Please meet Amy Moore. Amy is the owner of Great Books for Children. She is also a blogger, and most important of all, she is a mom to a young son and daughter.

Meet Amy Moore, Owner of Great Books for Children and mother of two darling kids.

When asked how she got started with her on-line bookstore for kids, Amy answered:

“Here’s a little about how/why I started my business:
Books have always been my greatest passion. When I reread some of them, I feel like I’m in the company of an old friend. I was elated to find that my children feel the same wide-eyed wonder I do when they open a book. The more beautiful, the more they love it. I was laid off during my second maternity leave, and I decided to leave the long hours of the IT world behind. I love selling books because it allows me to spend time with my family and my children always love reading the newest titles I get in stock.” Her kids are lucky to have their mom with them and to have access to all of the beautiful books that she reads and sells.

Here is one of Amy’s blogs-

Spanish Bilingual Books for Preschoolers or Early Readers

It seems that bilingual preschools are becoming more and more popular, and dual immersion elementary schools are far from unique. I live in Texas and here it is normal for young children to pop back and forth between languages as they speak. I envy that, as I would not call myself fluent in Spanish. Neither are my preschoolers, but we’re planning on enrolling them in the Spanish immersion program at our neighborhood school.
I’ve begun to really look at the literature available in bilingual formats – Spanish on one side of the page and English on the other. I love the picture books that come like this. Using context clues to figure out words is fun in English. It’s even more exciting in Spanish!
Here are some of the benefits to bilingual books for preschoolers :
It can make verb conjugation less confusing. Learning verbs as they act in a sentence may be easier for some students than learning the infinitive form and then try to learn all the grammar rules. While that will have to come later as they become more literate, that’s not how children natively learn language. They learn by conversational discourse, and books mimic that.
It can help the child get more excited about learning the language.
It can help the parent feel more involved at school, especially when the parents are not bilingual themselves.
Even if you are not trying to raise a child who is fluent in a second language, it can help you raise your children’s multicultural awareness. Talking about differences in language can spurn all types of lessons!
It’s fun.

I’ve always thought that my bilingualism is the most precious gift my parents gave me, since it has made my life much easier. It helps me to relate to others, to stand out and to find jobs more easily. – from an interview with Isabel Gay

Mom to Madre is proud to be listed on Amy’s website under the heading “Current Fundraisers” on the right hand column. Every book purchased though the Mom to Madre link will bring us books! Twenty-five percent of the purchase price will be given to Mom to Madre as books. Since we donate books to families with young children, this is an exciting new opportunity. Thanks Amy and Great Books for Children!

The darling book featured here is titled: Bear in Sunshine/ Oso bajo el sol By Stella Blackstone and Debbie Harter. It is a Barefoot English/Spanish Bilingual Book.