por Jonathan London
Un gato y un perro por Claire Masuel
Tu mamá es una llama por Deborah Guarino
Let’s Eat/¡A comer! por Pat Mora
El árbol generoso por Shel Silverstein
¡Fuera de aquí, horrible Monstruo Verde! por Ed Emberley
Irene la Valiente por William Steig
El ratoncito, la fresa roja y madura y el gran oso hambriento por Audrey Wood
Veloz como un grillo por Audrey Wood
Me gusta cuando por Mary Murphy
La ardilla miedosa por Mélanie Watt
Salta, ranita, salta por Robert Kalan
Adivina cuanto te quiero por Sam McBratney
Hola, Mar por Pam Muñoz Ryan
Silencio ruido por Leslie Patricelli
Harry el Perrito Sucio por Gene Zion
La llama, llama rojo pijama por Anna Dewdney
El Perro Pedorrero por William Kotzwinkle
Cuentos de la selva por Horacio Quiroga
El pingüino Pedro por Marcus Pfister
Eres mi mamá por P. D. Eastman
¡Corre, perro, corre! P. D. Eastman
El lobo ha vuelto por Geoffroy de Pennart
Oh, cuán lejos llegarás por Dr. Seuss
Corduroy por Don Freeman
Oso en un cuadrado por Stella Blackstone
Oso en el trabajo por Stella Blackstone and the other Oso books from Barefoot Books
El mejor futbolista por Susan Blackaby
Los colores por Clare Beaton
Mickey Mouse in Spanish
Disney series w/ El rey león, Los aristogatos, 101 Dalmatas, El gran Oso
Puedo leer, también
Los Colores y Franco el conejo blanco por Alan Baker y The Wright Group
Arullo
Mi abuelita va al mercado
lucij
Feb 22, 2013
The book I love, Arrullo by Maria Bandara, is available on Amazon. The illustrations are magical and the text is lyrical. The book follows different animal mothers as they rock their babies, tuck them in, sing lullabies, etc. It’s a wonderful way to learn the names of animals and the verbs for nighttime rituals. There is a sweet element of suspense as the animals are introduced by the sounds they make followed by the question “Quien Sera?” If you want a book that isn’t simply a translation of a popular book in English, give this one a try!
Jenny
Feb 22, 2013
A wonderful suggestion. Thank you!
Maggie
Feb 24, 2013
Some of our favorites include: La señora de la panedería, and Tómas y la señora de la biblioteca, both by Pat Mora. There is also a collection of simple stories by Margarita Robleda that you can get with a cd of the author reading and singing. The collection is called Rana, Rema, Rimas and the cd is Canciones y cuentos. Hortón escucha a quién is a nice translation of the Dr Seuss that conserves the rhyming aspect of the text. Another cute series is the translation of Oliver Jeffers books: Cómo atrapar una estrella, Perdido y encontrado, and De vuelta a casa. Barefoot Books also publishes two books in Spanish with great accompanying cds of reading/voice acting by native speakers: El fandango de Lola by Anna Witte and the traditional Juan y los frijoles mágicos retold by Richard Walker.
Thanks so much for such a wonderful site – I love the resources you post here!
Maggie
Jenny
Feb 24, 2013
Thank you so much for this wonderful list of books!
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