Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month | Resources
October is Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month! This month recognizes bilingual children. A person who is bilingual knows two or more languages and is part of multiple cultures. Language Lizard established “Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month” in 2006 in order to recognize the special contributions of bilingual children. Language Lizard strives to “encourage literacy, parental involvement, and celebrate the children who work so hard to learn a second language.” Learn more about Language Lizard here.
Below are some of our resources (book lists and IG live interviews with authors) for children and families to learn more about bilingual children’s experiences and to support bilingualism!
For more, visit our page on Diverse Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents.
Book Lists
- All Done Monkey: Learn Chinese with Mandarin Picture Books
- Read Your World Book Jam 2018: Cozy Bilingual Bedtime Picture Books
- All Done Monkey: Bilingual Books for Kids to Learn Spanish
- PragmaticMom: Top 10 Bilingual Spanish Books for Kids
- All Done Monkey: Bilingual Art Books for Kids
- Read Your World Book Jam 2018: Middle Grade Spanish/English Bilingual Books
- The Platypus Media Editorial Team: Cozy Bilingual Picture Books
- All Done Monkey: New Bilingual Books for Kids of All Ages
- PragmaticMom: Top 10 Bilingual Spanish Picture Books
- All Done Monkey: Latino Bedtime Stories
- PragmaticMom: Picture Book of the Day, Bilingual Spanish
- All Done Monkey: Bilingual Board Books
- PragmaticMom: Top 10 Wonderful Bilingual Spanish Picture Books
- Vamos a Leer: 10 Bilingual Children’s Books about Immigration
- PragmaticMom: Favorite Bilingual Picture Books at #DiverseKidLit Linky
- PragmaticMom: Bilingual Japanese Books for Kids
- Colours of Us: 70+ Picture Books about Mixed Race Families
- PragmaticMom: Picture Books with Blended Families
Find our list of Bilingual Books for Kids here.
Instagram Live Interviews
For more interviews, check out our IG Live Interview Series.
2023 Celebration of the Bilingual Child Month Virtual Event
Blog Posts
- Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month (2023)
- Bridging Cultures: The Power of Bilingual Books in Bilingual Child Month
- Bilingual Books To Aid in Post-Pandemic Social and Emotional Learning
- Bilingual Read Alouds – The Power of Bilingual, Personalized Picture Books
- Bringing Bilingual Students Back-To-School
- Being Bilingual by Sonia Kermen
- Going Global with the “What’s That?” A Ghanaian bilingual book series
- Bilingual Personalized Children’s Books that Reflect Today’s Families
- Booklandia: Where the World of Bilingual and Spanish Books is Closer than you Think!
- Middle Grade Spanish/English Bilingual Books
- Cozy Bilingual Bedtime Picture Books
- Bilingual Books for Kids
- Learn About Myths and Legends with The Children of Lir
- Language Spotlight: Russian and Ukrainian
- Tips and Resources for Teaching Teen ESL Students
- 3 Ways to Support Language Learning on International Mother Language Day
- Who is Language Lizard?
- A Language Spotlight on Cherokee Language
- Afghanistan’s Languages: Dari and Pashto
- Women in World Folktales and Fables
- New Picture Book About A Child’s Immigration Experience
- Learn English Idioms with New Multicultural & Multilingual Book Series!
- La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey With Papa by Deborah Mills and Alfredo Alva
- La Familia Cool: A Visit with Author Dania Santana
- Multicultural Book Series Celebrates Diversity, Kindness, and Friendship
- Calming First Day of Language Immersion School Worries (Guest Post by Susanne Aspley)
- Why learning a Foreign Language in Elementary School is Important