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
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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