For parents raising bilingual kids who love reading, Spanish, and reading IN Spanish.
If you’ve been around since the beginning Sol Book Box days, you’ll probably be unsurprised to hear that I love a good subscription service. That’s kiiiind of why I founded one! And I have to say, I have tried several of them in my day– you know, for market research purposes :). But also because […]
I’m a HUGE podcast listener, and love to turn one on while in the car or at home doing housey things. Now that my kids are old enough to appreciate podcasts themselves, I’ve become very invested in finding the Spanish podcasts for kids! I like to turn these on while we’re all in the car— […]
Happy febrero! I’m a big fan of this month, mainly because 1.) it’s when I met my husband and 2.) it’s also when my oldest daughter was born. Aaaaand the weather in Phoenix is phenomenal right now, which helps February’s rating tremendously. If hija #1 hadn’t been born on Valentine’s Day (which is now 100% eclipsed by […]
For the first time in my life, this year I decided to start tracking the books I read. I had never seen the appeal, but now I do! I tend to read really quickly, and then almost immediately forget a lot of what I read. Being able to see the list of books is not […]
Thanksgiving is a holiday that I definitely grew up with, thanks to my American grandma who always made sure we watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV & ate plenty of apple pie. But because we celebrated in Mexico, I had only a cursory understanding of the actual Thanksgiving story. And it was definitely […]
A few days ago, I did a poll on Instagram—Halloween: “love” or “eh”? Every single person who answered the poll hit “love” except for one (and I think that might have been a mistake). So if you, too, are a Halloween lover, I’m happy to share three new-ish books en español to read all through […]
The author Gretchen Rubin has a podcast called “Happier” that I like very much. One of the segments in her podcast is what she calls a “know yourself better” question. Sometimes it’s hard to see ourselves clearly, or to understand why we act the way we do. So Rubin and her co-host (and sister!) will […]
Pretty much my favorite thing in the whole wide world is a good book list. But then, you probably know that about me already. And summer is an ESPECIALLY crucial time to have great reading options available! To me, nothing says “vacation” louder than a stack of wonderful books just waiting for me to read […]
I’ve known since before I was a mom that reading aloud to my kids was very important to me. I think I’ve done a good job so far! While my parents also read a lot to us as babies and young kids, I don’t think we read aloud together beyond picture books. Once my brothers […]
A few years ago, I wrote a post all about some favorite Spanish poetry books for kids (it’s one of the most popular posts on this blog!). But since then I’ve discovered MORE beautiful Spanish poetry books, so in honor of National Poetry Month this April I thought I would share a couple of them […]