Spanish Nursery Rhymes

Pío Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes

selected by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy

adapted into English by Alice Schertle

illustrated by Viví Escrivá

A bilingual collection of traditional rhymes that celebrate Spanish and Latin American heritage. The introduction explains that the English versions are poetic recreations rather than straight translations, but it does not detract from the spirit of each rhyme. Accompanied by cheerful, full-colour illustrations. An excerpt follows.

Cinco pollitos

Cinco pollitos

tiene mi tía:

Uno le canta,

otro le pía

y tres le tocan la chirimía.

Five little chicks

Rum-a-tum-tum, whistles and sticks,

my auntie makes music with five little chicks:

One is a singer,

another can hum,

three play the melody, run-a-tum-tum.