Muu, Moo - Rimas de Animals

Setting	Various places
Plot	This book features a bilingual collection of traditional animal nursery rhymes from Spain, Latin America and the United States. A full-page introduction in English and Spanish tells the reader how and why these particular poems were chosen.
Illustrations, Writing Style	Brown-skinned children interact with animals of all varieties. The poems are expertly chosen from Spanish-speaking countries. Rather than translate them, the authors have chosen to give interpretations of the meanings and the effect is lovely.
Theme(s)	Animals are the same in any language!
Characterizations	These are poems from other countries so it stands to reason there are no white children depicted in this book.
Programming Connections	Muu, Moo is a book parents and children will enjoy together. It would be really useful for the librarian to keep this book in the storytime room and when the session runs short, a selection or two could be read from this book.
Personal Response	This is a great book! The poems are all about animals and you can’t go wrong with that! Kids of all races in all countries are drawn toward animals and the rhymes chosen should be considered classics. These are tender and humorous rhymes that can help create some strong bonds of communication between the languages represented. I am anxious to order the author’s other books, Pio, Peep and Merry Navidad.