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Advanced    Search    Our Favorites    New & Noteworthy    Forthcoming    Best of 2009    Mysteries    ABOUT US       The Business       The People    SMALL PRINT       Ordering       Shipping       Customer       Service       Visiting		SPAIN & PORTUGAL For Kids E-mail Print   The Cricket Sings: Poems and Songs for Children  •  Federico García Lorca   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  This brief collection of folk songs and poems by García Lorca (with English and Spanish on facing pages) will delight little ones and parents alike. (SPN97, $7.95)     Usborne Flashcard Spanish  •  Jo Litchfield   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A standard playing card-size deck of 50 nicely illustrated flashcards geared for younger children. Each card features a colorful illustration with the Spanish word on the reverse. (GEN203, $8.99)     I, Juan de Pareja  •  Elizabeth De Trevino   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  This Newbery Award-winning children's novel, based on a true story, chronicles the evolution of the friendship between the Spanish painter Velazquez and his African slave. Ages 9-12. (SPN155, $6.99)     If You Were There in 1492, Everyday Life in the Time of Columbus  •  Barbara Brenner   • HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A "you-were-there" history of medieval Spain, written for middle-schoolers and fun for the family. This clever illustrated history gives the facts of life in the cities and countryside from a child's point of view. (SPN164, $6.99)     Isabel, Jewel of Castille: Spain, 1466  •  Carolyn Meyer   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The imagined diary of Isabella when she was still a youngster, written for middle schoolers. The book is designed to feel like a real princess's diary, with gold-embossed pages and a sturdy binding. (SPN187, $10.95)     Platero y Yo/ Platero and I  •  Juan Ramon Jimenez  •  Antonio Frasconi  •  Joseph F. Dominguez  •  Myra C. Livingston   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  This bilingual book presents 19 short excerpts from the Nobel laureate's tender account of travels in Andalucia. Platero the donkey is the story's star, the village of Moguer its setting. (SPN163, $16.00)     Secrets in the House of Delgado  •  Gloria Miklowitz   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Set in Spain in 1492 in the thick of the Inquisition, this historical novel tells of what happens when a Catholic orphan, taken in by a Catholic family of Jewish ancestry, agrees to spy on her protectors. For ages 9-12. (SPN188, $8.00)     Spain, the Culture  •  Tara Steele  •  Noa Lior   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  An illustrated introduction to Spain's arts, literature, dance, music and folklore, geared for 9-12 year-olds. (SPN166, $7.95)     Spain, The People  •  Tara Steele  •  Noa Lior   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A pictorial and factual introduction to the people of Spain, geared for middle-schoolers. Chapters cover traditions, history, city and village life, homes, school, entertainment and food. (SPN165, $7.95)     Shadow of a Bull  •  Maria Wojciechowska   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  In this compelling award-winning, young-adult novel, everyone expects Manolo to become a bullfighter like his father. Not surprisingly, it features vivid descriptions of bullfights. (SPN160, $5.99)     home map   |   book bag   |   advanced search   |   contact us
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