Ramona Moreno Winner

In my opinion, this is a good book. It combines the story of Lucas and is grandfather while using English and Spanish. The Spanish words are intermixed into the English text with definitions sprinkled throughout the page. On the pages, the definitions have the English word written in black with the Spanish word written in red, which I liked so it was easy to tell the different. I also liked how at the end the book provided facts of the plant cycle in English on one side, with Spanish matched on the other side of the page. Additionally, there is a Spanish matching game at the end of the book that really incorporates learning into the story. The only complaint I have is that it was occasionally difficult to locate the Spanish word definitions since they were placed randomly throughout the illustrations. However, overall the book can be a very fun learning tool for children learning Spanish, it has a clear story with many different bilingual supports.… (more)