Sonrisas for Baby: A Little Book of Smiles (Bilingual edition)

(Board book)

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A friend's smile says,

"Come let's play!"

Sonrisas, amigo, sonrisas

A family smiles,

sitting in the sun,

Sonrisas, familia, sonrisas

Everyone has smiles for baby -- From un amigo to la familia to las rana and un pez, in this charming board book that gently infuses easy Spanish vocabulary into the text.

The spare and simple Spanish is accessible for both bilingual parents and those who wish to introduce Spanish to their little ones. Either way, parents won't be able to resist giving muchos sonrisas as they share this bilingual read aloud, filled with bold, graphic illustrations, with their little bebe!

Author Bio

Formerly an editorial director at Random House BFYR, Jen Arena has written over 50 books for kids, including fiction and nonfiction, licensed and original. Her books have been published by Knopf, Roaring Brook, Scholastic, Kane Press, Grosset & Dunlap, DK, Two Lions, Bearport Publishing, and Little Brown and translated into French, Spanish, Korean, and Arabic.

Blanca Gomez is an illustrator living and working in Madrid, Spain. She started doing illustrations for her mother when she was a kid; now she makes illustrations for clients around the world, for her own shop catalog and, of course, sometimes for her mom too.