Little Roja Riding Hood and Other Historias

Yoto Says: Bilingual retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Goose, Princess and the Pea and The Three Billy Goats Gruff!

While Roja picks flowers on the way to her grandma's, a mean wolf sneaks away with her cape to surprise Abuelita. But Grandma's no fool and Roja's no ordinary chica. They send that hungry lobo packing with a caliente surprise! This spirited retelling of Little Red Riding Hood has accessible Spanish rhymes and fresh illustrations, with hip cultural details throughout.

Glossary:

(la) alegría (ah leh GREE ah) joy amarilla (ah mah REE yah) yellow

(la) araña (ah RAH nyah) spider

(la) arañita (ah rah NYEE tah) small spider

(el) armario (ahr MAH ryoe) cupboard

(el) arroz (ah RROCE) rice

(el) azúcar (ah SOO kahr) sugar azul (ah SOOL) blue bella (BEH yah) beautiful

(el) beso (BEH soe) kiss bonita (boe NEE tah) pretty buenos (BWEH noce) good

(la) calabaza (kah lah BAH sah) pumpkin

(las) campanas (kahm PAH nahs) bells

(los) caracoles (kah rah KOE lehs) snails

(la) carne (KAHR neh) meat

(la) casa (KAH sah) house

(la) casita (kah SEE tah) little house

(el) cerdo (SEHR doe) pig cinco (SEEN koe) five

(los) colores (koe LOE rehs) colors

(las) conchas blancas (KONE chahs BLAHN kahs) white shells

(las) culebras (koo LEH brahs) snakes de (DEH) of

(el) dedo (DEH doe) finger

(el) diamante (dyah MAHN teh) diamond domingo (doe MEEN goe) Sunday dos (DOSE) two el (EHL) the (masculine singular) en el rincón (EHN EHL rreen KONE) in the corner

(la) estrella (ehs TREH yah) star extraña (ehks TRAH nyah) strange

(las) flores (FLOE rehs) flowers

(la) fortuna (fohr TOO nah) fortune

(los) frijoles (free HOE lehs) beans

(los) gatitos (gah TEE toce) kittens

(el, los) gato, gatos (GAH toe, GAH toce) cat, cats 

(el) hueso (WEH soe) bone

(el) jardín (hahr DEEN) garden jueves (HWEH vehs) Thursday la (LAH) the (feminine singular) las (LAHS) the (feminine plural)

(la) lana (LAH nah) wool llenas (YEH nahs) full

(la) lluvia (YOO vyah) rain los (LOS) the (masculine plural)

(la) luna (LOO nah) moon lunes (LOO nehs) Monday

(la) madre (MAH dreh) mother malos (MAH loce) bad Mami (MAH mee) Mommy martes (MAHR ...