This week Google updated its homepage to feature a Doodle inspired by Lotería. https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-loteria
If you haven’t played it yet, visit Google and then you can read one, two or all of these children’s books to your niños. Let’s play lotería!
Playing Loteria /El juego de la
Written by René Colato Laínez
Illustrated by Jill Arena
Together a little boy and his grandma discover a world of language and realize that loved ones have special ways of understanding each other.
Written by Kathleen Contreras
Illustrated by Margaret Lindmark
This bilingual story shows the importance of family and of reading, while also emphasizing the rewards of passing along cultural traditions. Beautiful illustrations portray the moving story of Bela and her grandma, who love to tell stories, braid hair, and play lotería with the family: Our stories, like our braids, bind us forever.
By Artemio Rodriguez
In this bilingual (Spanish/English) very early reader, Little Lalo receives inspiration from the famous Mexican loteríagame. Since Lalo is the King of Things and three years old besides, he plays the cards and counts as his possessions the sun, the moon, a lion, a fish, a clown, a train, the crown on his head. Each card in Lalo’s kingdom has its own page, illustrated with a playful brightly colored woodcut.
Loteria: First Words / Primeras Palabras
Written by Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein
Illustrated by Citlali Reyes
Introduce your little one to one of the oldest games of chance, Loteria, as you teach them their first English and Spanish words! Learn el gallo (the rooster), la luna (the moon), el corazón (the heart), and more.