Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy, comp. 2003. Pio Peep!. New York: HarperCollins.
This wonderful collection of traditional Spanish nursery rhymes are a combination of old ballads, Spanish folktales from the oral tradition, and much loved harvest songs. Some of the rhymes, such as Arroz Con Leche/Rice Pudding will be familiar to both Spanish and English speaking children. Told first in Spanish and then in English by Alice Schertle, the English versions are not literal translations, but adapted so the original rhythm of the poetry is maintained.
Tortillas para mama /Tortillas for Mommy
Tortillitas para mama /Mommy likes tortillas
tortillitas para papa./ steaming hot and yummy.
Las calentitas para mama /Make them round and nicely browned
las doraditas para papa. /for Daddy's hungry tummy.
Vivi Escriva's watercolor illustrations of yellow chicks, tumbling puppies, plump abuelas, and laughing, clapping, singing, playing children add to the spirit of each rhyme and will entice Spanish speakers to try the rhyme in English; and English speakers to try the rhyme in Spanish. Children ages three to seven will enjoy chanting and singing these rhymers over and over.
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