We all know how important it is to read to your baby early and often. In fact, reading is one of the most important developmental experiences for infants and toddlers, teaching them sounds, language, cause and effect, object-word associations, articulation, counting, colors, emotions, social cues, friendship, and so much more!
For bilingual babies and toddlers, start exposing your child to both languages as early as possible to help them develop strong and automatic associative links across the two languages.
The Bilingual Advantage
Science consistently demonstrates something called the bilingual advantage - that bilingual children and adults show higher learning and cognitive abilities relative to monolingual peers. We consulted with three native Spanish-speaking parents from bilingual households to develop this list of the best Spanish-English children's and baby books of the year.
Some of the bilingual books are old classics that are available in Spanish, whereas some of the best ones are newer bilingual options that describe objects, emotions, and events in both English and Spanish.
Whether you are a bilingual household, or simply want to give your baby the gift of early foreign language exposure, these bilingual baby books are awesome! The below list is generally ordered with better books at top, but they're all amazing options.
We've done our best to make sure that when translated to Spanish (and in some cases to English) that the story maintains integrity and the words still rhyme - a bigger ask than you might expect!
Be sure to check out our other list of the best baby books of the year! Have recommendations for additional English-Spanish baby book options? Send us a message on Facebook!
Full disclosure: Some of these books, including those published by Canticos, were sent to us as free test samples by the manufacturer.
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