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Booklandia: Where the World of Bilingual and Spanish Books is Closer than you Think!

March 14, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

Guest post by Izzie Chea

 

From humble beginnings in the busy kitchen of an Oakland, CA home in 2016, the idea of bringing children’s Spanish and bilingual books was coming to fruition. Maceo Cabrera-Estévez, Cuban-American mom and book lady for Barefoot Books, noticed the demand for high quality, authentic, and representative Spanish and bilingual children’s literature. There was nowhere to go that would guarantee that bilingual and Spanish books were not just poor translations of English books, and so Booklandia was born.

Booklandia

Booklandia provides Bilingual and Spanish literature to children, ages infant to age 12, through an online store (tienda), a subscription box, or through book sets for teachers, schools, libraries, and organizations like hospitals and community centers. Booklandia also has a donation program giving families and organizations books for every box sold.
Booklandia

Our mission at Booklandia is to assist in creating beautiful, representative, and inclusive home libraries for children. Books from Booklandia are sourced from across Latin America, South America, México, the Caribbean, Spain, and the US and include a diverse representation of characters, stories, themes, and authors.

Part of Booklandia is the commitment to building community, and as a result, Booklandia has a presence at many festivals and events in the SF Bay Area as well as regular free bilingual storytime events in California and Texas. The success of these events is shown in the smiling faces of children when they see books and characters with similar names and features as theirs.

Booklandia

As a current challenge to keep building community, the #LEEMOS3000 Reading Challenge is live throughout the month of March. Readers of all ages and levels are encouraged to log hours all month long and contribute to the collective goal of 3000 hours reading bilingual and Spanish books.

To learn more about Booklandia, please visit www.booklandiabox.com!

To join our #LEEMOS3000 Challenge, please visit https://booklandiabox.com/blogs/news/leemos3000-challenge!

Izzie Chea is Marketing Director at Booklandia. She is a Dominican/Mexican-American writer, storyteller, music teacher, mother, and wife. She resides in ultra-diverse Houston, TX, and enjoys reading with a cafecito, her piano, and the family cat, Simon.

A Bilingual and Spanish Booklist from Booklandia

The Hummingbird Sings and Dances: Latin American Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes
Arepita de Manteca
Ayobami y el Nombre de los Animales
El Pedo Mas Grande Del Mundo
La Frontera: El Viaje con Papa/The Journey with Papa

Find us on Facebook! Booklandia Books
Find us on Instagram! Booklandia Box
Visit our website! Booklandia
Browse the tiendita! La Tienda
Join the Booklandia Bilingual Kids Club! Kids Club

Filed Under: Author Visits, Book review, Guest Posts, Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, Bilingual and Spanish books, bilingual books for children, book review, Booklandia, Caribbean books for kids, diverse books, diverse picture books, Latin American books for kids, South American books for kids, Spanish books

Focusing On the Culture: Getting to Know Platinum Sponsor, Broccoli!

January 15, 2017 by Valarie Budayr

All of our sponsors for MCBD2017 are amazing and valued,  but the uniqueness and passion of Broccoli.com truly stands out.

Broccoil

Broccoli is a New York start-up company that focuses on collecting traditional stories from all over the world. Each of their multicultural children’s books come in six languages – English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Their unique and high-quality books also feature voice narration for all six languages, plus music and sound effects.

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Filed Under: Spotlight on a Sponsor Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, Broccoli Book Series, Chinese books for kids, French books for kids, Japanese books for kids, Korean books for kids, multicultural children's books come in six languages, Play Broccoli, Read Broccoli, Spanish books

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