Salsa Lullaby

Bedtime is approaching! How will Mami and Papi lull baby to sleep?! They'll try anything in this bouncy bilingual board book that gently says "buenas noches!"

Mami starts a salsa song.
Papi keeps the beat.
Baby loves this lullaby,
moves those dancing feet.

Baila, baby, baila!
Dance, dance, dance.

Nighttime is here, and that means it's time for bed. And in this household, that means it's time for Mami, Papi, and baby to baila (dance), canta (sing), salta (jump), their way to sleep!

Here is a charming board book, with rhythmic text and lush, inviting illustrations, to help wind down your little one for bedtime.

Jen Arena has written two recent books that combine Spanish and English in a playful, educational fashion. The board book Besos for Baby was named to the Texas Library Association 2x2 list and included in the ABC Best Books catalog. Marta! Big & Small was an SLJ Top 10 Latinx Book for 2016, a CCBC Choices pick, and a Huffington Post Best Books of 2016 Honorable Mention for Best on Perspective. She is also the author of Lady Liberty's Holiday and Sleep Tight, Snow White. When she's not writing or editing, you can find Jen in her garden, on a volleyball court, traveling to faraway places like Cuba and Argentina, or curled up with a good book. Visit her at JenArenaBooks.com.

Erika Meza is the illustrator of several picture books, including My Two Border Towns, which received four starred reviews, and Balloons for Papa, which School Library Journal called an "important story" in a starred review. Erika's themes are born out of the exploration of her migrant essence, her bittersweet relationship with change, and her attachment to innocence and curiosity. After living in Paris for four years, she is now in the U.K. having fun as a drawing lecturer at NTU in decorative arts. Learn more about Erika at ErikaMeza.com.