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Best Spanish Books for Toddlers Learning Spanish
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items As a mom raising a bilingual toddler, finding books that actually make Spanish fun and sticky has been a journey. These are the ones we come back to again and again, the books that hold his attention, introduce new words naturally, and make learning ...
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Just Starting
Growing Confidence
Ready for More
Just Starting
Perfect for introducing your child to their first Spanish words, colors, animals, and everyday vocabulary.
This is where it all started with 100 words. This is a great, big book to learn first words and associate words with objects around the house and outside.
First 100 Big Board: First 100 Words Bilingual
This is a great beginner book for learning colors. It's a board book and it's a perfect length for reading to a young toddler.
Babies Love Colores
This is a cute book that reviews feelings. My son learned “excited” and “sad” and words to describe big feelings.
Sentimientos
This book comes in English and Spanish. It was easy for me and my husband to read to my son. It is short and I think it's a great starter read.
I Need a Hug
This book by Eric Carle is cute. It reminds us of the importance of spiders
La araña muy ocupada
We love books by Sandra Boynton. They rhyme and they're silly. This one's about cheering up after being in a funky mood.
Hipopótama feliz, pato enojado (Spanish)
My son loves this book. It's a sweet story about talking about all the things a mother loves about her pup. It's a bit of a song and my son and I sing it tohether.
Cachorro cariñoso
This is a silly book about a barnyard dance. It rhymes too. We like reading this one.
¡Danza del corral!
This is a sweet bedtime book. It follows a bunch of pals getting ready for bed.
Buenas noches a todos / The Going to Bed Book
My son loved reading this story for weeks. It's an adrables tory about Lumi the turtle going for a swim and meeting some friends along the way.
Lumi la tortuga
Growing Confidence
Simple stories and vocabulary-building books to help your child recognize more words and begin understanding simple sentences.
Little Blue Truck but in spanish. My son loves this series of books. They rhyme and the stoires are really cute. Little Blue Truck is a great series and the spanish versions are spot on with the rhyming too.
El camioncito Azul: Little Blue Truck
This book is great. We love reading this book. It's a great story of adventure. The spanish version is spot on and my son picked up so many words from this book about winter. Love it!
Un Dia de Nieve
This is a sweet story. My son likes these stories of Pedro and his adventures.
La silla de Pedro
This book is so much fun. We love to read this story. It has soo many twists and turns from start to finsh.
Carros y Camiones de Richard Scarry
We love this story. As my son gets older I like getting him more complex stories. This is a sweet story about a grandson and his grandmother who take the bus to volunteer at a community kitchen.
Última parada de la calle Market
A classic. This story is adorable and my son loves reading it. We learned a lot of new words from this one. Cataplum! ☺️
Corduroy (Spanish Edition)
We loved reading this book before we started learning how to use the toilet. We still read it.
Diapers Are Not Forever / Los pañales no son para siempre
We also loved using this for toilet learning. It's short and cute.
Sin pañal (Pasito a pasito, me hago grandecito)
One of my sons favoirte books translated into Spanish. Plus, it rhymes. It's a lot of fun to read.
El camioncito Azul
This is a sweet story about lightning bugs. A great story about not dimming your light.
La luz de Lucía
This is a fun lift the flap book. We enjoy reading it, and we learned a lot of names of cars and trucks from reading it.
Descubre los vehículos
If your kiddo loves trains this book is cute. It's a book about friendship and a trip on a train.
Tren de invierno
Ready for More
Longer stories and richer vocabulary for children who are comfortable with Spanish and ready for the next step.
This book is a great story about the importance of ants. Plus we learned so many new words.
El secreto de las hormigas
This is an adorable story about rolly polly's. This is def an advanced read. I had a hard time stumbling through it, but it's a great story. Will be getting more from the series.
La familia Bola
A book about perserverance. I like books by this author because she makes books that rhyme. These stores are a bit long, but they teach a great lesson.
La perseverancia me hace más fuerte
This book is so cute. It's about a group of animals who come together to show appreciation for their kind mail carrier. It's a great story.
Cartas en el bosque
This is a great book about learning how to tune into your body to feel the sensations of anger, nervousness, and excitment.
Escuchando a Mi Cuerpo:
This is a cute story about changing habits.
Mi forma para los buenos modales: Libro infantil
We learned a lot of new words in this story. A story about a boy and his grandfather and his duty at the lighthouse.
El faro de las almas (Spanish Edition)
A great book about explaining differences in kids. Being different makes the world an interesting place to be. This was one of our first books and we learned so many workds from reading it.
¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú
This is a cute book about magic and using it for good. Another longer read but we learn so many words.
El ovillo mágico
This is a nice book about friends helping out and interacting with nature. We like reading this book for the new words.
La música del mar
This is a sweet book about friends chipping in to help out a friend accomplish a big goal.
Oso quiere volar