SAGE Potter Et Al 2024 The Balance of Spanish and English Child Directed Text in Bilingual Picture Books
SAGE Potter Et Al 2024 The Balance of Spanish and English Child Directed Text in Bilingual Picture Books
SAGE Potter Et Al 2024 The Balance of Spanish and English Child Directed Text in Bilingual Picture Books
Christine E Potter
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Marissa A Castellana
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA
Matthew D Guerra
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Viridiana L Benitez
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA
Abstract
Bilingual picture books offer rich sources of dual-language input, but little is known about
how different types of books provide opportunities for children’s learning across lan-
guages. Building on research describing Spanish-English Codeswitching books (which
present languages intermixed), we assessed the quantity, diversity, and complexity of
input in Translation picture books (which included the full text in both languages) and
compared the two types of books. Translation books included balanced use of English and
Spanish and varied in the frequency of switching. Across both book formats, English input
was similarly complex, but Translation books presented larger amounts and more
complex input in Spanish. Additionally, the two types of books included frequent yet
different patterns of language switching, offering dense exposure to an important feature
of bilingual experience. Thus, bilingual books could provide children with input distinct
from what they encounter in either spoken language or reading activities in a single
language.
Keywords
Bilingual picture books, bilingual language development, language switching, biliteracy,
multilingualism
Corresponding author:
Christine E Potter, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso,
TX 79968, USA.
Email: [email protected]
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Introduction
To become proficient in two languages, bilingual children need rich and varied
experiences with both of their languages (Marchman et al., 2017; Pearson et al.,
1997; Place and Hoff, 2011; Thordardottir, 2014). Bilingual language skills
have been linked to the frequency, balance, and contexts that surround ex-
perience with each language (Hurtado et al., 2014; Paradis, 2011; Welsh and
Hoff, 2021). Moreover, children’s experience can rarely be neatly separated by
language, and they must learn how and when to use their languages together
(Byers-Heinlein and Fennell, 2014; Oller et al., 2007). Therefore, providing
bilingual children with diverse and complex input that supports learning across
languages increases the likelihood that they will develop robust skills in two
languages. One activity shown to support language development is reading
storybooks (Bus et al., 1995; Duursma et al., 2007). We compared the language
input found in two different types of Spanish-English picture books to un-
derstand the learning opportunities that may be available to bilingual children.
In both spoken and written language, bilingual experience is diverse; children
rarely receive fully balanced experience (David and Wei, 2008; Hoff et al., 2012;
Marchman et al., 2017; Pearson et al., 1997). In particular, there is often greater
support for the majority language in the community (Gathercole and Thomas,
2009; Giles and Watson, 2013; Hoff et al., 2021), and this can be especially
pronounced in literacy and education (e.g., Luo et al., 2021). In the United States,
even in communities where Spanish (the most common non-English language in
the U.S., U.S. Census Bureau, 2022) is widely used, children tend to have more
exposure to English as they enter school (Eilers et al., 2006; Gutiérrez-Clellen
et al., 2009; Hurtado and Vega, 2004; Welsh and Hoff, 2021). As a result, many
bilingual parents seek opportunities to build their children’s skills in Spanish in
addition to English (Gonzalez-Barrero et al., 2021; Read et al., 2021a).
One accessible source of enriching input is children’s books. Storybooks are
often recommended as a tool for supporting children’s language development,
including exposing them to new words and concepts (e.g., Breitfeld et al.,
2021; Bus et al., 1995; Flack et al., 2018). The text of picture books includes
more diverse vocabulary and more complex sentence structure than typical
spoken language (Cameron-Faulkner and Noble, 2013; Montag et al., 2015),
and participation in shared reading can boost children’s language knowledge
(Duursma et al., 2007; Fitton et al., 2018). Children who are read to regularly
tend to have larger vocabularies (Farrant and Zubrick, 2012; Sénéchal et al.,
2008), providing additional evidence that the input offered during reading
interactions may be supportive of learning language.
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For bilingual children, reading can offer experience in either or both of their
languages, and young bilinguals display learning from both single- and dual-
language literacy activities (Brouillard et al., 2022; Méndez et al., 2015; Read
et al., 2021b; Restrepo et al., 2013). However, bilingual books have been
suggested to be especially beneficial for dual language learners, as they may
provide experience well-matched to what a bilingual child ultimately needs to
learn, namely the ability to understand and communicate in both of their
languages individually, as well as to integrate their knowledge across languages
(e.g., Agosto, 1997; Domke, 2018). Thus, there is a growing need to un-
derstand how bilingual books present both languages in text, an initial step to
determine how to best provide literacy and educational opportunities specif-
ically for dual language learners (e.g., Hammer et al., 2014).
Studies have begun to examine how books might provide input tailored for
bilingual learning. To meet growing demand in the U.S. where the number of
Spanish-speaking children is growing rapidly (Migration Policy Institute,
2019), books designed for Spanish-English bilingual children have become
increasingly common (Chaudhri and Torres, 2022; Gonzalez-Barrero et al.,
2021), and research suggests that bilingual children enjoy and benefit from
reading bilingual books (Brouillard et al., 2022; Hu et al., 2012; Naqvi et al.,
2013; Read et al., 2021b; Tsybina and Eriks-Brophy, 2010; Zaidi, 2020).
However, bilingual books differ in how they present two languages together
(Domke, 2018; Jeffers, 2009; Semingson et al., 2015), and it is not yet clear
whether and how different types of bilingual books offer different experience
with each of two languages.
Specifically, for families in the U.S. looking to read in Spanish and English,
there are two dominant formats for bilingual books (Chaudhri and Torres,
2022; Gonzalez-Barrero et al., 2021). We term these categories Codeswitching
books, where two languages are presented intermixed, and Translation books, where
the same narrative is presented in each language (see Figure 1). Recently, we
analyzed the text of Codeswitching books, as those books represent a uniquely
bilingual experience (Benitez et al., 2022). Results revealed that Codeswitching
books contain primarily English words and include frequent switching between
languages (Benitez et al., 2022), reflecting differences from child-directed
spoken language (Bail et al., 2015). Thus, while they may not include many
words in Spanish, Codeswitching books could still offer input that allows
children to learn words in both languages and conventions about how lan-
guages are used together.
While Codeswitching books are becoming popular (Chaudhri and Torres,
2022), Translation books, which contain the full text in each language
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Figure 1. Illustrations of pages from Codeswitching and Translation books. Examples of how
English and Spanish text tended to appear in (a) Codeswitching and (b) Translation books.
(Gonzalez-Barrero et al., 2021), are more common. Thus far, most studies
examining children’s learning from bilingual book reading have focused on
Translation books across a variety of language pairs (e.g., Brouillard et al., 2022;
Naqvi et al., 2013; Quirk et al., 2024). While it may be assumed that
Translation books provide equivalent input across languages, translations can be
imperfect, and it may be especially challenging to capture cultural references or
wordplay, which can be central to children’s literature (Lathey, 2015; Netley,
1992). Therefore, one important goal of the current study was to test whether
Spanish-English Translation books actually provide similarly rich text across
languages.
In addition to understanding how Translation books present each language, it
is important to consider similarities and differences in language use across
Codeswitching and Translation books. In bilingual environments, children
encounter their two languages used together in multiple ways. At one extreme,
children could encounter their two languages from different people in different
contexts (e.g., De Houwer, 2007; Ronjat, 1913). Alternatively, children may be
immersed in fully bilingual environments where people switch languages freely
(e.g., Byers-Heinlein, 2013; Place and Hoff, 2011). While children become
bilingual across many contexts, it is debated if there are optimal conditions for
bilingual development and whether language switching impedes or benefits
learning (Byers-Heinlein et al., 2017; Byers-Heinlein and Lew-Williams, 2013;
Place and Hoff, 2016). Here, we describe the input in Translation books (where
all content is presented in both languages) and contrast that input to that of
Codeswitching books (where the two languages are intermixed) to understand
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whether and how these books differ in the way that they present English and
Spanish text, as well as how they demonstrate switching between the two.
Describing how different types of bilingual books present text in two languages
can yield insights into the opportunities that children may have to learn from
the text in these books. A better understanding of the structure and linguistic
content of these books could ultimately inform efforts to provide research-based
recommendations to support children’s learning of two languages from bi-
lingual literacy activities.
Current study
We began by constructing a new corpus of children’s Spanish-English
Translation picture books, comparable in targeted age and accessibility to
the corpus of Spanish-English Codeswitching picture books described by Be-
nitez and colleagues (2022). We first analyzed Translation books separately and
asked how Translation books present English versus Spanish. We examined the
quantity, diversity, and complexity of English versus Spanish text in Translation
books. We then explored how the languages were presented together. We
considered how languages appeared on the page, including which language
was presented first and if they were presented in alternation. In addition, we
investigated the frequency and types of language switching, comparing
switching within and between utterances. We predicted that we would find
balanced use of English and Spanish across measures of quantity, diversity, and
complexity. We also predicted that English would be presented first more often
across books, based on earlier findings that bilingual books often emphasize
English (Benitez et al., 2022; Domke, 2018). Finally, we predicted that switches
would occur almost exclusively between utterances, with few, if any, within-
utterance switches.
We then compared Translation and Codeswitching books. We tested for
global differences in the quantity, diversity, and complexity of input. Since
Translation books present the same content twice, we predicted they would
provide more total text. However, because we were comparing books for
children of similar ages, we did not expect to find significant differences in
overall diversity or complexity of input. We then tested for language-specific
differences across book types. Because Codeswitching books have been shown
to have imbalances, we predicted that relative to Translation books, Co-
deswitching books would present richer English input, but fewer words and
less complex input in Spanish. We also considered differences in language
switching. We expected Codeswitching books would include more frequent
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higher mean target age than Translation books (M = 4.8, SD = 2.1; t (68.17) =
2.5, p = .02). With this age discrepancy, we would be unable to determine
whether any differences could be attributed to the type of book or differences in
the intended age (i.e., books for older children would be expected to be longer
and more complex). We therefore removed six books from each corpus to better
equate target age. In this comparison subset, there was no significant difference
in mean target age (Codeswitching: M = 5.56, SD = 1.23, Translation: M =
5.23, SD = 1.91; t (64.89) = 0.92, p = .36). In the results, we note which
analyses were performed using the full corpus versus the age-matched subset.
Measures
Language use measures. We used CLAN to compute measures of quantity, di-
versity, and complexity, as well as frequency and type of language switching. We
calculated all measures separately for each book and aggregated across books.
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Content measures
Frequent words. To test whether Translation and Codeswitching books focused
on different topics, we explored whether the same words appeared equally often
across the two types of books. Prior results with Codeswitching books suggested
different words tended to appear in English versus Spanish, with family words
being especially frequent in Spanish (Benitez et al., 2022), so we measured
frequencies separately for each language and calculated frequencies across each
corpus. We excluded function words and focused on the five most frequent nouns
in English and Spanish. To capture the use of different concepts, we collapsed across
close variants (e.g., plurals, diminutives) of individual words (e.g., mom, mommy,
and mother were all grouped together). This measure was designed to assess the
frequently mentioned concepts in each language in each type of book.
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Culturally relevant content. We coded each book for cultural content relevant
to Spanish-speaking communities, such as culturally specific food/drinks, attire,
or phrases. Two bicultural coders from a Mexican-American community in-
dependently coded all books and then compared their coding. Discrepancies
were resolved through discussion.
Reliability
Coders were trained and given practice tagging both within- and between-
utterance switching by transcribing two Codeswitching books that had pre-
viously been transcribed and checked by experienced coders. Once coders
achieved high reliability, they transcribed the books in our sample. After
transcription, we randomly selected six books to test inter-rater reliability.
We calculated reliability across six measures: number of utterances, number of
word tokens, number of word types, MLU, number of Spanish word tokens, and
number of Spanish utterances. Krippendorff’s alpha (Krippendorff, 2011) revealed
high inter-rater reliability (above 0.8) on all measures, with an average score of
0.977 (MLU = 0.992, total utterances = 0.904, total tokens = 0.996, total types =
0.997, number of Spanish tokens = 0.995, number of Spanish utterances = 0.977).
Results
In the first section, we describe the results from the full Translation corpus (N =
45). In the second section, we compare the input provided by Codeswitching
versus Translation books, using the age-matched subsets (N = 39 each).
Comparisons were conducted using chi-square goodness of fit tests and
paired and independent samples t-tests. Prior to analysis, all variables were
checked for normality. Several variables violated normality assumptions with
high skew and/or kurtosis. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were conducted on the
variables that violated normality assumptions. All analyses were conducted in R
version 4.0.5. Data and analysis scripts are available at https://osf.io/cbx3u/.
Figure 2. Comparisons of English vs. Spanish in Translation books. Means and standard errors for
number of (a) word tokens, (b) utterances, (c) word types, and (d) mean length of utterance
across English and Spanish text in Translation books. Dots represent individual picture books.
Asterisks indicate significant differences (*p < .05).
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Switching between languages. To further describe how the languages were used
together, we evaluated the frequency and types (within- or between-utterance) of
language switches. Comparisons were conducted via Wilcoxon signed ranks tests.
Translation books included an average of 23.0 between-utterance switches (SD =
24.1, range: 1 - 162). Approximately 32% of utterances occurred in a different
language than the prior utterance, and the vast majority of switches occurred be-
tween utterances (Figure 3).
Interestingly, although most books did not include within-utterance switches,
22% of Translation books (N = 10) included at least one mixed-language ut-
terance. None of the books originally published in English or published si-
multaneously in English and a bilingual format included within-utterance
switching. Instead, all books that included a within-utterance switch were
originally published in a bilingual format, and nearly half (10/21) of books
originally published in a bilingual format included at least one within-utterance
switch (M = 9.30, SD = 14.8, range: 1- 48). These mixed-language utterances
tended to be long (Mean MLU = 11.0, SD = 5.2, range: 1.5 - 18.2) compared to
single-language utterances and contained primarily English words (English: M =
9.9, SD = 5.2; Spanish: M = 1.1, SD = 0.2). Spanish words in mixed-language
utterances tended to be nouns, typically referring to people (e.g., mamá, abuela) or
culturally relevant places and things (e.g., loterı́a, barrio, see Supplemental Table).
Figure 4. Comparisons across Codeswitching and Translation books. Mean counts of (a) word
tokens, (b) utterances, (c) word types, and (d) mean length of utterances across book types,
divided by language. Error bars indicate standard errors of the mean when appropriate. Note that
only utterances could be classified as Mixed-language; word tokens and types were always coded as
English or Spanish.
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books [M = 7.7, SD = 2.7; t (76) = 12.52, p < .001]. In contrast, MLU for
mixed utterances was similar [Codeswitching: M = 9.1, SD = 5.7; Translation
books that included mixed utterances: M = 11.0, SD = 5.2; W = 136, p = .21].
Figure 5. Comparisons of language switching across Codeswitching and Translation books. Means
and standard errors for the number of (a) between-utterance switches and (b) within-utterance
switches found in Codeswitching and Translation books. Dots represent individual picture books.
Asterisks indicate significant differences (***p < .001).
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Table 1. Five Most Frequent English (top) and Spanish Nouns (bottom) Found in Codeswitching
Books (left side) and Translation Books (right side).
Top English nouns in Codeswitching books Top English nouns in Translation books
Top Spanish nouns in Codeswitching books Top Spanish nouns in Translation books
Translation books did not display this same stark contrast, but there were subtle
differences in how often the most frequent words occurred, even for books that
were supposedly direct translations. In Translation books, family names were
frequent in both languages, especially words referring to mothers and grand-
mothers. However, the absolute frequency differed, and both mamá and abuela were
more frequent than their English counterparts. In addition, some words occurred
more often in one language than the other, which may reflect the inexact nature of
translation, as well as cross-linguistic differences. For instance, some words are part
of compounds in one language (e.g., a veces vs sometimes), which could change counts.
Together, these results indicate that Translation books tended to include similar
topics across languages but were still more likely to present family words in Spanish.
Discussion
In this study, we described and compared the text found in two types of Spanish-
English bilingual picture books. Our first goal was to characterize the quantitative and
qualitative features of the text in Translation books that included the full narrative in
both English and Spanish. Our second goal was to compare how Translation books
differed in the presentation of English versus Spanish from Codeswitching books.
We found that Translation books offered relatively balanced use of English and
Spanish, with subtle cross-linguistic differences in the diversity of word use.
Furthermore, Translation books included frequent language switching between
utterances. Compared to Codeswitching books, Translation books contained greater
quantity and diversity of Spanish text, while Codeswitching books included larger
amounts and more variety of mixed-language input. Moreover, while both types of
books presented frequent changes in language, switches occurred in different forms.
Thus, we suggest that different types of books offer different input in each language
and that this input is distinct from typical patterns of spoken language.
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Spanish-English bilingual dyads in the U.S. (Bail et al., 2015). However, just as
there are individual differences in spoken language (Bail et al., 2015; Byers-
Heinlein, 2013; Carbajal and Peperkamp, 2020; Kremin et al., 2022; Vaughan-
Evans et al., 2020), we found variability in the frequency of codeswitching
across books: many books included even more frequent switching, while one
book included only a single switch.
are used, potentially signaling to children that some topics are more relevant for
one language (or culture) (Gutiérrez-Clellen et al., 2009). For example, the use
of Spanish for certain concepts (e.g., family members) is consistent with the
possibility that bilingual picture books may be designed to celebrate cultural
heritage and values important to Spanish-speaking communities, such as
familism (e.g., Sabogal et al., 1987; Stein et al., 2014).
In addition, the use of Spanish words in English sentences, but not the
reverse, could imply that it is more appropriate to use codeswitched words in
some contexts than others. Interestingly, the insertion of Spanish words into
English sentences is not consistent with patterns in children’s spoken language;
young Spanish-English bilinguals in the U.S. are more likely to switch into
English when speaking Spanish than to use Spanish words while speaking
English (Greene et al., 2013; Gutiérrez-Clellen et al., 2009; Montanari et al.,
2019; Ribot and Hoff, 2014; Tulloch and Hoff, 2023), again suggesting
English and Spanish are used differently in text versus speech. Switching
practices vary both within and between bilingual communities, and it may be
more or less accepted to mix languages together (Anderson and Toribio, 2007;
Hoff, 2020; Kircher et al., 2022; Montanari et al., 2019; Tulloch and Hoff,
2023). Thus, by including language switches at different levels, bilingual books
can expose children to language conventions, in addition to linguistic and
cultural content.
knowledge, no study has directly tested how language switching within the
text affects switching in extra-textual talk. Future research can determine
how different types of books influence children’s exposure to, or production
of, language switches. New studies can also explore how families use
different types of books to shape the child’s language environment.
The current study focused on books aimed at Spanish-English bilingual
children, a large and underserved population that stands to benefit from research
that outlines specific factors that promote the development of cultural and lin-
guistic knowledge (Bedore and Peña, 2008). However, the patterns we found in a
sample of Spanish-English bilingual books marketed in the U.S. may or may not
generalize to other language pairs or settings. For instance, research has compared
both families’ attitudes and the frequency of language switching across Spanish-
English bilingual communities in the U.S. and French-English bilingual com-
munities in Canada. In a Canadian context where both French and English are
used for education and official purposes, parents do not typically report major
concerns about their child learning two languages (Quirk et al., 2023), and they
have been found to switch between languages less often than Spanish-English
bilingual caregivers in the U.S. (Bail et al., 2015; Kremin et al., 2022). It is
possible that books written for different communities would reflect these pri-
orities and conventions, and future studies could compare the books available for
young children across a wider range of languages, scripts, and cultures. Inter-
estingly, while Translation books could feasibly be created for any combination of
languages, Codeswitching books may work best for languages that share a similar
writing system and for communities where codeswitching is more widely ac-
cepted, and future studies could consider how different types of books may be
more or less appropriate for children learning different types of languages.
Finally, it is also important to acknowledge that while we attempted to
describe books that would be available to families, there is likely to be wide
variability in individual children’s access to these or other similar materials, and
we did not analyze every book that they might read. The local libraries that
provided many of the books in this study were located in areas with large
populations of Spanish speakers, and these types of books may not be found in
all communities. Even if the books are available, this study does not tell us how
many families are choosing to read these books, and more importantly, we do
not have any measures of children’s learning. Going forward, new research
could directly assess the experiences that children have with different types of
books and test whether reading different books allows children to build their
knowledge in one or both of their languages.
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Implications
Bilingual language input is not the sum of two monolingual environments, and
research on spoken language has made significant progress in describing how
bilingual children may have different experiences with each of their languages
(e.g., De Houwer, 2007; Hoff, 2020; Marchman et al., 2017). However, much
less is known about how children experience their languages through literacy
materials and activities, despite the fact that early literacy experiences are con-
sidered foundational for school (Barnes and Puccioni, 2017; Castro and Barrera,
2019). The current study offers new insight into the diversity of child-directed
text in bilingual picture books and has implications for assessing what children
could extract from these books, including lessons about vocabulary, language use,
and cultural values. Our study provides a framework through which to evaluate
bilingual books across language pairs and communities in future investigations.
Finally, our study motivates future research that could examine how bilingual
parents, teachers, and children interact with the text in bilingual picture books.
Conclusions
Overall, the current study provides evidence that “bilingual books” are not a
uniform category, nor is one type of book likely to be definitively more
supportive of dual-language learning. Like monolingual books, the bilingual
books that we analyzed offer input that is linguistically distinct from everyday
child-directed spoken language (Bang et al., 2022; Cameron-Faulkner and
Noble, 2013; Montag et al., 2015; Salo et al., 2016), suggesting these books can
provide meaningful and distinct learning opportunities. However, our results
also illustrate that global measures may gloss over differences in the input that
children receive across their languages, and it is important to consider specific
targets for learning when evaluating how books can be used to facilitate bi-
lingual development. In addition, our findings emphasize that bilingual picture
books may offer children dense and varied experience with a key feature of
bilingual environments: language switching. Thus, a variety of bilingual picture
books can offer tools for exposing children to concepts, constructions, and
conventions that are not found in monolingual books or speech, thereby
presenting new opportunities to promote bilingual learning.
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Acknowledgements
We thank members of the ASU Learning and Development Lab and the UTEP Children’s
Learning Project, especially Lavender Probasco, Diana Morales Juarez, Diego Estrada,
and Mayew Quijas.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research,
authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant
from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
ORCID iD
Christine E Potter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9580-3919
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Appendix A
Publication
Book Author Publisher year Original language
A Disfrazarnos!/We Leonard Atlantic Gareth Stevens Pub 2017 Bilingual and English
Play Dress-up! (A
Jugar!/Ways to
Play)
A Movie in My Pillow/ Jorge Argueta Children’s Book 2001 Bilingual
Una Pelı́cula en Mi Press
Almohada
¡A Que No Me Bernard Most HarperCollins 1998 English
Alcanzas!/Catch Publishers
Me If You Can!
About Fish Sobre los Cathryn Sill Peachtree 2002 English
Peces A Guide for Publishers
Children/Una guı́a
para niños
Be Bold! Be Brave! Naibe Reynoso With All Press 2019 Bilingual
*Bebé, Vamos a Stephan Lomp Workman 2018 Bilingual and English
Comer!/Baby, Let’s Publishing
Eat! Company
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Publication
Book Author Publisher year Original language
Brown Bear, Brown Bill Martin Jr/Eric Doubleday and 1967 English
Bear, What Do Carle Company
You See?/Oso
Pardo, Oso Pardo,
¿Qué Ves Ahı́?
Book Fiesta! Pat Mora HarperCollins 2009 Bilingual
Celebrate Publishers
Children’s Day/
Book Day
Celebramos el Dı́a
de los Niños/El Dı́a
de los Libros
Buenos Modales en la Gloria Santos Powerkids Pr 2017 Bilingual and English
Biblioteca/Good
Manners at the
Library (Buenos
Modales/Manners
Matter)
Calm-Down Time/ Elizabeth Verdick Free Spirit 2010 English
Momento para Publishing
Calmarse
Carlota Shares her Maria Rosana Lil’ Libros 2021 Bilingual
Secret/Carlota Mestre
Cuenta su Secreto
Cinco Monitos Eileen Christelow HarperCollins 1989 English
Brincando en la Publishers
Cama/Five Little
Monkeys Jumping
on the Bed
*¿Dónde Está la Mem Fox HMH Books for 2004 English
Oveja Verde?/ Young Readers
Where Is the
Green Sheep?
Don’t Eat Me, Kyle Sullivan Hazy Dell Press 2018 Bilingual
Chupacabra!/¡No
Me Comas,
Chupacabra!
*Es Hora de Dormir/ Mem Fox HMH Books for 1993 English
Time for Bed Young Readers
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Book Author Publisher year Original language
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Book Author Publisher year Original language
Note. Asterisks denote books included in the full Translation corpus, but excluded from the age-matched subset
used in comparisons with Codeswitching books.