Repetitive book that has a mom, daughter, gram, and doll. They do things for each other with tortillas, clothes, and flowers. They all do the same thing, but it is still different. It is in both English and Spanish.

Located in culture bin

Everyone has their own take on traditions: canciones, washing, making tortillas. The art is inspired by the painting exhibit in a Costa Rican farming village. 5/10

This is a multicultural book that has both spanish and english in it. This book talks about how a family is connected. They make tortillas, pick flowers, washed clothes together and sang lullabies to each other. It teaches about a families love and how generations can change, but love remains constant.
Age- 3-5
Source- Pierce County Library Systems

A little girl is surrounded by the love of her family and is a comparison of how women in one family pass down traditions.

Summary: Tortillas and Lullabies is a bilingual book that tells about some of the traditions that is passed down through a girl’s family from her great grandmother to her.

Personal Reaction: The pictures are very colorful! I thought it was neat how the author made a simple book by allowing readers to read the book in either English or Spanish.

Extension Ideas:
1. This would be a good book to read to the class during hispanic heritage month.
2. Have the kids choose one of the Spanish words that they learned and then have them draw a colorful picture to go with it.