To our friends and relatives that either do not want to purchase something from the registry or are unable to due to financial restrictions, in lieu of a greeting card, please consider choosing a book from our list and signing it with a note from you.
In addition to the books on our registry please feel free to purchase one of the books on the list below (we are going to raise our daughter to be bilingual, the following books are in Spanish):
Cenicienta by Gabriela Mistral (this is Cinderella)
Juegos Tradicionales by Maria Angelica (a book about games traditionally played by kids in Latin America)
Amigos by Alma Flor Ada (this books is about shapes and colors)
Cali y Mona by Pepe Valle (about a blind girl and her pony, a true story)
Cha-cha-cha en la Selva (a cute story about animals dancing in the jungle)
De Como Dicen que Fue Hecho el Mar (means "how they say the sea was made," this story is the kid version of a creation legend of an indigenous tribe of South America)
Donde Viven los Monstruos (Spanish version of "Where the Wild Things Live")
Dita y Dito Van a la Libreria (a pig family goes to the book store)
El Gallo de Bodas (a story of the pitfalls of being bossy)
Jonron (the story of Alex Rodriguez learning to play baseball)
La Oruga Muy Hambrienta (the Spanish version of "The Hungry Caterpillar)
Papelucho by Marcela Paz (part of a children's book series popular in Latin America)
Tener un Patito Es Util ("Having a Ducky is Useful" is a story written from the perspective of a rubber ducky and then again from the perspective of a child)
Un Pez Dos Peces Pez Rojo Pez Azul by Dr. Seuss (the classic "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish", just in Spanish)
Most, if not all, of these books are available on Amazon and ebay. If you want to read a bit further about a particular one of these before you purchase it please visit http://www.babble.com/babble-voices/ana-flores-besos/30-great-childrens-books-in-spanish/la-cenicienta/
Thank you!
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