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2022-11-28

A Guide to Supporting Your Bilingual Reader

Teaching your child a second language is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Early learners are more adaptive than adults, so starting early can lead to native-level fluency by the time they’re 10. And reading is one of the strongest ways to build new language skills in both of their languages at once.

2022-11-18

Ahoy! Here's our 8 Favorite Children's Spanish Books about Pirates

Have you heard about "porch pirates"? Apparently that's what we're now calling folks that steal packages off your porch during the holidays! :-( It's a kinda cute name for a pretty terrible thing...but it also got us thinking about how many great pirate-themed books we've read over the last year. A new list was born!

2022-11-14

9 Delectable Spanish Children's Books about Food

Something about these colder, darker months just has us spending more time in the kitchen, I suppose. And while we definitely love eating in our family, there’s also something so delightful about READING food-centric books! So I’ve rounded up a list of our favorite Spanish children’s books about food, because there’s nothing like enjoying beautiful and colorful illustrations of yummy things to eat.

2022-10-31

8 Awesome, Not-So-Scary Spanish Books for Kids About Monstruos

In honor of Halloween, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite monstruos in Spanish children’s books. No tricks, just reading treats for you and your niña!

2022-10-21

Five Tips for Better Reading with Your Empath Child

Empaths are people who feel emotions more deeply than others. They are highly sensitive, experiencing others’ joy and pain as if it were their own. In this guide, we’ll cover tips for reading with your empath child.

2022-10-16

Raising and Reading to Little Global Citizens

Our world is an incredibly diverse planet, but not everyone is exposed to new cultures growing up. Books are one of the best ways we can help our kids learn about new places, people, and experiences.

2022-10-12

14 Slightly Spooky Children's Spanish Books for Halloween

For someone with an extremely low tolerance for scary or creepy things (*raises hand*), Halloween children’s books are the perfect way to be festive but not, like, TOO festive. This roundup of Halloween books in Spanish is the perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit (even if you’re a Halloween grinch like me!).

2022-10-11

Why bilingual kids are better listeners (and how yours can be, too)

Have you noticed the way your child’s eyes light up as they tune into a story? Raising a reader is one of the best ways you can improve your child’s listening skills, even when they’re still a baby.

2022-09-27

11 Spanish Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

Here in the U.S. we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month every year from September 15th to October 15th, and for our Mexican/Ecuadorian/American family it’s a chance to be super intentional about how we are celebrating latinidad with our kids. But you don’t have to be Hispanic or Latinx/e to appreciate the incredible contributions of Latin@s!

2022-09-13

7 Favorite Spanish Children’s Books for Fall

Believe it or not, it's time for getting cozy with sweaters and watching the leaves change colors. And these titles couldn’t be more perfect to read with the niñas during the autumn season.

2022-08-19

Dialogic Reading: A Guide for New Parents

Dialogic reading is all about sharing a conversation with your child about the text you’re reading aloud. It helps children build their vocabularies and develop what experts call “verbal fluency” — the ability to speak clearly and retrieve words and other information from memory at will.

2022-08-17

Why Some Kids Struggle With Reading (And What to Do About It)

If you've got a kid who's struggling to learn to read, don't worry! There are lots of fun and easy ways to help them get over their reading slump, and Sol Book Box is here to share some of our favorite tips.

2022-08-02

What we look for in a truly exceptional children's book

Remember when you were little and how certain children’s books transported you to a whole new world and made your imagination run wild? What an incredible feeling! Giving that feeling to a child of your own is a true gift. But you need the right books! Here's what we look for.

2022-08-01

How to Help a Reluctant Reader

Picture this scenario: you invite your child to sit with you in the coziest chair in your house. You open up what you consider to be a fantastic children’s book and enthusiastically begin to read it aloud. Your child sits with you for a minute or two, but then gets up and walks into another room.