Check out one of these great books from the El día de los niños/El día de los libros Children's Day/Book Day Book List


Ages 0-4
Ada, Alma Flor, and F. Isabel Campoy
¡Pío Peep! Rimas Tradicionales en Español/Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Viví Escrivá
HarperCollins /Rayo, 2003

Davis, Katie
Who Hops?/¿Quién salta?
Harcourt, 2005

Delacre, Lulu
Arrorró Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
Lee & Low, 2004

Elya, Susan Middleton
Bebé Goes Shopping
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Steven Salerno
Harcourt, 2006

Emberley, Rebecca
My Shapes/Mis Formas
Little, Brown, 2000

Gomi, Taro
Spring Is Here/Llegó la Primavera
Chronicle, 2006

Guy, Ginger Foglesong
Siesta
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por René King Moreno
Greenwillow, 2005

Hartley, Jill
Colors + Flavors/Colores + Sabores
Groundwood, 2008

Morales, Yuyi
Little Night / Nochecita
Roaring Brook, 2007

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth
Rabbit’s Bedtime / Hora de dormir del conejo
Houghton, 2000

Weeks, Sarah
Counting Ovejas
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2006

Weill, Cynthia and K.B. Basseches
ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Moisés and Armando Jiménez
Cinco Puntos, 2007

Ages 4-8
Ada, Alma Flor
I Love Saturdays y domingos
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Elivia Savadier
Simon and Schuster/Atheneum, 2002

Andrews-Goebel, Nancy
The Pot That Juan Built / La vasija que Juan fabricó
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Lee & Low, 2002

Argueta, Jorge
Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Elizabeth Gómez
Children’s Press, 2005

Brown, Monica
My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Rafael López
Luna Rising, 2005

Chapra, Mimi
Sparky’s Bark/El ladrido de Sparky
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Viví Escrivá
HarperCollins/Rayo, 2006

Costales, Amy
Abuelita Full of Life/Abuelita liena de vida
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Martha Aviles
Luna Rising, 2007

Cruise, Robin
Little Mama Forgets
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Stacey Dressen-McQueen
Farrar, 2006

Cumpiano, Ina
Quinito’s Neighborhood/El vecindario de Quinito
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por José Ramírez
Children’s Press, 2005

Cuyler, Margery
From Here to There
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Yu Cha Pak
Holt, 1999

Geeslin, Campbell
Elena’s Serenade
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ana Juan
Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz, 2004

González, Lucia M.
The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Lulu Delacre
Children’s Press, 2008

González, Maya Christina
My Colors, My World/ Mis colores, mi mundo
Children’s Press, 2007

Harris, Robie H.
Go! Go! Maria! What It’s Like to Be 1
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Michael Emberley
Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, 2003

Laínez, René Colato
Playing Lotería/El juego de la lotería
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Jill Arena
Luna Rising, 2005

Montes, Marisa
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Yuyi Morales
Holt, 2007

Mora, Pat
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart/ Doña Flor: Un cuento de una mujer gigante con un gran corazón
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Raúl Colón
Knopf, 2005

Mora, Pat
Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day/Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Rafael López
HarperCollins/Rayo, 2009

Morales, Yuyi
Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
Roaring Brook, 2008

Paul, Ann Whitford
Count on Culebra: Go From 1 to 10 in Spanish
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ethan Long
Holiday, 2008

Pérez, Amada Irma
My Diary from Here to There/Mi díario de aquí hasta allá
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Maya Christina Gonzalez
Children’s Press, 2002

Shahan, Sherry
Spicy Hot Colors/Colores Picantes
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Paula Barragán
August House/LittleFolk, 2004

Tafolla, Carmen
What Can You Do with a Rebozo?
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Amy Cordova
Tricycle, 2008

Zepeda, Gwendolyn
Growing Up With Tamales/Los tamales de Ana
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por April Ward
Piñata/Arte Publico, 2008

Winter, Jonah
Frida
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Ana Juan
Scholastic, 2002.

Ages 8-12
Alarcón, Francisco X.
Animal Poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazú
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por Maya Christina Gonzalez
Children’s Press, 2008

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por David Diaz
Marshall Cavendish, 2005

Deedy, Carmen Agra
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Martina, una cucarachita muy linda : un cuento cubano
Illustrated by/Ilustrado por by Michael Austin
Peachtree, 2008

Jiménez, Francisco
Reaching Out
Houghton, 2008

Machado, Ana Maria and Caroline Merola
Me in the Middle
Groundwood, 2002

Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Becoming Naomi León / Yo, Naomi León
Scholastic, 2004

Soto, Gary
Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me
Putnam, 2005

Ages 12-up
Carlson, Lori Marie
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
Holt, 2005

Engle, Margarita
Poet Slave of Cuba
Illustrated by/Illustrado por Sean Qualls
Holt, 2006

Herrera, Juan Felipe
Downtown Boy
Scholastic Press/Scholastic, 2005

Resau, Laura
Red Glass
Delacorte, 2007

Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Esperanza Rising / Esperanza renace
Scholastic, 2000

This book list was originally published in this brochure, which was created in part by the Quicklists Consulting Committee, Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association; and the Children’s and Young Adult Services Committee of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking.