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Bilingual Versions of Popular Children’s Books

Many popular children’s books have been translated from English into a variety of world languages. Here are a few examples:

Carlito en el parque una tarde
(Carl’s Afternoon in the Park)

by Alexandra Day, translated by Carmen Malvido
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992
Infants through preschoolers

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Danielito Y El Dinosaurio
(Danny and the Dinosaur)
by Syd Hoff, translated by Teresa Mlawer
Lectorum Publishing, 1996
K-Grade 2

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Donde viven los monstruos
(Where the Wild Things Are)
written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, translated by Teresa Mlawer
Harper Collins, 1996
Preschool-Grade 2

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Las Lechucitas (Owl Babies)
by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Patrick Benson
Santillana Publishing, 1999
Preschool-Grade 2
Bilingual versions of this book are also available from Magi Publications in Vietnamese, Gujarati, Bengali, and Turkish.

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Los Cien Vestidos (The Hundred Dresses)
by Eleanor Estes, translated by Teresa Mlawer, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Lectorum Publishing, 1996
Grades 2-5

 

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