Spanish learners need to hear language in context, and everyone loves an entertaining story. With that in mind, we created…
- November 6, 2019
- Books and Stories, Printable, Reading, Videos
- January 3, 2019
- Books and Stories, Culture
As Spanish teachers, we work to introduce our students to the cultures and realities of Spanish-speaking countries, including the United…
- December 14, 2015
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Language learning, Product reviews
Imaginaciones by Carolyn Clarke has 17 very short imaginary adventures told in easy Spanish. These read-aloud relaxation stories help children…
- June 18, 2015
- Audio, Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Reading, Videos, Websites
BookBox creates animated books with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to support reading and literacy development around the world. Language learners…
- May 18, 2015
- Birthday, Books and Stories, Emotions, Family, Product reviews, Reading
Do you talk about emotions in Spanish with kids? Be sure to take a look at the picture book Mara…
- May 14, 2015
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, iPad Apps, Printable, Reading
The idea behind these Spanish stories is so clever! They are bedtime stories that ask kids to participate by drinking…
- April 27, 2015
- Books and Stories, Culture, Product reviews, Reading
Finding the Music / En pos de la música is a wonderful new bilingual book by Jennifer Torres. Published by…
- March 11, 2015
- Books and Stories, Online activities, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Reading, Seasons, Spring
Spring is on its way! These two easy Spanish stories make it easy to talk about spring with children learning…
- February 15, 2015
- Audio, Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Pronunciation, Reading, Websites
Imactiva is an education technology company that works with the Chilean government, publishers and companies to develop education software. They…
- January 9, 2015
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Printable, Reading
Aprendices Visuales creates online Spanish stories supported by pictograms. In the description of the project, the creators explain that the…
- September 22, 2014
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Reading, Websites
We do not usually think about connecting with the publishers of the books we read. Instead, we tend to think…
- August 25, 2014
- Books and Stories, Culture, Reading
I am sharing Miguel ayuda en la oficina de la pediatra as a part of the Read Around the World Summer…
- August 25, 2014
- Books and Stories, Culture, Reading
Finding quality children’s books in Spanish is a challenge. Searching online stores can be frustrating because often the books are…
- June 11, 2014
- Books and Stories, Culture, Product reviews, Reading, Vocabulary
Since I wrote this article, Lee & Low has modified their web site and changed the structure slightly. The stories…
- May 13, 2014
- Animals, Books and Stories, Day and Night, Earth Day, Outside-Nature, Product reviews, Reading, Vocabulary
If you are looking for a fun language activity or a Spanish story for kids, this picture book is a…
- May 8, 2014
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
These three stories from Barefoot Books have a prince or princess and a charming fairy tale setting. They also have…
- April 27, 2014
- Books and Stories, Culture, Ebooks, Printable, Product reviews, Reading
Readers theater is an excellent language activity for Spanish language learners. I’m excited that Custom Literacy has published their first…
- December 17, 2013
- Animals, Audio, Books and Stories, Reading, Songs, Vocabulary
Vivamos la granja is a rhyming story that playfully introduces children to life on a farm. It is written by…
- November 26, 2013
- Books and Stories
Kids Yoga Stories weave yoga poses into the narrative. These stories are available in English and Spanish, and the Spanish…
- November 25, 2013
- Birthday, Books and Stories, Colors, Culture, Emotions, Family, Food, House, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Vocabulary
Marisol McDonald is the protagonist of two wonderful bilingual picture books – Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDonald no combina…
- November 7, 2013
- Books and Stories, Printable, Product reviews, Reading
El fandango de Lola is a story about individualism and family, about finding talents and sharing them with people you…
- October 17, 2013
- Audio, Books and Stories, Crafts, Day and Night, House, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic picture book for young children. Like the original, the Spanish translation…
- October 9, 2013
- Books and Stories, Printable, Product reviews, Professions, Reading
Oso en el trabajo is a Spanish language picture book that follows Oso, un cartero, as he delivers mail to…
- September 19, 2013
- Books and Stories, Reading
In this article, Barefoot Books Ambassador Jen Bennett shares her vision for teaching her kids Spanish and talks about Spanish…
- September 13, 2013
- Books and Stories, Culture, Hispanic Heritage Month, Printable, Reading, Toys and Games, Vocabulary
Nos vamos a México by Laura Krebs is one of my favorite Spanish stories for kids. This beautiful book is…
- September 3, 2013
- Books and Stories, House, Product reviews, Reading, Vocabulary
Oso en casa is a wonderful story for children learning Spanish. It has rhythm and rhyme, concrete language relevant to…
- August 23, 2013
- Animals, Books and Stories, Colors, Crafts, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Questions, Reading, Toys and Games, Verbs, Vocabulary
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? is the translation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?. This…
- July 16, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
Recently, I wrote about a wonderful yoga story in Spanish, Lucas en un día en la playa. The Spanish coloring…
- June 27, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
Kids Yoga Stories has another wonderful Spanish story for children. Lucas en un día en la playa integrates yoga into…
- June 13, 2013
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Reading, Vocabulary
We Give Books is a free online library of children’s books and they now have a few Spanish stories and…
- May 13, 2013
- Audio, Books and Stories, Product reviews
Stress Free Kids publishes audio and picture books that help children reduce stress and lower anxiety. These stories are available…
- May 5, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winners, entries 11 and 18, Melissa and Katie. Winners were chosen using…
- May 3, 2013
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Reading, Spring
Update April 2019 – Storybird is making changes. It looks as if they are going to paid accounts. The links…
- May 1, 2013
- Books and Stories, Culture, Product reviews, Reading
Award-winning author Carole Roman has written a lovely picture book to introduce young children to the country and culture of…
- April 18, 2013
- Audio, Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Outside-Nature, Reading, Seasons, Spring, Verbs, Vocabulary
Update April 2019 – Storybird is making changes. It looks as if they are going to paid accounts. The…
- March 31, 2013
- Books and Stories, Online activities, Reading, Vocabulary
These Spanish online stories were created by a group of teachers in Montville, Connecticut. Each story is followed by a…
- February 26, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
I am so excited to be able to share this book with Spanish Playground readers. Sofía en una aventura por…
- February 24, 2013
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I recently asked readers to share the title of a book they enjoyed reading with their children or classes. These…
- February 6, 2013
- Books and Stories, Reading
This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner Jodi Monroy! Thanks to everyone for entering, for the great book list…
- December 7, 2012
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, iPad Apps, Product reviews, Reading
With Christmas coming, I know that lots of us are looking for gifts for Spanish language learners. Parents of my…
- December 2, 2012
- Books and Stories, Curriculum, Holidays, Reading
Spanish books are the perfect gift for children learning the language! Sonrisas Spanish School is having a picture book sale…
- November 27, 2012
- Books and Stories, Curriculum, Miscellaneous, Reading, Websites
Sonrisas Spanish School publishes a preschool and elementary Spanish curriculum. The founders, Brooks and Blue Lindner, also have a blog…
- November 1, 2012
- Adult learning, Audio, Books and Stories, Product reviews, Pronunciation, Reading
No-Work Spanish recently contacted me about sharing their audiobooks with my readers. These books are designed as a language-learning product…
Relajo en la cocina is a Mexican story that I read to my children when they were little. It is…
- July 24, 2012
- Numbers, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Reading
I wrote this rhyme to read with children learning Spanish. Kids help tell the story by providing phrases based on…
- June 17, 2012
- Audio, Books and Stories, Ebooks, Holidays, Language learning, Online activities, Printable, Pronunciation, Reading, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites
Stories from BookBox are a wonderful resource for building reading and listening skills in Spanish. BookBox creates animated books with…
- May 13, 2012
- Books and Stories, Clothes, Family, House, Product reviews, Reading, Verbs, Vocabulary
These entertaining Spanish books for children are very popular with my students. In class just last week a student got…
- April 30, 2012
- Audio, Books and Stories, Culture, Online activities, Product reviews, Pronunciation, Reading, Vocabulary
Heritage Language bilingual books with audio CDs are a wonderful resource for teaching Spanish to children. This innovative company…
- April 15, 2012
- Online activities
Since the time I wrote this post, Northumberland Grid for Learning has begun to charge users who are not in…
- April 11, 2012
- Books and Stories, Crafts, Websites
I recently wrote an article for SpanglishBaby on a mini-book activity that my students really enjoy. It is very simple…
- March 29, 2012
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Reading, Spring
¡Es primavera! is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The repetition helps children…
I’m so happy to be a contributing writer for SpanglishBaby! If you aren’t familiar with the site, it is a…
- March 19, 2012
- Audio, Books and Stories, Pronunciation, Reading, Vocabulary
I have recommended the Caballo alado clásico collection of Spanish stories with audio CDs to parents many times. Last week…
- January 18, 2012
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Printable, Reading
Grande y pequeño is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The repetition helps…
- January 12, 2012
- Online activities, Songs
Babyradio is a new internet radio station from Spain (Cadiz) for children 0-6. It broadcasts Spanish songs, stories and games…
Busca los colores is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The beautiful pictures…
- November 14, 2011
- Books and Stories, Culture, Product reviews, Reading
Tito, the Firefighter / Tito, el bombero, by Tim Hoppey, is a picture book about being bilingual. It is the…
- September 12, 2011
- Books and Stories, Family, Food, House, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Verbs, Vocabulary
Let’s Eat! / ¡A comer! is a picture book in Spanish and English by Pat Mora. This story fits into…
- August 11, 2011
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Day and Night, Outside, Outside-Nature, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Vocabulary
Fiesta Femenina is a collection of captivating stories with wonderful characters. They are drawn from the legends of the indigenous…
- July 29, 2011
- Books and Stories, Reading
If you read your children picture books that have been translated from English to Spanish, you have probably had moments…