These spooky stories read by author Xavier Garza will remind kids to mind their parents! Click here for a link to a read-along of Juan and the Chupacabras / Juan y el chupacabras. Click here for a link to a read-along of Just One Itsy Bitsy Little Bite / Sólo una mordidita chiquitita. Click here for a link to a read-along of Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la bruja lechuza.
Entertain the kids with Online Storytime
Enjoy this read-along by author and illustrator Carolyn Dee Flores from her bilingual picture book, The Amazing Watercolor Fish /El asombroso pez acuarela. Click here for the read-along.
Chase the Runaway Piggy with Author Read-Alongs
Teachers, parents and educators – looking for literacy activities to share with kids at home? Enjoy James Luna’s read-alongs from his bilingual picture book, The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo. Click here for the English version. Click here for the Spanish read-along. Amplify the fun with activities in this teaching guide. Dramatize the book using this Reader’s Theater.
Festive Children’s Books Ignite the Holiday Spirit!
Are you looking for holiday gifts that are both educational and fun? Look no more! Below, we’ve assembled a brief collection of holiday-themed stories that will teach the little ones in your life about Christmas and El Día de los Reyes Magos, or Three Kings Day. These books are filled with vibrant illustrations that will engage children, while leading them to ask more questions. The Case of the Three Kings: The Flaca Files / El caso de los Reyes Magos: Los expendientes de Flaca by Alidis Vicente Flaca, or Detective Flaca as she prefers to be called, is pleased with her Christmas gifts. Finally, she has the tools needed to do her job: a fingerprint-taking kit, a police-quality mini flashlight, and most exciting of all, police tape to block off crime scenes! However, she is not at all pleased with the airline tickets to Puerto Rico she and her sister La …