My first bilingual children's book is out and available. Yippee. It is thrilling because while my children's stories have been translated, a bilingual book serves many purposes: helping with language learning, enabling families to participate in reading, use in schools for developing a second language and showing respect for another language and culture. This book is English/Spanish. And, it has other key features: it is on indestructible paper so it can be used by several classes and wiped clean and with very young children (sort of like cloth books in my era or board books but better); it is a book that can and should be read and re-read and it works in a circle in a sense, playing hide and seek again and again. It has tips for adult readers to enable them to enhance the reading with their children/students/ friends/relatives. Finally, it deals with object constancy, something of critical importance to children who struggle with trauma. It is a book for the holidays and thereafter. Enjoy and learn and play. …see more