More books

Today we wanted to tell you about our last trip to Powell's books (if you do not know what we are talking about, we explain in our previous post Spanglish Books). This time, we came back home very happy with all of our purchases. As usual when we go to Powell's, the Little Monkey had a blast. We first went to the kids' section, where they have tiny tables and chairs where kiddos can read and choose the books they like. We read with the little one and then moved to the bilingual kids' books section, which is not as cozy as the other, but, as we told you before, it is very extensive.

We bought three bilingual books:

Spanglish books

We love baby books and have a lot of them for the Little Monkey. Some of them are in English, some in Spanish, but we especially enjoy the bilingual ones. I know, most baby books have such simple texts that you can read them in English, Spanish or Mandarin Chinese (if you happen to know the words!). 

But when we look for bilingual books we look for the ones with an actual story. Those books that are able to keep the kid's attention from cover to cover. Did I make it clear that we really really love books like this? And you know what? The price is the same as the one-language version of the same book. So, Papa Monkey reads them in English and Mama Monkey in Spanish. Or at least the first time, because the Little Monkey just entered the phase where he wants us to repeat everything over and over. So, often, we read it in one language, then the other one, then the first one again, and the second one, and... Yes, we end up reading it in made up Chinese!