Age: All Ages, can be used in bilingual early elementary classrooms
Identity, characters: multicultural
Identity, author: Colombian American
Identity, illustrator: Mexican American

A brown-skinned girl and a red-headed boy start a musical parade as the text encourages friendship of all kinds, regardless of the languages we speak. 123 Andrés created a Spanish and English song that encompass the same ideas but are not direct translations of each other. In this book, the English text is on the left page and the Spanish text is on the right page. A note from the band recommends reading one or the other or both. What a fantastic concept!

This would be an excellent addition to all Spanish/English bilingual households and classrooms. I hope they create this in a larger format!