In honor of the upcoming Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day) holiday on April 30th, here is a list of books that are always a big hit at la hora de cuentos (storytime).
Morales, Yuyi. Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Marcuse, Aída E., and Verónica Chaves. Un trozo de pan = A piece of bread. Bogotá, Colombia: Panamericana Editorial, 2005.
Krull, Kathleen, and Yuyi Morales. Cosechando Esperanza: La Historia De César Chávez. San Diego: Harcourt, 2003.
Paul, Ann Whitford, and Ethan Long. Mañana Iguana. New York: Holiday House, 2004.
Garcia, Stephanie, and Gary Soto. Snapshots from the Wedding. New York: Putnam, 1997.
Andrews-Goebel, Nancy, and David Diaz. The Pot That Juan Built. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2002.
González, Lucía M., and Lulu Delacre. The bossy gallito = El gallo de bodas ; a traditional Cuban folktale. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1999.
Alarcón, Francisco X., and Maya Christina Gonzalez. From the bellybutton of the moon and other summer poems. San Francisco, Calif: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Andricaín, Sergio, Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, and Ana María Londoño. Adivínalo si puedes. Que pase el tren. Bogotá: Panamericana Editorial, 2002.And here is some great storytime dance music:
Orozco, José-Luis. José-Luis Orozco canta De colores. Lírica infantil, v. 9. Berkeley, CA: Arcoiris Records, 1996.
Orozco, José-Luis. Diez Deditos Ten Little Fingers & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America]. Lirica infatil, vol. 12. Berkeley, CA: Arcoiris Records, 2002.
Lobos (Musical group), and Lalo Guerrero. Papa's dream. Redway, Calif: Music for Little People, 1995.Abrazos,
Rebecca
Robleda Moguel, Margarita, and Maribel Suárez. Rebeca. Rana, rema, rimas. [Argentina?]: Alfaguara, 2004.
