Spanish Book Recommendations for Kids

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Looking for some Spanish book suggestions for your peques lectores(little readers)? Here are some of our favorite children's books in Spanish for kids under five!

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Title & Author	Description
Animales a mano by Jorge Luján	Preschoolers love finger-play rhymes and songs, and this colorful book has holes cut out on each page for you to use your fingers to make the horns of un caracol(a snail), the ears of un burro(a donkey), and more!
Aurelio by Federico Fernández	Aurelio is a bat who loves vowels! This quirky book is a great introduction to las vocales(vowels) in Spanish.
El conejito que quería un bolillo by Ramón Besora	In this tale of a forest gourmand, un conejito(a little bunny) decides to bake some delicious bread and enlists his woodland friends to help him get the ingredients he needs.
La merienda del parque by Pablo Albo	Full of clever graphical illustrations, primary colors, and subtle twists, this book about a boy's merienda(snack) in the park is as much fun for adults as it is for kids.
Monstruo rosa by Olga de Dios Ruiz	A cotton-candy-colored monstruo(monster) learns about the value of diversity in this sweet story.
Nochecita by Yuyi Morales	Beautifully illustrated, this sweet nighttime story follows the routine of Nochecita(Little Night) and her mother, Madre Cielo(Mother Night).
Por el camino by Mariana Ruiz Johnson	This fun rhyming book teaches kids to count de uno a diez(from one to ten) as a group of animal friends prepare to celebrate the birthday of la ballena(the whale).

If you're having trouble finding the books above or aren't feeling up to reading in Spanish, you can often find videos on YouTube of native speakers reading (or singing!) books by searching by title. For example, you can find lively versions of "Animales a mano" and "Por el camino" set to music on the YouTube channel Musicando Badabadum.

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