Former Spanish teacher Elya skillfully inserts Spanish words into a rhyming story about a mamá and bebé

Author: Susan Middleton Elya 
Illustrator: Steven Salerno
Format: Hardcover
Published: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2006

Former Spanish teacher Elya skillfully inserts Spanish words into a rhyming story about a mamá and bebé at the grocery store. Just when mamá is throwing up her hands at restless bebé?s antics, she gives him a dulce, a box of animal crackers. Happily he eats a león and an oso while mamá finishes her shopping. A glossary is included, though most kids will understand the Spanish words through context. Bright illustrations further clarify their meanings.