Magda's Tortillas

When Tâio Manuel brings home a very special piänata for Gabriel's birthday party, his sister Magda figures out an ingenious way to preserve it and still make the party guests happy.

For Elia, the worst day of the year is the last day of Christmas vacation when she has to put away all of her new toys. But this year, just before she goes back to school, she hears someone coughing by her window and discovers that someone very special is paying her a visit. Para Elia, el peor día del año es cuando se acaban las vacaciones de Navidad y tiene que recoger todos sus juguetes nuevos. Pero este año, justo antes de ir al colegio, ella oye unas toses cerca de su ventana y descubre que alguien muy especial está visitándola.

Ricardete loves to have birthday parties so he starts asking when his next birthday party will be. His parents, realizing that he is too little to understand the concept of time, try to explain to him how long he has to wait.

Follow two children in this bilingual picture book as they celebrate their ancestors on this vibrant holiday.

Margaret Wise Brown’s classic bedtime story is now packaged with an audio tape featuring a gentle reading in Spanish with simple musical underscoring. This soothing story makes the perfect bedtime companion and begs to be heard and read aloud again and again.