These are recommended Spanish language picture books, fiction, and non-fiction titles for the 2015 Summer Fun at the Library Program: Read to the Rhythm.
ABeCedario. Yanitzia Canetti. Musical
Introduces a new musical instrument for each letter of the alphabet.
Canta, rana, canta
Spanish folksong where each animals is hushed by the one following it beginning with a frog.
Cuentos con sal y pimienta
Short stories written in poetry form along with some nursery rhymes.
La danza de los esclavos
A kidnapped boy finds himself aboard a slave ship where he has to play music for the exercise periods of the rest of the captives.
De colores, and other Latin-American folk songs for children
A collection of traditional songs, rhymes, and hand games from Latin America.
De colores/Bright with colors
Presents the words to the popular Spanish song.
Diez deditos = Ten little fingers : & other play rhymes and action songs from Latin America
A bilingual collection of songs and rhymes that have accompanying hand and body motions.
Grandmother's nursery rhymes : lullabies, tongue twisters, and riddles from South America = Las nanas de abuelita : canciones de cuna, trabalenguas y adivinanzas de Suramerica
A collection of traditional South American nursery rhymes in both Spanish and English.
Los pollitos dicen : juegos, rimas y canciones infantiles de paises de habla hispana = The baby chicks sing : traditional games, nursery rhymes, and songs from Spanish-speaking countries
A bilingual collection of songs and rhymes celebrating playtime and offering a glimpse into the culture and traditions of Spanish-speaking countries.
Lupita's first dance/El primer baile de Lupita
Lupita is excited about dancing with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day but just before the performance her partner sprains his ankle.
Mama Goose : a Latino nursery treasury = un tesoro de rimas infantiles
Presents popular lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English.
La manta
The fun, rhyming text offers a wonderful way to teach children the colors and the numbers one to ten.
Me pregunto por que Mozart componia con cinco anos y otras preguntas sobre musica
Questions children might have about different aspects of music are answered in simple ways and accompanied with fun illustrations.
Mis bailes = My dances
Through several different children we learn about native Latin dances.
Murcielagos en la biblioteca
Told in rhymes, book loving bats discover that the librarian has left a window to the library open.
My Name is Celia: The Life of Calia Cruz/Me llamo Celia: la vida de Celia Cruz
A biography about Celia Cruz told with up-beat rhythms.
Oh, musica!
A simple introduction to music for any age.
Pimpon
A collection of old, new, and classical folkloric poems by some of the best authors from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Argentina.
Pío peep!: traditional Spanish nursery rhymes
A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.
Pon, pon : a jugar con el bebe!
Presents Spanish rhymes along with how to use them to play with baby.
Rin, rin, rin, do, re, mi : libro ilustrado en Espanol e Ingles/ a picture book in Spanish and English
A young child asks his parents to "sing to me, say letters to me, rhyme with me, count with me, read with me.”
Sana ranita, sana
Presents the traditional Hispanic rhyme told as a simple story.
Ten little puppies
Billingual version of the traditional Spanish nursery rhyme where children can count along as each one of the ten puppies disappears.
Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo
Biography of musical legend Tito Puente who was a musical prodigy on the streets of Spanish Harlem to five-time Grammy Award winner.
Todo es cancion : antologia poetica
Gathers a selection of the most notable poems written by Alma Flor Ada.
¡A bailar!
A young girl and her mother dance through the barrio, collecting friends and neighbors along the way as they go to the park to hear her father's salsa band play.