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Bilingual Books and Collections for Your Classroom Library

Increase your students' vocabularies — in English and Spanish — with these bilingual books and collections that build a love of reading in multiple languages.

By Scholastic Editors
September 13, 2024

Upgrade your bilingual classroom resources with fun and affordable books that connect students' home language and learning! Perfect for young readers of both Spanish and English, these bilingual books can help students learn a second language while increasing their reading fluency and vocabulary mastery of their primary language. The integrate of these books in a classroom also honors a student's home language and creates a more inclusive learning environment. 

From classic bilingual tales to nonfiction titles and biographies of historical figures, these collections will also expand students' cultural awareness and encourage their language development in both English and Spanish.

For example, the 20 Best Bilingual Books Set is filled with beautifully illustrated new bilingual picture books like Finding Home, Jefferson, Actually, and ¡Tamales! ¡Tamales! ¡Tamales! that are sure to delight. With each book in the set priced at under $5, it's a great way to revamp your classroom library for grades PreK-1.      

Older grades will love the Best Bilingual Books for Grades 2-4, which include beautiful biographies that inspire and captivate the imagination like My Name Is Celia, and Sonia Sotomayor

Plus, fill your shelves with bilingual books that highlight important social-emotional topics, like kindness and friendship

Shop bilingual books for your classroom library below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.

Bilingual Collections

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20 Best Bilingual Books Grades PreK-1

Grades Pre-K - 1
$84.00$118.38
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Titles include: 

• Beautiful / Bellas
• Big and Small / Grandes y pequeños
• A Cat and a Dog / Un gato y un perro
• El Chavo: Una aventura a lo grande / A Great Big Adventure
• Cooking Poems: Guacamole
• ¡Fiesta!
• Finding Home / Buscando el hogar

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Latinx Voices Bilingual Grades PreK-1

Grades Pre-K - 1
$39.00$57.68
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Title List:

• Abuelo y los tres osos / Abuelo and the Three Bears
• Amigo
• Book Fiesta!
• The Field
• Finding Home / Buscando el hogar
• Green Is a Chile Pepper / El chile es verde
• Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margaret
• Maria Had A Little Llama / María tenía una llamita

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Let's Be Friends Bilingual Grades K-2

Grades K - 2
$36.00$51.64
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Title List:

• Amigo
• Big Dog and Little Dog / Perrazo y Perrito
• A Cat and a Dog / Un gato y un perro
• El día terrible de Rita y Rafi
• Erizo y Conejo: El susto del viento
• Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margaret
• Taking a Walk / Caminando
• Y is for Yum, Yum, Yum! / Mmm...¡Qué rico!

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Social Emotional en español Grades K-2

Grades K - 2
$49.00$71.78
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Title list: 

• Beautiful / Bellas
• Brave / Valiente
• El coleccionista de palabras
• El día terrible de Rita y Rafi
• Elephant & Piggie: ¡Esperar no es fácil!
• Gustavo, el fantasmita tímido
• Jabari Salta
• Mi libro favorito en el mundo entero
• Pelo de princesa
• Unicorn & Yeti: Un buen equipo

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Best of Scholastic Spanish Grades K-3

Grades K - 3
$80.00$114.45
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Titles include:

• Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre
• Así vamos a la escuela
• El coleccionista de palabras
• Colores de la vida
• Elephant & Piggie: ¡Tienes un pájaro en la cabeza!
• Entonces llega el verano
• Escrito y dibujado por Enriqueta
• La excursión

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Spanish NonFiction Grades K-3

Grades K - 3
$69.00$100.65
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Titles inlcude: 

• 10 cosas que puedes hacer para proteger a los animales
• AbeCedario de profesiones y oficios
• Un día en la vida de un pingüino
• Diez puntos negros
• Frida Kahlo y sus animalitos
• Hombre Mosca Presenta: Basura y reciclaje
• Hombre Mosca Presenta: Murciélagos
• ¡Insectos! ¡Insectos!

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Classic Bilingual Tales Grades K-2

Grades K - 2
$16.75$23.94
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Bilingual versions of everyone's favorite fairy tales, updated and adorned with simple, lively illustrations.

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Latinx Voices Bilingual Grades 2-4

Grades 2 - 4
$44.00$62.60
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Title list: 

• Big Papi David Ortiz
• The Border: My Journey With Papa / La Frontera: El viaje con papa
• Playing Lotería / El Juego de la Lotería
• Rosita y Conchita
• Sonia Sotomayor
• That's Not Fair! / ¡No es justo!
• Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo
• When Julia Danced Bomba / Cuando Julia bailaba bomba

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Best Bilingual Books Grades 2-4

Grades 2 - 4
$55.00$79.58
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Title list: 

• The Border: My Journey With Papa / La Frontera: El viaje con papa
• The Boy Who Touched the Stars / El niño que alcanzó las estrellas
• Green Is a Chile Pepper / El chile es verde
• My Name is Celia / Me llamo Celia
• ¡Perros! ¡Perros! / Dogs! Dogs!
• Playing Lotería / El Juego de la Lotería
• Side By Side / Lado a lado
• Sonia Sotomayor
• That's Not Fair! / ¡No es justo!
• Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo

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Spanish Chapter Books Grades 3-5

Grades 3 - 5
$23.00$35.95
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Uncovering Our Roots Grades 3-5

Grades 3 - 5
$41.00$58.64
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Spanish Literature Circle Grades 4-6

Grades 4 - 6
$150.00$227.70
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Title List: 

• Un caballo llamado Libertad
• A Causa del Conejo
• La decisión de Ricardo
• Esperanza renace
• La patrulla fantasma

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¡Fiesta!

Grades Pre-K - 1
$5.21$6.95
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In this colorful bilingual counting book, three children prepare for a birthday party with a visit to the market. Their search for games, toys, candy, and other trinkets culminates in the making (and breaking!) of a festive piñata.

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Chancho el pug

Grades Pre-K - K
$5.99$7.99
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Pig is a greedy and selfish Pug. He has all the bouncy balls, bones, and chew toys a dog could ever want yet he refuses to share with his poor friend, Trevor. Little does he know, however, that being greedy has its consquences. Join Pig as he learns to share-the hard way!

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With My Brother / Con mi hermano

Grades Pre-K - 1
$4.46$5.95
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Easy-to-follow text in English and Spanish makes this story of the close relationship between a little boy and his older brother warm and reassuring in both languages.

$3.74$4.99
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Presented in both English and Spanish, this flip-over book brings a Hispanic flavor to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, with a beautiful, black-braided heroine at the center of the tale.

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Green Is a Chile Pepper / El chile es verde

Grades Pre-K - 1
$4.49$5.99
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Cultural traditions can be joyful, delicious, and colorful! Bilingual readers will join a Mexican family's party and learn how all the colors of the rainbow fit into their lives.

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Taking a Walk / Caminando

Grades Pre-K - 2
$5.21$6.95
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Beginning readers will learn new vocabulary words—in both English and Spanish—on this walk through a colorful neighborhood.

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Alma's Way: Alma Speaks Up / Alma habla

Grades Pre-K - 3
$4.49$5.99
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Alma and her friends André and Rafia can't wait to help their neighbor, Mr. Huda, make his storefront beautiful. They are going to paint a mural on the wall outside the store! But when André wants to do the mural his own way, it's up to Alma to talk to him about it. Can she find a way to express herself without hurting Andre's feelings?

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La pequeña mariposa que sí pudo

Grades Pre-K - 3
$5.99$7.99
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Buenas noches, mariposa

Grades K - 2
$5.99$7.99
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Alégrate

Grades K - 2
$4.49$5.99
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Unicorn has a gift for Yeti. Yeti does not have one to give to Unicorn. Yeti loves to crunch icicles. Unicorn wants to try crunching them, too! Yeti thinks the dark forest is pretty. Maybe Unicorn needs to see the forest from a different perspective?

$5.21$6.95
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Margaret speaks English and not Spanish. Margarita speaks Spanish and not English. This colorful bilingual book brings two little girls together as they set out to become friends.

$3.74$4.99
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A Spanish vocabulary builder that combines beautiful photographic spreads and a bright graphic style for the youngest readers.

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Viva Frida

Grades K - 3
$4.49$5.99
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Introduce young readers to Frida Kahlo, the innovative and passionate Mexican artist. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.

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Creatrilogy: El punto

Grades 1 - 3
$4.46$5.95
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In the Spanish translation of this beloved title, Vashti is convinced she can't draw, and to prove it to her teacher, she just draws a dot. Little does she know where that little dot will take her!

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Gathering the Sun / Cosecha de sol

Grades 1 - 3
$5.21$6.95
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This collection of 28 gentle poems honors the stories of Hispanic migrant farm workers and their deep connections to the earth. Each poem begins with a letter in the Spanish alphabet and appears in both Spanish and English.

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Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo

Grades 1 - 3
$5.96$7.95
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A colorful, bilingual introduction to Tito Puente, a musical prodigy from the streets of Harlem, who banged on pots and pans as a kid, and went on to win five Grammy Awards.

Branches books help boost reading confidence and stamina with easy-to-read text, high-interest content, and illustrations on every page.

This nonfiction Reader compares and contrasts two ferocious birds. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!

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Arroz con leche

Grades 2
$5.24$6.99
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A wonderful collection of beloved Latin American songs, games, and rhymes, with text in both Spanish and English, complemented by beautiful watercolor illustrations of Latin American land-and-cityscapes.

Within the context of a loving Latino family, a young boy learns a universal lesson about personal responsibility. This richly satisfying bilingual book contains full-page oil paintings and features a recipe for blue corn pancakes.

$6.71$8.95
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An eleven-year-old aficionado of lucha libre tumbles into a Mexican wrestling match that will ultimately connect him—maybe by blood!—to the greatest hero of all time: the Guardian Angel.