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We are excited to share with you Hablah blah blah’s new collection of multilingual music because their first CD in Spanish was the very first album we reviewed when we launched in 2009! Not only that, but Amy Conroy, the company’s founder, has shared with SpanglishBaby many stories of her family’s immersion trips to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. After almost a five year hiatus, Habla blah blah is back, but with a new multilingual and immersive-style concept thatRead More ...

BOOK DESCRIPTION/REVIEW Growing up, I always loved comic strips. I couldn’t get enough of Condorito, Mafalda, Archi and La pequeña Lulú. Looking back, I know at least the jokes in the first two were more for an adult audience than anything else, but I still loved them! While I haven’t introduced my kids to any of these comic strips just yet, I recently got my hands on a copy of El globo grande y mojado a TOON book by Liniers, a renownedRead More ...

Thanksgiving, or Día de Acción de Gracias, marks another beautiful holiday during which we get to spend time with our family and share traditions. To celebrate, Monarca Language put together a fun Thanksgiving-themed bingo game in Spanish that’s perfect for family game night during the holidays! The best part is that once you print out the pages for this game, you can also use it to play a game of memory or memoria! Two games in one!  Click here forRead More ...

We have a super special treat for you! (We love having super special treats for you!) Just last month we shared with you our review of Mister G’s newest bilingual album for kids,  ABC Fiesta, and we all agreed it truly was a fiesta! Now, we bring you exclusively Mister G’s first music video from ABC Fiesta for the song “Cocodrilo.” He mixes in fun, pop animation with footage of him playing his songs to audiences around the world. YourRead More ...

This reading product has been so much fun to use with my three year old who is considered a “pre-reader” which basically means she is developing reading skills. For example, she is “reading” by moving her little pointer finger across the letters as the sparkup reads the book. It’s such an interesting product because it’s like new technology (sparkup recorder) meets old technology (paper books) where your little one can hear some of her favorite books read by mommy, daddy,Read More ...

I am excited to share another fantastic PlayTales ebook with you. We have reviewed several PlayTales stories recently, and I can once again say with certainty that the PlayTales app is one of the most worthwhile digital investments you can make. The interactive stories are diverse and appropriate for a range of ages, and they are constantly releasing new ones. Teha el Viento is a beautiful story about a wind girl who lives in the clouds and loves to practiceRead More ...

I was very excited to see that on Wednesday at a garden harvest event, the First Lady announced that Sesame Workshop and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) joined the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) in a two-year agreement to help promote fresh fruit and vegetable consumption to kids, making those healthy choices a little easier for busy parents and families to make. This is particularly important for our Latino families, as Latino children have high rates of childhood obesity. NowRead More ...

In the world of children’s books, we often speak about the window and the mirror. It is of course important for our kids’ books to serve as a mirror and for them to see themselves in what they read. On the other hand, books must also provide a window into experiences and cultures other than our own. My kids are surrounded by books. Books we own, books from the library… suffice it to say, books are everywhere. Okay, okay, weRead More ...