The idea that hands, feet, eyes, ears, legs, and arms all come in pairs is discovered by two Asian-American toddlers.
Dos Años
Early Years (ages 2-6)
Listen to the Desert/Oye al Desierto
This bilingual account of animals of the Southwestern desert and the sounds they make feature double-page spreads with text written in both English and Spanish. Ideal for reading aloud. Full-color illustrations.
Tools
Photographs and simple text introduce different devices used by people around the world to make their lives and work easier. Reprint.
The Tiny Seed
Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!
I Can’t Sleep
A wordless story about the activities of a family one night when no one can sleep.
Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three
Pictures depict two sisters going from shop to shop buying birthday presents for their mother. Rhyming text presents numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish.
Join Hands
Friends come together to sing, dance, and play in this tribute to community. Pat Mora weaves the repeating lines of a pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, into a joyful celebration while George Ancona’s energetic photos capture the ways of enjoying good times with others.
The King Of Things/El Rey de las Cosas
As he plays with lottery cards and looks at the pictures, three-year-old Lalo thinks that he owns the world, including the sun, a big train, and a frog.
My Tata’s Guitar/La guitarra de mi tata
While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family’s past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.
Grandma Lai Goon Remembers
A Chinese-American grandmother relates family and cultural history from her life in Guangzhou, China to her grandchildren