El Perro con Sombrero: A Bilingual Doggy Tale (Spanish Edition)

This review is mostly about the translation, but the book itself is excellent even if you’re not interested in the bilingual aspect. This book has an excellent translation, both in quality and style. You can tell it was translated by someone who knows both languages well and not an automatic translation. I appreciate that the languages are in 2 different colors of text which makes it easier for beginning readers to switch between the two or read only the language that they know. It also splits up the text on some longer pages which is nice because children who are trying to learn a language can hear or read a smaller amount of their second language at once and then see or hear what it means. It’s also a really good book with a great message about adoption and caring for a pet long term once you have them. My little one loves dogs and I’m trying to teach her some Spanish so it’s perfect- Highly recommend!

We love this book - my son (2.5 years) has been asking for it nightly for the past month since purchasing it. This is huge for us since we’ve bought many bilingual books and he’s usually iffy about them. Even though this is a slightly longer book than the board books we’ve been reading it holds his attention so well we make it though reading both the English and the Spanish versions on each page. He loves the illustrations - very colorful and engaging.I’d highly recommend this book for parents trying to teach their child Spanish, and it’s large enough for classroom use or library story time. I anticipate us reading this book together for years to come!

This bilingual doggy tale has everything to fascinate a child and to keep him or her and his parents reading through the pages to find out what happens next. Children and parents will sympathize with poor Pepe, a dog without a family. We are happy for him when his fortunes change for the better, but this is not enough..Pepe needs a family. Fame and fortune are meaningless next to family love. This is a good moral lesson in our age of materialism. There's even room at the end for Pepe's rival, el gatito con zapatos, as he is welcomed into the family. Here is another good moral lesson: life changes, and even our enemies can some day become friends.The languages are placed one after the other, English in black with Spanish underneath in red in short segments, so that readers can refer to both for easy comparison and learning.The pictures themselves are entertaining. Pepe's dog castle has a coat of arms with dogs fighting over a bone. The facial expressions are superb, ranging from the kind-hearted grocer who gives Pepe a bone , the savvy movie director, to the malicious el gatito con zapatos and at last the loving family.I love the book and look forward to reading it to my little granddaughter.Judy Martialay, author of HOLA Let's Learn Spanish.

This is a great book with a variety of ways you can use it to teach literacy and vocabulary. I am a bilingual Kindergarten teacher and used this book in a few of my lessons this school year. I love the story and the kids were fascinated by the cat, and has a great ending. You can also use this to teach about animal rescue and animal welfare. That is one of my passions and this story is great to teach kids about this important subject.

We absolutely love this book great size, big pictures and right size texts, beautiful story about how family is more important than fame and money.

I bought this for my baby so we could introduce her to two languages. I will read in one language and my husband in another. My daughter loves dogs and cats and we love the story line

I love that this is easy to follow in Spanish and English, because my Spanish skills are no beuno. As a family, we are trying to improve our Spanish, and this book is a cute story to practice with! My kids love the pictures and both the perro and gato, and I love the vibrant colors and how the story is told with English translation.

I really enjoyed the writing and the illustrations. It was a big hit with my English language learners who speak Spanish. I read this to grades K - 4.

I got the book for my little great son and he loves it. The little dog have some adventures until he finds a home.