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Award-Winning Bilingual Books for Children

Children’s Book Press was the first independent press in the United States to focus on publishing children’s literature by and about people of color. Starting in 1975, Children’s Book Press promoted shared experiences of cultures that have been historically underrepresented or misrepresented in literature for children.

The list of notable titles published by CBP is extensive. Award winners include:
I see the rhythm (Coretta Scott Award Illustrator Award)
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (Jane Addams Children’s Book Award)
A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada (Américas Book Award)
and several Pura Belpré Award Honor winners:
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno
Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia
The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos
From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems/Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano

“Over the course of many years directing Children’s Book Press, I was very happy to witness the flowering of Lee & Low as a major independent publisher of multicultural books for all our children. Quite simply, Lee & Low does innovative, courageous work. My heart rests easy in the knowledge that the legacy of Children’s Book Press will live on with Lee & Low.” —Harriet Rohmer, Founder, Children’s Book Press

In 2012, Children’s Book Press became an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS. The imprint continues to publish picture books featuring a wide range of diverse cultures, with an emphasis on bilingual English/Spanish titles. High-quality bilingual books help build a solid foundation to achieve literacy in any language while affirming and validating a child’s identity, culture, and home language. Through the CBP imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, Children’s Book Press’s important mission to promote bilingualism, literacy, and education lives on.

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Children's Book Press History
When Harriet Rohmer founded Children's Book Press in 1975 with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, she established the country’s first publisher to focus exclusively on quality multicultural and bilingual literature for children.
Children's Book Press Testimonials
Testimonials supporting the acquisition of Children's Book Press as an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS.

Selected Children's Book Press Products Now Available

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The Closet Ghosts

Uma Krishnaswami

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The Harvest Birds / Los pájaros de la cosecha

Blanca López de Mariscal

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¡Los Zombis no comen verduras!

Jorge Lacera

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Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!

Jorge Lacera

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Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

Gloria Anzaldúa

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Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno

Francisco X. Alarcón

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Tan to Tamarind

Malathi Iyengar

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Los Bravos

Jorge Lacera

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The Wild Ones

Megan Lacera

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El cuarto turquesa / The Turquoise Room

Monica Brown

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