About: Ana Flores

Last week I shared with you that I was about to embark in an adventure of a lifetime with a group of bloggers and the women behind the Heart of Haiti and Fair Winds Trading. I am now here, in the heart of the Republic of Haiti, and I can attest that even though the heart is suffering, it is fiercely pulsating. We’ve now spent two full days here and the best word to describe them is intense. Intensity inRead More ...

Just in time for MLK day and following the Fall 2011 release of the new children’s book, Chocolate Me, I had the opportunity to participate in a bloggers’ panel with actor and author Taye Diggs. Diggs, along with childhood friend Shane Evans, created this autobiographical story about a black boy who feels out of place in a class full of white children. He is preoccupied with his looks until his mother reassures him by telling him that he has “cottonRead More ...

¡Hola! Welcome to the new and improved SpanglishBaby! This has been in the works for several months now and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Hope you feel the same way! If you’re new here, this will serve as a guide of sorts to keep in mind when navigating our site. If you’re not new, we still have all the great content as before, PLUS a few surprises. One of the main things you’ll notice is that our newRead More ...

  Sara la Pequeña Hada is simply a fantastic collection of stories turned into interactive apps and ebooks of the highest quality. Sanoen, a new digital publisher from Barcelona, has really raised the bar in terms of paying attention to detail in their creation of their first digital storybook, “¡La abuela se pierde!”  from the collection which includes “interactive participation, surprises and games, but the main objective is always reading.” Both the iPad app narrative  and the kindle eBook areRead More ...

One of the things you don’t realize once you become a mom is how seriously messy your life becomes…in so many ways. No one can prepare you for the first diaper explosion (my husband had to deal with that one, ¡el pobre!), the projectile bursts of milk, or a closet full of stained shirts. We go through them and somehow survive and it all becomes part of the messy moments in life file. But, some are just bigger and muchRead More ...

If you have a Princess lover in your hands (like I do) and you´re looking for an app to expose her to basic words and expressions in Spanish, then check out Princesses Learn Spanish from Early Languages. The app is free for iPad and iPhone and includes one free Snow White set with a story, games and songs. Additional story sets are Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty for $1.99 each. If you want an immersive Spanish environment, then this is notRead More ...