¡1, 2, 3 Merengue!: English-Spanish Instruments & Sounds Book
by Delia Ruiz (Goodreads Author)
As the band plays a merengue, the children dance from right to left and we learn about the different instruments and sounds in the band. The drums, guitar, saxophone, and accordion all have their own quality of sound.
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There’s a Cow in My Bed (Somos8)
by Daniel Fehr (Goodreads Author), Jorge Martin (Illustrator)
A little girl can’t go to sleep, and tells her father there is a grumpy cow in her bed! He assures her that there is certainly not a cow in her bed. It is safe to go to sleep. But she comes back and says that now there is an elephant in her bed. The father checks her bed, but there are no animals there now. Finally the little girl settles down to sleep, but when her father goes to his own bedroom, he finds a hilarious surprise!
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Opposites – Opuestos
by Magda Garguláková, Ekaterina Gaigalova (Illustrator)
There are many opposites in our world, and it is fun to compare and categorize things to make sense of what we see in every day life. Is something heavy or light? Is it curved or pointy? Is it loud or quiet, hard or soft, slow or fast, old or new?
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Carlota no dice ni Pío
by José Carlos Andrés, Emilio Urberuaga (Illustrations)
Carlota tiene demasiado miedo para hablar. Se comunica a través de gestos y expresiones faciales. Pero cuando está encerrada en la despensa del sótano, encuentra el coraje para gritar pidiendo ayuda y descubre que su voz puede producir hermosos sonidos.
¡Era un libro tan lindo! Carlota es adorable y me gustó cómo encuentra el coraje para hablar. Supera su ansiedad y miedo, y aprende a hablar por sí misma.
Me gustó mucho la forma en que el texto se dirige directamente al lector en estos pequeños comentarios divertidos sobre la historia. ¡Es hilarante!
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