Cartas a Valentina

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text show what makes summer special, from sunshine and sailboats to ice cream and picnics.

In this warm holiday story, a young Puerto Rican boy saves the life of his pet turkey with help from his close-knit New York City family and neighborhood. Beginning Spanish vocabulary is woven into the text. Four color.

A sturdy bilingual English-Spanish board book edition! A day at the park. A ride on Daddy’s back. Run, Daddy! Faster! Faster! How fast can Daddy go? Faster than a dog? A horse? How about a cheetah? Leslie Patricelli reprises the duo from Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor winner Higher! Higher! in another humorous riff on a favorite pastime — a laugh-out-loud-funny tale of few words about doting dads and high-energy kids whose imaginations know no bounds. Una niña pequeña se monta a caballo sobre la espalda de su papa. ¡Arre, papi! ¡Más Rápido! ¡Más Rápido!

A girl knows her house is full of trouble-making monsters, and does everything she can to defeat them, but her mother never seems to understand--she thinks her daughter is responsible for all the mess.