Eduardo and Aladino: recommended children's book in Spanish.(Recommended readings)

From always-popular traditional tales, songs, and carols from around the world, to delightful books for the very young, to a contemporary Scheherazade, to engaging nonfiction books, these hard-to-resist children's books in Spanish will delight and inform young Spanish speakers, Spanish learners, and their parents.

Folklore

Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy.

Merry Navidad!: Christmas Carols in Spanish and English.

Merry Navidad: Villancicos en espanol e ingles

Illustrator: Vivi Escriva

Translated into English by Rosalma Zubizarreta

New York: Harper Collins, 2007; 64 p.

ISBN: 978-0-06-058434-4

$16.99; Grades 2-5

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Nineteen traditional Christmas carols from Latin America and Spain are included in this attractive bilingual publication. From Bethlehem to Las Posadas to Nanas de Navidad/Christmas Lullabies to Los Tres Reyes Magos/The Three Wise Kings, English and Spanish speakers will enjoy the songs and fiestas of the Christmas season. Straightforward English renditions follow the original Spanish versions. A few musical notations and Escriva's festive watercolor illustrations add to the holiday spirit.

Bofill, Francesc

Rapunzel/Rapunzel

Illus:trator: Joma

ISBN: 978-0-8118-5059-9

Carrasco, Xavier

Rumpelstiltskin/Rumpelstiltskin

Illustrator: Francesc Infante

ISBN: 978-0-8118-5972-1

Escardo i Bas, Merce

The Three Little Pigs/Los tres cerditos

Illustrator: Pere Joan

ISBN: 978-0-8118-5063-6

Ros, Roser

Beauty and the Beast/La bella y la bestia

Illustrator: Cristina Losantos

ISBN: 978-0-8118-5970-7

Each volume: 24 p.

Translated into English by Elizabeth Bell

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006-2007

Paper: $6.95; Grades K-3

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Fortunately these new bilingual titles of these classic stories are as simple and appealing as those published in 20042006. Each title includes straightforward English texts, followed by smooth Spanish renditions on the left side of page, and facing full-page color illustrations.

Especially enticing are Joma's ink-and-watercolor illustrations of Rapunzel/ Rapunzel, which depict contemporary settings and characters in the traditional story of the beautiful girl with exceptionally long golden hair imprisoned in a lonely tower by a mean witch. Infante's stylized illustrations add a unique tone to the popular tale of the strange …