The LBBC's 2010 Summer Reading List

Summer is quickly approaching and parents are beginning to scramble for activities to keep their niños busy. This is the perfect opportunity to supplement your child's learning and to continue the development of their literacy skills. Many bookstores and clubs are encouraging summer reading by offering prizes such as free books to children who read a certain number of books over the summer break. We'll be sharing these with you as we learn about them.

To help bilingual and bicultural families in their quest for multicultural materials, we are happy to announce our 2010 Summer Reading List. You can find a printer-friendly copy here. We have also made it easy for you to purchase these titles by creating a special section in our on-line store.

Happy reading!

Newborn to 4 Years

My House: A Book in Two Languages/Mi casa: Un libro en dos lenguas by Rebecca Emberly. Demco Media, 1993.

Miau/Mew (De La Cuna a La Luna Series) (Spanish Edition) by Antonio Rubio and Oscar Villan. Kalandraka, 2005.

Albertina Anda Arriba: El Abecedario / Albertina Goes Up: An Alphabet Book by Nancy Maria Grande Tabor. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1993.

Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla. Tricycle Press, 2010.

4 to 8 Years

¡Muu, Moo! Rimas de animales, Animal Nursery Rhymes selected by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy. Rayo, 2010.

When Jaguars Ate the Moon: And Other Stories About Animals and Plants of the Americas by Maria Cristina Brusca & Tona Wilson. Henry Holt & Company, 1995.

The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez by René Colato Laínez. Tricycle Press, 2010.

Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine. Lee & Low Books, 2002.

Sopa de frijoles/Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta. Groundwood Books, 2009.

Yum! Mmm! Que Rico! Americas' Sproutings by Pat Mora. Lee & Low Books, 2007.

Growing up with Tamales/Los tamales de Ana by Gwendolyn Zepeda. Piñata Books, 2008.

Sundays on Fourth Street/Los domingos en la calle Cuatro by Amy Costales. Piñata Books, 2009.

Young Adults

Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes. Chronicle Books, 2010.

The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2010.

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009.