Building A Bilingual and Spanish Language Library

Having a classroom library is a great way for students to interact with printed Spanish language. Most of my class focusses on listening and speaking. I love having a classroom library as a option for those students who already speak Spanish at home. I also really enjoy the diversity of the kinds of books I have available to my students. Some of the books are translations of books they already know (Caps for Sale, Green Eggs and Ham, etc.) Some of the books are bilingual, and allow students to read English right next to Spanish (Margaret and Margarita, Diego, etc.) Others are books that incorporate Spanish into an English statement or phrase (No More, Por Favor, Before You Were Here Amor.)

When I started teaching at my school there were very few books available to me. I was able to build the library for my classroom through donations from Donorschoose.org, donations from parents, garage sales, and half.com. I have compiled a list of most of the books I have in my classroom. I will continue to add to the list. I have included this extensive list because it can be difficult to know where to start. If These books are generally good for students in lower elementary. Those that I have highlighted are those which I find my students enjoy the most. Which books are your favorites?

I recently found a website for ways to set up a lending library at your school. Some of the activities and worksheets could easily be applied to any bilingual library at school. Check out Multicultural Lending Library.

Author	Title	Type of Book	Favorite
Alma Flor Ada	Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes	Bilingual
Alma Flor Ada	I Love Saturdays y domingos	Mixed in
Alma Flor Ada	La Pinata Vacia / The Empty Pinata	Spanish
Alma Flor Ada	La Sorpresa De Mama Coneja (Small Books)	Spanish
Amanda Irma Perez	My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuartito	Bilingual
Amanda Irma Perez	My Diary From Here to There / Mi diario de aq...	Bilingual
Amy Costales	Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend	Bilingual
Amy Novesky	Me, Frida	English
Angeles Jimenez Soria	Arriba Y Abajo / up And Down	Bilingual	*
Anna Mycek-Wodeck	The Bilingual Dog	Bilingual
Anthony Browne	Mi hermano (Especiales de a la Orilla del Viento)	Translation	*
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle	Oso pardo, oso pardo, que ves ahi	Translation
Byron Augustin	The Dominican Republic (A to Z)	NonFic English
Carl Sommer	Three Little Pigs/Los Tres Cerditos	Bilingual
Carmen Lomas Garza	In My Family / En mi familia	Bilingual
Carmen Tafolia	What Can You Do With a Rebozo?	Mixed in
Carmen Tafolla	What Can You Do with a Paleta?	Mixed in
Carol Ottolenghi	The Three Billy Goats Gruff/Los Tres Chivitos	Bilingual
Charles Shields	El Salvador (Central America Today)	NonFic English
Max , Maria Valeri	The Hare and the Tortoise (La Liebre y la Tortuga)	Bilingual
Clare Beaton	Weather/El Tiempo	Board
Clare Beaton	Opposites : Los Contrarios	Bilingual
Clare Beaton	La Comida/Food	Bilingual
Cynthia Weill	Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish	Bilingual	*
Delacre	Arroz con Leche : Popular Songs from Latin America	Bilingual
Diane Gonzales Bertrand	My Pal, Victor / Mi amigo Víctor	Bilingual
Don Freeman	Corduroy (Spanish Language Edition)	Translation
Dr. Seuss	Huevos verdes con jamón (Green Eggs and Ham)	Translation
Dr. Seuss	Un pez, dos peces, pez rojo, pez azul	Translation
Dr. Seuss	The Cat in the Hat (Spanish Beginner Books Series)	Bilingual
Duncan Tonatiuh	Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin	Mixed in
Duncan Tonatiuh	Diego Rivera: His World and Ours	English
Eileen Christelow	Cinco monitos brincando en la cama	Translation	*
Ellen Stoll Walsh	Pinta ratones (Mouse Paint) (Spanish Edition)	Translation	*
Ellen Stoll Walsh	Cuenta ratones	Translation
Eric Carle	El canguro tiene mama? (Spanish edition	Translation
Eric Carle	La Mariquita Malhumorada (The Grouchy Ladybug)	Translation
Eric Carle	La oruga muy hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)	Translation
Eric Carle	La araña muy ocupada (The Very Busy Spider)	Translation
Eric Carle	De la cabeza a los pies (From Head to Toe	Translation
Eric Hill	¿Dónde está Spot?	Translation
Esphyr Slobodkina	Se venden gorras	Traslation
Ezra Keats	Un dia de nieve (The Snowy Day)	Translation
Gene Zion	Harry, el perrito sucio (Harry the Dirty Dog)	Translation
Ginger Guy	Siesta	Bilingual	*
Ginger Guy	Perros! Perros! / Dogs! Dogs!: A Story in... by	Bilingual	*
Ginger Guy	iFiesta! (Spanish Edition)	Bilingual	*
Ginger Guy	Bravo!	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	Big Book: I Can! / ¡Yo puedo!	Bilingual	*
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	Opposites/Opuestos, Vol. 5	Board
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	My Family and I/Mi Familia y yo, Vol. 4	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	When I Am/Cuando estoy	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	My Body/Mi Cuerpo, Vol. 8	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	The Weather/El Tiempo, Vol. 6	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	I Can! !Yo Puedo! (English-Spanish Foundations Series, Vol. 11)	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	I Live Here!/Yo Vivo Aqui!	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	I Take Care of Myself!/Me Se Cuidar!	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	My House/Mi Casa	Bilingual
Gladys Rosa-Mendoza	Numbers 123/Los Numeros 123, Vol. 2	Bilingual
Greg Nickles	El Salvador: The Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)	NonFic English
Grimm , Pau Estrada	Little Red Riding Hood = Caperucita Roja : A Bilingual Book	Bilingual
H.A. Rey	Curious George/Jorge El Curioso	Traslation
Hanna Hutchinson	Caperucita Roja	Translation
Ina Cumpiano	Quinito, Day and Night/Quinito, dia y noche	Bilingual
Isabel Campoy	Celebra Cinco De Mayo Con Un Jarabe Tapatio	Spanish
Jackie French	¡Demasiadas Peras! Too Many Pears!	Bilingual
Janan Cain	Asi Me Siento Yo = The Way I Feel (Spanish Edition)	Spanish	*
Janice Levy	The Spirit of Tio Fernando : A Day of the Dead Story	Bilingual
Joe Hayes	La Llorona/The Weeping Woman	Bilingual
Joe Hayes	Juan Verdades : The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie	Bilingual
Joe Hayes	The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El dia que nevo tortilla	Bilingual
Joe Hayes	El Cucuy : A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish	Bilingual
Jonah Winter	Diego	Bilingual	*
Jonathan London	Froggy se viste (Spanish Edition)	Translation
Jorge Argueta	La fiesta de las tortillas	Bilingual
Jorge Elias Lujan	Sky Blue Accident/Accidente celeste	Bilingual
José-Luis Orozco	Rin, Rin, Rin/do, Re, Mi (Lee y Seras)	Bilingual
Joy Cowley	Gracias el Pavo de Thanksgiving	Spanish
Judith Viorst	Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso	Translation
Julia Alvarez	The Secret Footprints	English
Katie Davis	Who Hops?/Quien salta?: Lap-Sized Board Book	Bilingual	*
Kevin Henkes	Kitten's First Full Moon (Spanish edition	Translation	*
Lauren Peacock Bruzonic	Espanol concindi y sus Amigos	Bilingual
Laurie Krebs	Nos Vamos a Mexico! (Spanish Edition)	Translation
Lee Bock , Morgan Midgett ,	Oh, Crumps! ¡Ay, caramba!	Bilingual
Leo Lionni	Su Propio Color / A Color of His Own (Spanish Edition)	Translation
Lone Morton	I'm Too Big / Soy Demasiado Grande	Bilingual	*
Lori Carlson , Emily Lisker	Sol a Sol : Original and Selected Bilingual Poems	Bilingual
Luana Mitten	Numeros/Numbers	Bilingual
Lucia M. Gonzalez	The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas	Bilingual
Lynn Reiser	My Way/A mi manera : A Margaret and Margarita Story	Bilingual
Lynn Reiser	Margaret and Margarita	Bilingual
Manilo Argueta	Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes	Bilingual
Margaret Wise Brown	Buenas noches, Luna (Goodnight Moon)	Translation
Marisa Montes	Los Gatos Black on Halloween	Mixed in
Mary Dodson Wade	El Dia de Los Muertos (Rookie Read-About Holidays)	NonFic English
Mary Risk	I Want My Banana! / ¡Quiero mi plátano!	Bilingual	*
Maurice Sendak	Donde viven los monstruos (Where the Wild Things Are)	Translation
Meg Starr	Alicia's Happy Day/el Dia Mas Feliz de Alicia	Bilingual
Michael Grejniec	Good Morning Good Night/Buenos dias, buenos noches	Translation
Mo Willems	El conejito Knuffle : Un cuento aleccionador	Translation
Mo Williems	¡No dejes que la Paloma conduzca el autobus!	Translation
Monica Brown	My Name Is Gabito / Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of...	Bilingual
Norman Bridwell	Las Buenas Acciones de Clifford (1980)	Translation
Norman Bridwell	El Primer Halloween De Clifford	Translation
Nuria Roca	El Otono (Four Seasons) (Spanish Edition)	Spanish
Opal Dunn	El Gato Leo Goes to School!: A First Spanish Story	Mixed in	*
P.D. Eastman	¿Eres tú mi mamá? (Are You My Mother?)	Bilingual
P.D. Eastman	Perro grande... Perro pequeño (Big Dog... Little Dog)	Translation	*
Pam Munoz Ryan	Hello Ocean: Hola Mar	Bilingual
Pamela Zagarenski	What Color Is It? / ¿Qué color es éste?	Bilingual
Pat Mora	Let's Eat! / A Comer! (My Family: Mi familia)	Bilingual
Pat Mora	Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition)	Bilingual
Pat Mora	Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto	Bilingual
Pat Mora	Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three by	Mixed in	*
Ramona Moreno Winner	Lucas and His Loco Beans	Mixed in
Rebecca Emberley	My Big Book of Spanish Words	Bilingual	*
Rebecca Rissman	Las formas en el arte (Identifica La Forma)	Translation	*
Rigoberto Gonzalez	Antonio's Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio	Translation
Robert  Kalan	Salta, Ranita, Salta! (Spanish Edition) by Robert Kalan	Spanish	*
Sam McBrantney	Adivina Cuanto Te Quiero	Translation
Samantha Vamos	THE CAZUELA THAT THE FARM MAIDEN STIRRED	Mixed in	*
Samantha Vamos	Before You Were Here, Mi Amor	Mixed in	*
Sandra Boynton	Opuestos / Opposites	Board
Stella Blackstone	Un recorrido por las estaciones / Skip throu...	Spanish	*
Stella Blackstone	Oso Bajo El Sol (Bear) (Spanish Edition)	Translation
Stella Blackstone	La Familia Activa de Oso (Spanish Edition)	Translation
Sue Williams	Sali de paseo	Board
Susan Middleton Elya	Say Hola to Spanish	Mixed in
Susan Middleton Elya	Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vez (Again!)	Mixed in
Susan Middleton Elya	Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus	Mixed in
Susan Middleton Elya	No More, Por Favor	Mixed in	*
Susan Middleton Elya	Rubia and the Three Osos	Mixed in	*
Susan Middleton Elya	Bebe Goes Shopping	Mixed in	*
Susan Middleton Elya	Adiós, Tricycle	Mixed in	*
Susan Middleton Elya	Eight Animals Bake a Cake	Mixed in	*
Susan Middleton Elya	Oh No, Gotta Go!	Mixed in	*
Taro Gomi	My Friends/Mis Amigos	Bilingual
Tish Hinojosa	Cada Nino/Every Child : A Bilingual Songbook for Kids	Music Book
Tony Langham	Mira quien toca calipso! / Creepy Crawly Calypso...	Spanish
Xavier Garza	Lucha Libre : The Man in the Silver Mask	Bilingual
Yugi Morales	Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphab...	Mixed in