Short & Kleker, 2022
Translingual Picturebooks
* Books written in English with another language woven into the dialogue
Ada, Alma Flor. I Love Saturdays y Domingos. Illus. Elivia Savadier. Atheneum, 2002. (Mexican American-Spanish)
Adderson, Caroline. Norman, Speak! Illus. Qin Leng. Groundwood, 2014. (Canada–Mandarin)
Behar, Ruth. Tia Fortuna’s New Home. Illus. Dawn Holzwarth. Knopf, 2022. (U.S.–Spanish, Hebrew, and Ladino—Sephardic Jewish families from Cuba).
Bergstrom, Adriana Hernández. Abuelita and I Make Flan. Charlesbridge, 2022 (Cuban–Spanish)
Betancourt-Perez, Jessica &Williams, Karen L. A Thousand White Butterflies. Illus. Gina Maldonado. 2021, Charlesbridge. (Colombia–Spanish)
Blackburne, Livia. I Dream of Popo. Illus. Julia Kuo. Roaring Brook, 2021. (Taiwan–Mandarin)
Bowles, David. My Two Border Towns. Kokla, 2021. (Mexico/Mexican American–Spanish)
Campbell, Nicola I. Shin-Chi’s Canoe. Illus. Kim LaFave. Groundwood, 2008. (Canada–Interior Salish/Métis)
Colon, Edie. Goodbye, Havana! Hola, New York! Illus. Raul Colon. Simon & Schuster, 2011. (Cuban American–Spanish)
Coulson, Art. Look Grandma! Ni, Elisi! Illus. Madelyn Goodnight. Charlesbrige, 2022. (Cherokee)
Dorros, Arthur. Papa and Me. Illus. Rudy Gutierrez. Rayo, 2008. (Spanish)
Dunklee, Annika. Me, Too! Illus. Lori Joy Smith. Kids Can, 2015. (Swedish, Oinky Boinky)
Elya, Susan Middleton. La Madre Goose. Illus. Juana Martinez-Neal. Putnam, 2016. (Spanish–Mexican Am). Also, La Princesa and the Pea (2017, Peru)
Elya, Susan Middleton. Rubia and the Three Ossos. Illus. Melissa Sweet. Hyperion 2010. (Spanish–Mexican American). Also, Three Billy Goats Bueno (2021).
Evans, Rebecca. Alone Like Me. Anne Schwartz, 2022. (Mandarin–China)
Flett, Julie. Wild Berries. Simply Read, 2014. (Cree–Canada)
Flett, Julie. We All Play/Kimêtawânaw. Greystone, 2021. (Cree–Canada)
Greendeer, Danielle, Perry, Anthony, & Bunten, Alexis. Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story. Illus. Gary Meeches. Charlesbridge, 2022 (Wampanoag Nation/US)
Greanis, Margaret Chiu. Amah Faraway. Illus. Tracy Subisak. Bloomsbury, 2022. (Mandarin–Taiwan)
Ho, Mingfong. Hush! A Thai Lullaby. Illus. Holly Meade. Scholastic, 2000. (Thailand)
Iwai, Melissa. Dumplings for Lili. Norton, 2022. (Multiple languages)
Kim, Julie. Where’s Halmoni? Little Bigfoot, 2017. (Korean Hangeul)
Ląi, Thanhhá. Hundred Years of Happiness, Illus. Nguyên & Kim Liên. Harper, 2022. (Vietnamese)
LaRocca, Rajani. I’ll Go and Come Back. Illus. Sara Palacios. Candlewick, 2022. (Tamil–India)
Louis, Catherine. Liu and the Bird. North-South, 2006. (Mandarin)
Lacika, Jenny. Again, Essie? Illus. Teresa Martinez. Charlesbridge, 2022. (Mexican American–Spanish)
MacLachlan, Patricia. Lala Salama: An African Lullaby. Illus. Elizabeth Zunon. Candlewick, 2011. (Tanzania/Swahili)
Messinger, Carla, and Susan Katz. When the Shadbush Blooms. Illus. David K. Fadden. Tricycle, 2007. (Lenape)
Morales, Yuyi. Dreamers. Neal Porter Books, 2018. (Mexican American–Spanish)
Morales, Yuyi. Just in Case. Chronicle, 2008. (Mexican American–Spanish) Also Just a Minute.
Morales, Yuyi. Niño Wrestles the World. Roaring Brook, 2013. (Mexican American–Spanish)
Murphy, Aunty Joy and Andrew Kelly. Birrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia. Illust. Lisa Kennedy. Candlewick Press, 2019. (Aboriginal Australia—Woiwurrung)
Perkins, Mitali. Home is in Between. Illus. Lavanya Naidu. FSG, 2021. (Bangla–India)
Quintero, Isabel. My Papi Has a Motorcycle. Illus. Zeke Peña. Penguin, 2019. (Mexican American–Spanish)
Raul the Third, ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat. Versify, 2020. (Mexican American–Spanish)
Redondo, Susana Gómez. The Day Saida Arrived. Illus. Sonja Wimmer. Blue Dot, 2020. (Arabic–Spain and Morocco)
Robertson, David. When We Were Alone. Illus. Julie Flett. Highwater, 2016 (Cree, Canada)
Soto, Gary. Chato and the Party Animals. Illus. Susan Guevara. Putnam, 2000. (Mexican American)
Sorell, Traci. We Are Grateful/ Otsaliheliga. Illus. France Lessac. Charlesbridge, 2018. (Cherokee)
Tafolla, Carmen. What Can You Do with a Rebozo? Illus. Amy Cordova. Tricycle, 2008. (Spanish–Mexican American). Also has a bilingual edition.
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale. Abrams, 2013. (Spanish–Mexico)
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Dear Primo, A Letter to My Cousin. Abrams, 2010. (Mexico/Mexican Am–Spanish)
Torres, Leyla. Subway Sparrow. Farrar, 1993. (Polish and Spanish)
Wang, Andrea. Luli and the Language of Tea Illus. Hyewon Yum. Holiday House, 2022. (Multiple Languages of Words for Tea, in the Original Orthographies)
Zia, F. Hot, Hot, Roti for Dada-ji. Illus. Ken Min. (Hindi–East Indian American)
Bilingual Picturebooks
* Books in which the entire text is presented in English and another language.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos. Illus. Paula Barragán. Lee & Low, 2005. (English/Spanish)
Anzaldua, Gloria. Friends from the Other Side/Amigos Del Otro Lado. Illus. Consuelo Mendez. Children’s Book Press, 1997. (English/Spanish)
Argueta, Jorge. Arros con leche: Un poema para cocinar. Illus. Fernando Vilela. Groundwood, 2010. (PB). Ages 6–9. (Spanish/English)
Argueta, Jorge. Viento, Vientito/ Wind, Little Wind/ Elegat, Ejegatchin. Illus. Felipe Ugalde. Piñata Press, 2022. (Spanish/English/Nahuat). Also books on Fire and Water in three languages.
Arnold, Marsha. Galapagos Girl/ Galapagueña. lllus. Angela Dominguez. Children’s Book Press, 2018. (English/Spanish)
Bencastro, Mario. El Niño De Maíz/ The Boy of Maize. Illus. Christina Rodriquez. Piñata Press, 2022. (Spanish/English—Maya, Mexico, Central America)
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. We are Cousins. Somos primas. Illus. Christina E. Rodriguez. Pinata Press, 2003. (English/Spanish)
Brown, Mónica. Pelé, King of Soccer/ Pelé, El Rey Del Fútbol. Trans. Fernando Gayesky. Illus. Rudy Gutierrez. Rayo, 2009. (English/Spanish)
Brown, Mónica. Tito Puente, Mambo King/ Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo. Illus. Rafael López. Rayo, 2013. (English/Spanish)
Brown, Mónica. Maya’s Blanket/ La Manta de Maya. Illus. David Diaz. Children’s Book Press, 2015. (English/Spanish)
Brown, Monica. Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDreonald No Combina. Illus. Sara Palacios. Children’s Book Press, 2008. (Peruvian/Scottish/American). Also, other Marisol books
Brown, Monica. My Name is Gabito, The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/ Me Llamo Gabito, La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Illus. Raul Colon. Luna Rising, 2007. (English/Spanish)
Brown, Monica. My Name is Gabriela, The Life of Gabriela Mistral/ Me Llamo Gabriela Mistral, La Vida de Gabriela Mistral. Illus. John Parra. Luna Rising, 2005 (English/Spanish)
Callaghan, Jodie. Ga’s/The Train. Illus. Georgia Lesley, Trans. Joe Wilmot. Second Story Press, 2020. (Mi’gmaw/English–Canada)
Chansky, Ricia. Maxy Survives the Hurricane/ Maxy Sobrevive el Huracán. Illus. Olga Barinova. Pinata Press, 2022. (Spanish/English—Puerto Rico)
Colato Laínez, René. Playing Lotería/El Juego de La Lotería. Illus. Jill Arena. Luna Rising, 2005. (English/Spanish)
Colato Laínez, René. René Has Two Last Names/ René Tiene Dos Apellidos. Trans. Gabriela Baeza Ventura. Illus. Fabiola Grauller. Piñata, 2009. (English/Spanish)
Cumpiano, Ina. Quinito, Day and Night/ Quinito, Día y Noche. Illus. José Ramírez. Children’s Book Press, 2008. (English/Spanish)
Delacre, Lulu. ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Olinguito, from A to Z! Children’s Book Press, 2016. (Spanish/English–Ecuador)
Dominguez, Angela. I’m Hungry! ¡Tengo Hambre! Holt, 2022. (English/Spanish)
Dominguez, Angela. Maria Had a Little Llama/ Maria Tenia una Llamita. Holt, 2013. (English/Spanish)
Dumas Lachtman, Ofelia. Pepita and the Bully/ Pepita y la Peleonera. Trans. Gabriela Baeza Ventura. Illus. Alex Pardo DeLange. Piñata, 2011. (English/Spanish)
Flett, Julie. Black Bear, Red Fox. Garfinkel, 2017 (Cree/English)
Garza, Carmen Lomas, with Harriet Rohmer. In My Family/ En Mi Familia. Trans. Francisco X. Alarcón. Children’s Book Press, 1996. (English/Spanish)
Garza, Xavier. Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask. Trans. Luis Humberto Cristhwaite. Cinco Puntos, 2005. (English/Spanish)
Gonzales Bertrand, Diane. The Party for Papa Luis/ La Fiesta para Papa Luis. Trans. Gabriela Baeza Ventura. Illus. Alejandro Galindo. Piñata, 2010. (English/Spanish)
González, Maya Christina. My Colors, My World/ Mis Colores, Mi Mundo. Children’s Book Press, 2007. (English/Spanish)
González, Maya Christina. Call Me Tree/ Llamame Arbol. Children’s Book Press, 2014. (English/Spanish)
Gutiérrez, José Angel. Agnacio Zaragoza Seguín: My Story of Cinco de Mayo/ Mi Version del Cindo de Mayo. Piñata Book, 2022. (Mexico — English/Spanish)
Ha, Song. Indebted as Lord Chom/ No Nhu Chua Chom, The Legend of the Forbidden Street. Ilus. Ly Thu Ha. East West Discovery Press, 2006. (English/Vietnamese)
Hu, Ying-Hwa. Ten Blocks to the Big Wok/ Chinese Characters: A Counting Book. Children’s Book Press, 2022. (English/Mandarin)
Iglesias, Juan Pablo. Daniel and Ismail. Illus. Alex Peris. Restless Books, 2019. (Trilingual Hebrew, Arabic, English)
Lee-Tai, Amy. A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. Trans. Marc Akio Lee. Illus. Felicia Hoshino. Children’s Book Press, 2006. (English/Japanese)
Levine, Sara. The Animals Would Not Sleep/ Los Animals No Se Dormian. Illus. Marta Alvarez Miguens. Storytelling Math, Charlesbridge, 2020. (English/Spanish)
Luby, Brittany. Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh/ This is How I Know. Illus. Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. Groundwood, 2021. (Anishinaabemovin/English–Canada)
Mills, Deborah and Alfredo Alva. La Frontera, El Viaje con Papa/ My Journey with Papa. Illus. Claudia Navarro. Barefoot Books, 2018. (Spanish/English)
Mora, Pat. Let’s Eat!/ ¡A Comer! Illus. Maribel Suarez. Rayo, 2008. (English/Spanish)
Mora, Pat. The Remembering Day. Illus. Robert Casilla. Pinata Books, 2015. (English/Spanish)
Mora, Pat. Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day, Book Day/ Celebremos El Día de Los niños, El Día de Los Libros. Illus. Rafael López. Rayo, 2009. (English/Spanish)
Newman, Leslea. Alicia and the Hurricane/ Alicia y el Huracan: A Story of Puerto Rico. Illus. Elizabeth Erazo Baez. Children’s Book Press, 2022. (English/Spanish)
Nicholson, Caitlin Dale, and Leona Morin-Neilson. Niwechihaw = I Help. Illus. Caitlin Dale Nicholson. Groundwood, 2008. (Cree/English)
Powell, Patricia Hruby. Ziiniyah/ Zinnia: How the Corn Was Saved. Illus. Kendrick Bernally. Salina Bookshelf, 2004. (Navajo/English)
Rivera-Ashford, Roni Capin. My Tata’s Remedies/ Los Remedios de Mi Tata. Illus. Antonio Castro. Cinco Puntos, 2015. (English/Spanish)
Robles, Anthony. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel/Si Lakas at ang Makibaka Hotel. Trans. Eloisa D. de Jesús. Illus. Carl Angel. Children’s Book Press, 2006. (English/Tagalog)
Rumford, James. Silent Music. Roaring Brook, 2007. (English/Arabic)
Rurus, Margariet. Stepping Stones. Illus. Nizar Ali Badr. Orca, 2017. (English/Arabic)
Sellier, Marie. Legend of the Chinese Dragon. Illus. Catherine Louis and Wang Fei. North South, 2007. (English/Mandarin)
Shin, Sun Yung. Cooper’s Lesson. Trans. Min Paek. Illus. Kim Cogan. Children’s Book Press, 2004. (English/Korean)
Smith, Monique Gray. When We Are Kind. Trans. Mildred Walters. Illus. Nicole Neihardt. Orca, 2020. (Dine/English)
Tran, Truong. Going Home, Coming Home/ Ve Nha, Tham Que Huong. Illus. Ann Phong. Children’s Book Press, 2003. (English/Vietnamese)
Wu, Faye-Lynn. Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes. Illus. Kieren Dutcher. Tuttle, 2010. (Chinese/English)
Yazzie, Evangeline. Dzani Yazhi Naazbaa’: Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home, A Story of the Navajo Long Walk. Illus. Irving Toddy. Salina Bookshelf, 2005. (Navajo/English)
Dual Versions
* Books published in separate language editions
Behar, Ruth. Tia Fortuna’s New Home. Illus. Dawn Holzwarth. Knopf, 2022. (Spanish, Hebrew, and Ladino–Sephardic Jewish Families from Cuba).
Bowles, David. My Two Border Towns. Kokla, 2021. Spanish Ed – Spanish Ed — Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos.
Martinez-Neal, Juana. Alma and How She Got Her Name. Candlewick, 2018. Spanish Ed – Alma y Cómo Obtuvo su Nombre
Medina, Meg. Mango, Abuela, and Me. Illus. Angel Dominguez. Candlewick, 2015. Spanish Ed – Mango, Abuela, y Yo
Morales, Yuyi. Bright Star. Holiday House, 2021. Spanish Ed.– Lucero
Morales, Yuyi. Dreamers. Neal Porter Books, 2018. (Mexican American). Spanish Ed.– Sonadores
Quintero, Isabel. My Papi Has a Motorcycle. Illus. Zeke Peña. Penguin, 2019. Spanish Ed. – Mi Papi Tiene Una Moto
Sotomayor, Sonia. Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You. Illus. Rafael Lopez. Philomel, 2019. Spanish Ed – ¡Solo Pregunta! Se Diferente, Se Valiente, Se Tu.