Bilingual (English/Spanish) Books

Mabel Tang

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First

THEME: Bilingual (English/Spanish) Books

Subcategories of the theme, if any:

Sub-Category A theme - Family Relationships & Experiences

Sub-Category B theme Significant People
Sub-Category C theme Celebrations

Sub-Category A of the theme:

Family Relationships & Experiences
Non-
Author last name/ Pub. dominant Type of Award
Illustrator last name Year Full title of the book characters Genre (Y/N)
(Yes/No)
Nonfiction
Lomas Garza, Carmen 1990/2005 Family Pictures / Cuadros De Familia Yes Yes
(realistic fic)
Nonfiction
Lomas Garza, Carmen 1996 In My Family / En Mi Familia Yes Yes
(realistic fic)
Cumpiano, Ina / Ramirez, Jose 2005 Quinitos Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito Yes Fiction No
Munoz, Isabel / Mazali, Gustavo 2006 Julieta Goes to School / Julieta va a la Escuela Yes Fiction No
Im Just Like my Mom (Dad) / Me Parezco Tanto a
Ramos, Jorge / Gutierrez, Akemi 2008 No Fiction No
mi Mama (Papa)
Flor Ada, Alma & Campoy, F. Nursery
2003 Pio Peep! Yes No
Isabel / Escriva, Vivi Rhymes
Flor Ada, Alma & Campoy, F. Nursery
2010 Muu, Moo! Yes No
Isabel / Escriva, Vivi Rhymes

Sub-Category B of the theme:

Significant People
Non-
Author last name/ Pub. dominant Type of Award
Illustrator last name Year Full title of the book characters Genre (Y/N)
(Yes/No)
The Storytellers Candle / La Velita de los Nonfiction
Gonzalez, Lucia / Delacre, Lulu 2008 Yes Yes
Cuentos (realistic fic)
Nonfiction
Brown, Monica / Cepeda, Joe 2010 Side by Side / Lado a Lado Yes No
(realistic fic)
Nonfiction
Brown, Monica/ Lopez, Rafael 2013 Tito Puente - Mambo King / Rey del Mambo Yes Yes
(realistic fic)

Sub-Category C of the theme:

Celebrations
Non-
Author last name/ Pub. dominant Type of Award
Illustrator last name Year Full title of the book characters Genre (Y/N)
(Yes/No)
Flor Ada, Alma / Dominguez,
2010 Let me Help! / Quiero Ayudar! Yes Fiction No
Angela
Mora, Pat / Lopez, Rafael 2009 Book Fiesta! Yes Fiction Yes
 Responses to Sub-Category A Books

Book Title: Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia

Awards received by book (if any): Pura Belpr Award Nominee for Illustration (1996)

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Renowned artist
Carmen Lomas Garza lovingly shares her memories of growing up in the town of Kingsville, Texas, and of her
great dream of becoming an artist. Through warm, personal stories and vibrant paintings, young readers
experience day-to-day life in a traditional Mexican-American community. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What story do you think this picture tells? Why?
2) Tell me about an experience you had with your family.
3) Whats similar or different about the authors experience and yours?
Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=2268&s=n

Book Title: In My Family / En Mi Familia

Awards received by book (if any): Amricas Award (1996), Toms Rivera Mexican American Childrens Book Award
(1997), Pura Belpr Award Nominee for Illustration (1998)

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): In her eagerly-
awaited second book for children, In My Family/En mi familia, internationally-renowned artist Carmen Lomas
Garza takes us once again to her hometown of Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico. Through vibrant
paintings and warm personal stories, Carmen brings to life more loving memories of growing up in a traditional
Mexican American community: eating empanadas, witnessing the blessing on her cousin's wedding day, and
dancing to the conjunto band at the neighborhood restaurant. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What story do you think this picture tells? Why?
2) Tell me about an experience you had with your family.
3) Whats similar or different about the authors experience and yours?
Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=3437&s=n

Book Title: Quinitos Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito

Awards received by book (if any):

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Quinito knows that
his neighborhood is made up of much more than just buildings, streets, and shops it is made up of all the people
he knows and loves. People like his grown-up cousin Tita, who learns how to make people laugh in clown school,
and his aunt, who paints murals to brighten up the streets. Everyone in the neighborhood has an important job,
and each friend and neighbor knows and values everyone else. Jose Ramirez's jewel-like paintings vibrate with life
and energy, and bring Quinitos charming neighborhood journey to life. Quinito's Neighborhood will inspire
readers to explore and appreciate their own neighborhoods, and show them the boundless array of different jobs
in their communities. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) Tell me about your neighborhood.
2) Tell me about your family and the jobs they do.
3) Who are some community helpers within your neighborhood?
Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=32716&s=n

Book Title: Julieta Goes to School / Julieta Va a La Escuela

Awards received by book (if any): none

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Experience the first day
of school with Julieta and her brother Eric. Julieta goes to school. Several other titles in this Spanish collection.
Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) Tell me about your first day of school.
2) How did you feel on your first day of school? How did your family feel?

3) Compare Julietas first day of school with your own, whats similar and whats different?

Electronic Resource (if any):

Book Title: Im Just Like My Mom (Dad) / Me Parezco Tanto a Mi Mam (Pap)

Awards received by book (if any):

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): With Akemi Gutierrez's
charming illustrations, renowned journalist Jorge Ramos explores the many ways in which all children are just like their
parents--in two languages. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) Tell how the characters are like their parents.

2) How are you similar to your parents? How are you different?

3) What are some activities you enjoy doing with your mom/dad?

Electronic Resource (if any):

Book Title: Po Peep!

Awards received by book (if any): none

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Here is a
groundbreaking bilingual collection of traditional rhymes that celebrates childhood and Spanish and Latin American heritage.
From playing dress up to making tortillas, and from rising at daybreak to falling asleep, these joyful rhymes are sure to
delight young readers. Goodreads.com
Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:
1) What does this nursery rhyme make you think of?
2) Comparing these nursery rhymes, whats similar and whats different?
3) What nursery rhyme is your favorite? Why?
Electronic Resource (if any):

Book Title: Muu, Moo!

Awards received by book (if any): none

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): This heartwarming
bilingual collection of traditional animal nursery rhymes from Spain, Latin America, and the United States will delight
readers young and old. From the call of the rooster to the chirp, chirp of the cricket, these seventeen poems in both English
and Spanish have been handpicked by distinguished authors Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, who have also included
five of their own original poems in this anthology. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What does this nursery rhyme make you think of?
2) Comparing these nursery rhymes, whats similar and whats different?
3) What nursery rhyme is your favorite? Why?
Electronic Resource (if any):
 Responses to Sub-Category B Books

Book Title: The Storytellers Candle / La Velita De Los Cuentos

Awards received by book (if any): Jane Addams Children's Book Award Nominee for Younger Children (2009), Pura
Belpr Award Nominee for Narrative & Illustration (2009)

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): It is the winter of 1929,
and cousins Hildamar and Santiago have just moved to enormous, chilly New York from their native Puerto Rico. As Three
Kings' Day approaches, Hildamar and Santiago mourn the loss of their sunny home and wonder about their future in their
adopted city. But when a storyteller and librarian named Pura Belpr arrives in their classroom, the children begin to
understand just what a library can mean to a community. In this fitting tribute to a remarkable woman, Luca Gonzlez and
Lulu Delacre have captured the truly astounding effect that Belpr had on the city of New York. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What did Pura Belpr do for the children?
2) Tell about your experience with the library.
3) What types of books would you like to read more of? Why?
Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=13827

Book Title: Side by Side / Lado a Lado

Awards received by book (if any):

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Every day, thousands of
farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the
workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up.
Together they motivated the workers to fight for their rights and, in the process, changed history. Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What did Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez do that was significant?
2) Why are individual rights important?

3) How would you feel if you did not have any rights?

Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=22400

Book Title: Tito Puente Mambo King / Rey del Mambo

Awards received by book (if any): Pura Belpr Award Nominee for Illustration (2014)

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, clap your hands for Tito Puente... The Mambo King plays and sways and people dance the mambo, the rumba,
and the cha-cha! Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What did you learn about Tito Puente?

2) What types of music do you like to listen to? How does it make you feel?

3) Tell about an experience involving music and dance.

Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=30559&s=n

 Responses to Sub-Category C Books

Book Title: Let me Help! / Quiero Ayudar!

Awards received by book (if any): none

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Let me help! Let me
help! Perico learns this phrase from little Martita, who's been saying it a lot lately. When the whole family scrambles to
prepare for Cinco de Mayo, Perico knows there must be some way he can help even if he is just a parrot. Perico tries to
help abuela make delicious tamales. He tries to help craft beautiful paper flowers for the barge his family will take down the
San Antonio river. He even tries to help the boys practice their mariachi number on the porch. But at every turn Perico is
shooed away, until he finally figures out how he can add to the Cinco de Mayo fun. Acclaimed children s book author Alma
Flor Ada's tale is the story of every young reader who has been told he or she is too little or too young to help. Angela
Domnguez's vibrant paintings glow with the rich colors of the southwest. Let Me Help!/Quiero ayudar! is a joyful,
rhythmic, read-aloud you can celebrate year-round. Amazon.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) Tell about a time when you tried to help your family with something. What happened?

2) How do you and your family celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

3) What is similar or different to how Martitas family and your family prepares for celebrations?

Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=21115&s=n

Book Title: Book Fiesta!

Awards received by book (if any): Pura Belpr Award for Illustration (2010)

Description of Book (Include an opening sentence about HOW the book fits into the text set.): Take a ride in a long
submarine or fly away in a hot air balloon. Whatever you do, just be sure to bring your favorite book! Rafael Lpez's colorful
illustrations perfectly complement Pat Mora's lilting text in this delightful celebration of El da de los nios/El da de los
libros; Children's Day/Book Day. Toon! Toon! Goodreads.com

Three philosophical questions or open-ended questions:

1) What types of books do you enjoy to read? Why?

2) What books do you read with your family? How do you read with your family?

3) How would you like to celebrate books and the love of reading?

Electronic Resource (if any): https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=14414