Travel Ready: Spanish Kids’ Books to Explore the World

This colorful series will take you and your little one on a trip to explore a new city in both English and Spanish! Each board book dives into the sights, sounds, and people of a different Latin American city. Use this series as your tour guide to learn about an amazing new culture! Each book includes a glossary of regional vocabulary to learn together.

Oaxaca Havana Tegucigalpa Lima San Juan Santo Domingo Bogotá (and more!)

A sweet and simple story about caring for each other and our planet. This book will teach your child about working together and learning about each other’s differences. With colorful illustrations and diverse children depicted, this title is a top pick for encouraging community in young kids.

This vocabulary-rich book will teach you and your kids about the poles, tropical rainforests, deserts, and oceans. You’ll read about earthquakes, volcanoes, and even different types of weather around the globe. A wonderful first book about our amazing planet!

A bilingual title exploring the ocean with our five senses! Follow along as a little girl makes discoveries around her on a visit to the ocean with her family. If you’re heading out on a first trip to the ocean, start with this bilingual book.

This Shine-A-Light book has a hidden picture behind each page. As you and your child explore fun information about different landforms (deserts, mountains, or tropical forests to name a few) around Earth, you’ll discover a question about each. Shine the light behind the page to reveal the hidden answer (like “What do you see behind the clouds?”). All three of my children have thoroughly enjoyed this interactive book.

An incredible and beautifully-illustrated atlas just for kids! Dive into learning about each continent, countries of the world, and the most interesting facts about culture, animals, food, even sports! Your kids will love the pictures and a flags of the world section at the back. Our family’s favorite atlas.

If you have to pick one book to check out from this post, this is it! This incredible nonfiction book explores how people live across our globe. You’ll discover how people shop, ways kids go to school or play outside, and how people celebrate different festivals. With gorgeous illustrations and fun facts from countries spanning from Colombia to China. This is a multicultural family favorite you’ll reach for often!

Because beaches are popular travel destinations, I’ve included a few books to discover Spanish ocean vocabulary. This pick helps ocean-loving kids learn about glowing jellyfish, sharks, narwhals, and seagrass. It includes fascinating facts about ocean plants and animals, as well as ways we can help them.

From Egypt to China or Spain, this book of stories explores food, meal time, and choosing to eat healthy across the world. Get your globe out as you meet new friends and discover delicious new foods.

Ever wondered about the geysers in Iceland? Or wanted to learn more about the Mayan cultures of Mexico? This world atlas will take your family on an excursion throughout the world! It includes 55 maps of 46 countries and 6 continents.

A unique atlas of greetings around the world! This title will teach you how to say hello to people all over our planet. It explores more than 150 languages, their pronunciation, hieroglyphs, sign language, and even writing systems. A language lover’s top choice!