Start-Up Libraries

Ready-made classroom libraries support students at all literacy levels
These grade-level libraries provide students with access to a wide range of Spanish-language titles—including classics, authentic works, and best-selling books—that cover a wide array of instructional themes, content-area topics, and text types suitable for all grade and proficiency levels.
Bring the very best Spanish-language titles into your classroom! Each Start-Up Library includes:
• Lesson Plans
• Award-winning books, authors, and illustrators from Latin America and Spain ... and Latinos in the US
• Literary classics, Spanish-language classics, authentic titles, and best-selling translations
• A wide range of instructional themes, content-area topics, and text types for all grade and proficiency levels
Product Details
  • Grade Level(s): PreK, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
  • Language(s): Spanish, Spanish/English
Themes & Content Areas
  • Action and Adventure
  • Agriculture
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Animals
  • Arts
  • City and Town Life
  • Courage and Freedom
  • Courage and Freedom and Freedom
  • Creativity
  • Cultural Identity
  • Diversity
  • Early Learning Concepts
  • Earth and Space Exploration
  • Exploration and Discovery
  • Family
  • Fantasy and Magic
  • Freedom
  • Friendship
  • Growing Up
  • Health and Well-Being
  • History
  • Hobbies
  • Honesty
  • Horror
  • Humor
  • Identity
  • Inventions
  • Jobs and Careers
  • Justice
  • Kindness
  • Leadership and Teamwork
  • Leadership and Teamwork and Teamwork
  • Loyalty
  • Making a Difference
  • Maps
  • Math
  • Nature
  • Personal Development
  • Politics and Government
  • Prehistoric World
  • Problem Solving
  • Reference
  • Responsibility
  • School
  • Self Awareness and Self-Esteem
  • Solidarity
  • Solving Conflicts
  • Spanish Language Arts
  • Special Needs
  • Sports
  • Subjects
  • Teamwork
  • Technology
  • Traditions and Customs
  • Traditions and Customs and Customs
  • Travel
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Spanish as a World Language
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Text Types & Genres
  • Bilingual Dictionary / English-Spanish
  • Information Text / Literary Nonfiction / Argumentative
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Arts
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Biography
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Expository
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / History
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Poetry
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Science
  • Informational Text / Literary Nonfiction / Social Studies
  • Informational Text / Technical
  • Informational Text / Technical / Science
  • Literature / Drama
  • Literature / Poetry
  • Literature / Poetry / Free Verse Poem
  • Literature / Poetry / Narrative Poem
  • Literature / Poetry / Nursery Rhyme
  • Literature / Stories
  • Literature / Stories / Fables
  • Literature / Stories / Fantasy
  • Literature / Stories / Folktales
  • Literature / Stories / Graphic Novels
  • Literature / Stories / Historical Fiction
  • Literature / Stories / Legends
  • Literature / Stories / Mysteries
  • Literature / Stories / Realistic Fiction
  • Literature / Stories / Science Fiction
  • Phonics Reader
  • Spanish Picto-Dictionary
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Available Packs
Featured Titles
Book Reviews
Title: El oso cansado

School Library Journal starred review

“A whimsical and charming play set cleverly as a picture book to engage children who are comfortable with the Spanish language.”

Title: A lomo de cuento por Colombia: el hijo del Sol y de la Luna

School Library Journal starred review

“A multifaceted and informative volume that will enrich folktale and Spanish-language collections. Highly recommended.”

Title: El viaje de Frederick: la vida de Frederick Douglass

Kirkus Reviews

"A fittingly inspirational tribute to a most praiseworthy man."

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