Mamá Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury

This lovely compendium includes lullabies, finger games, lap games, sayings, nursery rhymes, jump-rope songs, proverbs, riddles, tall tales, a ballad, birthday songs, and Christmas carols. The format is spacious, with lots of room for both the Spanish and English text and clear, charming watercolor cartoon illustrations that vary from spreads to small insets.

Cat and Mouse

Mother mouse and mother cat taught their children about the world but one little cat and one little mouse weren’t paying attention. The cat and the mouse become friends and their siblings join them.

Elizabeti’s Doll

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

Will Goes to the Beach

When Will and his mother go to the beach, they don’t let a bit of rain keep them from going swimming.

Why?

Presents both facts and humorous answers, in a manner which young readers will find interesting, to questions about many different kinds of animals, such as why zebras have stripes, why lions have manes, and why crocodiles cry tears.