Authentic Literature

With everyone's busy lifestyles, it's hard to stop and meet someone new. Two characters, a rabbit and a duck, manage to evade each other despite their identical daily routines, and will forever miss out on getting to know one another.

Chloe has no idea that she lives in a magic garden. Amazing things happen there including trees that change color, insects that shine like the stars, and bees that pollinate plants. Information on the different types of animals and insects found in...

People tend to fall into routines. One day, the little girl in this story decides to shake things up and do things differently.

Antón Pirulero collects rhymes, riddles, traditional songs and verses, and other tidbits, and writes them on little pieces of colored paper. Charming illustrations by well-known author/illustrator Ivar Da Coll make this lively collection especially...

Laura Herrera based this book on the English lullaby Hush, Baby, Hush, but she set it in her native Chile. A mother soothes her son to sleep in this rhythmic picture book.

No one in the jungle can sleep tonight because Baby Elephant can't stop crying. All the animals try to soothe him, but only one knows what to do.

A rabbit goes out for a walk one day and comes upon a fabulous top hat. He's impressed with his discovery and marvels at his luck. But his surprise will be even greater when he decides to put his paw in the hat and finds...wait and see!

A drop of water, lonely and sad, decides one day to go and explore the world. Written in the first 'person,' the drop tells its own adventures in catchy, easy-to-remember rhymes.

A sock searches high and low for its 'sister.' While looking for her, it encounters different objects that resemble the missing sock. This is a great tool for teaching children about differences and similarities.

In a story many children will relate to, Chiquiro is in a hurry to be big, but his grandparents know just the things to say and do.

Mother has prepared a tortilla for her hungry children to eat. One problem--the tortilla refuses to be someone's dinner. Children will be amused at how the tortilla dodges its enemies in this hysterical take on the story of the Gingerbread Boy.

Have you ever tried to imagine what it's like to be a bug? When Eloísa moves to a new city, she feels like she doesn't fit in. In her new life, 'bugs' are synonymous to everything that's new and different. Readers will see Eloísa as a frightened and...

On each side of the river there is a village, yet they mistrust each other. It takes two children to have the courage to put aside age-old misconceptions and realize how alike the two sides are. The wonderful message in this picture book serves as a...

Chiguiro and his friends prove that a little bit of dress-up makes play a lot more fun.