Confetti Eggs / Cascarones
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

Come celebrate the spring fiesta with cascarones. Learn one little girl's tale about the message of these beautiful confetti eggs, and let them brighten your day with color and warmth.

“Confetti Eggs thoroughly captured my heart. ... The beautiful quilt pattern and cascarones project make a special bonus that will enchant and entertain both children and adults alike.”
— Earlene Fowler, Agatha Award-winning author

Book comes with Folk-Art Quilt Pattern and Confetti Egg Project

All Ages

The Ants/Las Hormigas
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

A charming illustrated counting book with delightful characters who march along in English and Spanish, this engaging read-to-me book has a wonderful surprise at the end: detailed instructions for making a colorful quilt your favorite little ones can count on for smiles in any language. Ten hurrahs and ten olés for this entertaining creation from 1/4 Inch Publishing.

Side-by-side Spanish/English with Quilt Pattern

Ages: 3-6

Laughing Tomatoes/Jitomates Risueños
Francisco X. Alarcón

“A burst of California sunshine.”
— Booklist

“With vibrantly stylized illustrations, this lively gathering carries an invitation from Alarcón to ‘make these poems yours’ by reading them.”
— Kirkus Reviews

“Seventeen poems celebrating spring run riotously across the pages in this energetic collection.”
— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Side-by-side Spanish/English

All Ages

The Burrito Boy
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

Join in on the excitement of Juan's first day of school as he struggles to fit in with his classmates. An understanding teacher and loveable grandmother help Juan and the other children see the value of cultural differences and family traditions.

Book comes with Folk Art Quilt Pattern and Burrito Recipe

All Ages

The Piñata Quilt
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

With a story to delight the young reader, illustrations that will captivate all ages (there's even a find-it game in each picture), a pattern for a piñata quilt, and directions for making your own papier-mâché piñata, The Piñata Quilt will bring generations together while it celebrates family and introduces Spanish vocabulary.

English with selected translations with Folk-Art Quilt Pattern and Piñata Instructions

All Ages

The Tamale Quilt
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

You too can start a family tradition with this delightful story and instructions for a project that celebrates life and the joy of providing for those you love. A grandmother's memories and the work of her caring hands are passed from generation to generation in this heart-warming tale.

Book comes with Folk-Art Quilt Pattern and Tamale Recipe.

All Ages

The Tortilla Quilt
Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli

The Tortilla Quilt will open up a bilingual world for readers of all ages. With its color illustrations, quilt pattern, and recipe for authentic tortillas, it brings a little of “Grandma Lupita” to every home.

Book comes with Folk Art Quilt Pattern and Tortilla Recipe

All Ages

Finding Jane at the Tyrannosaurus rex at Burpee Museum
written by Char Remer
illustrated by Frank Fiorello

A bi-lingual story of Jane, a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex that lived and died 66 million years ago. In the summer of 2001, an expedition from Burpee Museum discovered pieces of fossilized dinosaur bone weathering out from the side of a butte in southeastern Montana. Over the next two years, the team uncovered, mapped, and identified the bones of this dinosaur, which they nicknamed Jane.

This book is written in both English and Spanish.

Ages: 3 - 8

Dhegdheer, A Scary Somali Folktale
Marian (Ubah) A. Hassan

One of the books offered by the Somali Bilingual Book Project which reflects the Minnesota Humanities Commission's commitment to promote and preserve heritage languages and increase English literacy skills of refugee and immigrant families.

About the Book: In this hair-raising cautionary tale from Somalia, the Hargega Valley is plagued by the monstrous Dhegdheer, who gobbles up anyone unlucky enough to cross her path. A widow and her young son try to escape her. Will they be Dhegdheer's next meal or will their virtue save them and help bring an end to Dhegdheer's reign of terror?

A bilingual Somali / English story.

The Lion’s Share/Qayb Libaax
Said Salah Ahmed

One of the books offered by the Somali Bilingual Book Project which reflects the Minnesota Humanities Commission's commitment to promote and preserve heritage languages and increase English literacy skills of refugee and immigrant families.

About the Book: A traditional Somali folktale about a lion and other animals "sharing" a kill. Beautiful illustrations.

A bilingual Somali / English story.

Wiil Waal
Kathleen Moriarty

One of the books offered by the Somali Bilingual Book Project which reflects the Minnesota Humanities Commission's commitment to promote and preserve heritage languages and increase English literacy skills of refugee and immigrant families.

About the Book: The heart? The leg? The ribs? What part of the sheep is the answer to the Sultan's riddle? When wise Somali leader Wiil Waal asks the men in his province to bring him the part of a sheep that best symbolizes "what can divide men or unite them as one," most present him with prime cuts of meat. But one very poor man's daughter has a different idea. In this clever folktale, a father reluctantly follows his daughter's advice and has astonishing results.

A bilingual Somali / English story.