Bilingual Books!
When my sons were little, I spent hours in the bilingual and Spanish sections of libraries and book stores. Sometimes it was delightful, like when I discovered Bobbie Salinas' hugely-entertaining classic Three Little Pigs: Nacho, Tito y Miguel and other times it was disappointing. Sometimes the translations were awkward or error prone. Now that my first two bilingual books are coming out, I'm excited to see how they look and read. They are What Is It Like to Be Marta and What Is It Like to Be Shakira. Both books are in English and Spanish, and designed and written for pre-schoolers and kindergarteners. The Marta book was fun to write. I loved watching videos of her dribbling around defenders, although unfortunately sometimes those defenders were U.S. players. Shakira is amazing, and also had a strong connection to soccer this summer with her Waka Waka World Cup song. Unfortunately that all happened after the book went to press. Maybe I can include the phenomenon that was Waka Waka in a sequel.
Here's where you can find out more about one of my all time favorite bilingual books:

I'll add the links for my two new books, too: