Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes/Las Nanas de Abuelita: Lullabies, Tongue Twisters, and Riddles from South America/Canciones de Cuna, Trabalenguas y Adivi

I have a collection of quality Spanish language books for toddlers. This is one of my favorites. I have 3 young children and teach them all Spanish. I also teach Spanish to preschoolers, and I will be getting a copy for each toddler/studen to take home. I usually shy away from bilingual texts, because they do not foster 2nd language learning, but this is an exception. There are some great classics in this book. The ones I don't like so much are the riddles, which do not translate well.

I took this book to my dear friend who is from Central Mexico so she could read it to her great grand daughter. She later told me that this book brought back many sweet memories from her childhood. Her aunts used to sing many of these rhymes to her younger siblings.

This is a great book for use in K-2 bilingual classrooms. Pictures are vibrant and the rhymes are well translated into English without changing the sentiments.

I think this is just one of the best Spanish books for children. It's simple, but can teach a wide vocabulary for the bilingual toddler. I think you and your baby would have fun with this book. The pictures are colorful and interesting as well, unlike many Spanish books out there. (They look kind of cheap and that's not good considering they usually cost more!) This is a winner in my house!

I bought this book in the interest of my Spanish-speaking nanny and my 15 month-old boy. He is drawn to the pictures in this book. They are particularly appealing with their whimsical nature and bright colors. Our nanny loves the rhymes and she feels right at home reading to him from the book unlike with some other translations of rhymes that end up with mispronunciations in Spanish. My favorite part of it is that I read the "quiet time" rhymes (in English) at the end of the book to him at night and they are actually very calming to him. That's rare! And, I would recommend it soley on that even if it weren't great otherwise.