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The birthday celebration continues! As a thank you for all the support our readers have given us throughout our first year, we’re celebrating by giving away books! We’ve already given away copies of three books to three lucky winners, and you could be next! Every week we’ll be giving away a copy of one of our first seven books, so be sure to check our website at least once a week!

Today we’re so pleased to announce the winner of our third giveaway, Marta (from English Barna) has won a copy of our very first Bilingual Readers products, Marina and the Little Green Boy/Marina y el niño verde. We hope you have lots of fun adventures with Marina and her little green friend!

We’re also thrilled to announce our next giveaway in our birthday celebration. Marina and the Little Green Boy: In the City/Marina y el niño verde: en la ciudad is the second book in this collection of bilingual books about two friends from different cultures which, believe it or not, have a lot to learn from one another. Antonio Vicente’s hilarious story and Miguel Ordóñez’s remarkable illustrations make this book an instant favorite with children. And the story doesn’t end here–next fall the little green boy will try his luck at school!

So how can you win a copy of Marina and the Little Green Boy: In the City/Marina y el niño verde: en la ciudad? It’s easy to earn multiple entries by doing one or more of the following:

• Become a fan of Bilingual Readers on Facebook and/or help us get the word out about this giveaway by posting a link to this page on your facebook page.
• Follow us on Twitter and retweet this post with a link to our webpage.
• Subscribe to our blog by email or RSS.
• Sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter here.
• Leave a comment on our blog or website to tell us what you like about Bilingual Readers.
• Post an entry about the giveaway on your blog or webpage (be sure to include a link to this page).

Remember that you’ll receive one entry for each of the options above, so the more you spread the word, the more chances you have to win! The deadline for our fourth giveaway ends at midnight (CEST) on Sunday June 27th. We’ll announce the fourth winner in our giveaway extravaganza on Monday June 28th. Good luck and be sure to tell a friend!

The birthday celebration continues! As a thank you for all the support our readers have given us throughout our first year, we’re celebrating by giving away books! We’ve already given away copies of two books to two lucky winners, and you could be next! Every week we’ll be giving away a copy of one of our first seven books, so be sure to check our website at least once a week!

Today we’re so pleased to announce the winner of our second giveaway, Gemma Rodríguez has won a copy of our very first Bilingual Readers products, Sea Animals/Animales del mar and Jungle Animals/Animales de la selva. We hope you and your little ones have a great time learning about the animal kingdom in English and Spanish with this precious set of board books.

We’re also thrilled to announce our next giveaway in our birthday celebration. Marina and the Little Green Boy/Marina y el niño verde is the first title in a bilingual series about two friends from different cultures which, believe it or not, have a lot to learn from one another. Antonio Vicente’s hilarious story and Miguel Ordóñez’s remarkable illustrations make this book an instant favorite with children. But the story doesn’t stop with with the first book. Marina and the little green boy’s adventures In the City were published in March, and the little green boy will try out his luck at school in the fall of 2010.

So how can you win a copy of Marina and the Little Green Boy/Marina y el niño verde? It’s easy to earn multiple entries by doing one or more of the following:

• Become a fan of Bilingual Readers on Facebook and/or help us get the word out about this giveaway by posting a link to this page on your facebook page.
• Follow us on Twitter and retweet this post with a link to our webpage.
• Subscribe to our blog by email or RSS.
• Sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter here.
• Leave a comment on our blog or website to tell us what you like about Bilingual Readers.
• Post an entry about the giveaway on your blog or webpage (be sure to include a link to this page).

Remember that you’ll receive one entry for each of the options above, so the more you spread the word, the more chances you have to win! The deadline for our second giveaway ends at midnight (CEST) on Thursday June 17th. We’ll announce the third winner in our giveaway extravaganza on Friday June 18th. Good luck and be sure to tell a friend!

As many of you know, we recently celebrated our first birthday! As a thank you for all the support our readers have given us throughout our first year, we want to celebrate by giving away some books! Every week we’ll be giving away a copy of one of our first seven books, so be sure to check our website at least once a week!

We’re so pleased to announce the winner of our first giveaway, Blanca Alonso has won a copy of our very first Bilingual Readers products, Easy Alphabet! / ¡Abecedario fácil! We hope you and your little ones have a great time learning the alphabet in English and Spanish with this adorable box set.

We’re also thrilled to announce our next giveaway in our birthday celebration. Sea Animals/Animales del mar and Jungle Animals/Animales de la selva is a beautiful two book set of bilingual books for toddlers. Each sturdy board book contains a slew of Mike Lowery’s fabulous illustrations, which will teach your little on all about the animal world.

So how can you win a copy of Sea Animals/Animales del mar and Jungle Animals/Animales de la selva? It’s easy to earn multiple entries by doing one or more of the following:

• Become a fan of Bilingual Readers on Facebook and/or help us get the word out about this giveaway by posting a link to this page on your facebook page.
• Follow us on Twitter and retweet this post with a link to our webpage.
• Subscribe to our blog by email or RSS.
• Sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter here.
• Leave a comment on our blog or website to tell us what you like about Bilingual Readers.
• Post an entry about the giveaway on your blog or webpage (be sure to include a link to this page).

Remember that you’ll receive one entry for each of the options above, so the more you spread the word, the more chances you have to win! The deadline for our second giveaway ends at midnight (CEST) on Wednesday June 9th. We’ll announce the second winner in our giveaway extravaganza on Thursday June 10th. Good luck!

As we’ve already said, Bilingual Readers won’t have its own stand at this year’s Feria del Libro in Madrid, but that doesn’t mean our books won’t be there. Here’s a list of stands where our friends will be happy to sell you any and all of the first seven books in our catalog. Have fun and we’ll see you there!

Librería LA MAR DE LETRAS - Stand 31

Librería PEDAGÓGICA - Stand 38

Librería BIBLIOKETA - Stand 41

Librería KIRIKÚ Y LA BRUJA - Stand 45

Librería EL DRAGÓN LECTOR - Stand 58

Librería GAZTAMBIDE - Stand 68

Librería AL-HAKAM - Stand 80

Librería SANZ Y TORRES -Stands 87 and 88

Librería BLAS - Stand 106

Librería SALAMANCA - Stand 130

Librería ÁRBOL DE LAS LETRAS - Stand 154

Librería NEBLÍ - Stand 175

Librería FÁBULA - Stand 221

Remember there will be lots of fun activities for children in the Pavilion run by Fundación Mapfre and the “Al calor de los libros” Pavilion.

We’ll see you in the Retiro!

One year ago this week we launched www.bilingualreaders.com. As a thank you for all the support our readers have given us throughout our first year, we want to celebrate by giving away some books! Every week we’ll be giving away a copy of one of our first seven books, so be sure to check our website at least once a week!

This week we’re kicking off our giveaway extravaganza with one of our very first bilingual books: Easy Alphabet / ¡Abecedario fácil!, one of the coolest ways we know of to learn the alphabet in both English and Spanish.

So how can you win a copy of Easy Alphabet! / ¡Abecedario fácil!? It’s easy to earn multiple entries by doing one or more of the following:

• Become a fan of Bilingual Readers on Facebook and/or help us get the word out about this giveaway by posting a link to this page on your facebook page.
• Follow us on Twitter and retweet this post with a link to our webpage.
• Subscribe to our blog by email or RSS.
• Sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter here.
• Leave a comment on our blog or website to tell us what you like about Bilingual Readers.
• Post an entry about the giveaway on your blog or webpage (be sure to include a link to this page).

Remember that you’ll receive one entry for each of the options above, so the more you spread the word, the more chances you have to win! The deadline for our first giveaway ends at midnight (CEST) on Tuesday June 1st. We’ll announce the first winner in our giveaway extravaganza on Wednesday June 2nd. Good luck!

Next Sunday April 25th we’ll be participating in the second annual edition of the Kids in Madrid Fair. This unique children’s fair provides information on English language activities, camps, theater, extracurricular activities and much more. Throughout the day there will be workshops, raffles, theater, games, contests and music.

We had a great time at last year’s fair, and we look forward to seeing many of you there on Sunday!

As of tomorrow afternoon and all weekend long Bilingual Readers will be participating in the EsconDITE DITE Fair, an independent design fair for children. We are thrilled to be showing a selection of our books among all the other great independent designers!

This unique fair was organized to allow children and their families to enjoy all the wonderful independent designs made just for them. The fair’s organizers are firm believers in the fact that children are much more prepared to enjoy this sort of fair than we give them credit for.

Where? In the old Cines Luna building, in the Plaza de Soledad Torres Acosta, in the center of Madrid. (Metro Callao)

When? April 9th from 10 am to 2 pm the fair will only be open to the press, but the doors open to the public from 2 pm to 9 pm.

On Saturday April 10th the fair opens from 11:00 am to 9 pm and Sunday April 11th we’ll be there from 11 am to 8 pm.

Who? Families with children of all ages who enjoy great design.

Online you can find all the information and a program of activities.

The fair will also be promoting the launch of Tim Burton’s film version of Alice in Wonderland with a contest for the best hat based on the Mad Hatter.

We’ll see you there!

Every spring thousands of children’s publishers, authors, illustrators, translators and other professionals come together in the world’s most important children’s book fair in Bologna, Italy. During four hectic days Bologna is transformed into a children’s publishing mecca, where the industry comes together to meet, greet, buy and sell rights, see new global trends, inspire and be inspired.

We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be participating in this year’s fair as part of the Spanish stand. We’ve booked our tickets and one of the few hotel rooms left in Bologna, so now we’re just counting down until March 23rd when all the fun begins. If any of our readers will be attending the fair, we’d love to meet up and get to know you face to face. Just send us a note to info[at]bilingualreaders.com or stop buy our stand (Pavillion 29, B19)! We can’t wait to meet you there!

We had a great time this Saturday at the bilingual storytime and craft session at El Hada Trabalenguas. Our good friends Martha Pipkin and Philip Quarterman did a fabulous job of bringing the new adventures of Marina and the Little Green Boy: In the City alive, and kids and parents alike had a blast creating their own cities afterward. Here are a few pictures in case you missed it. Thanks again to Maísa and Vero for hosting the event!

In honor of Marina and the Little Green Boy: In the City, the second title in the Marina and the Little Green Boy series, this Saturday February 6th at 6:30 pm we’ll be holding a bilingual storytime and craft session at an adorable new children’s bookshop in Madrid called El Hada Trabalenguas. If you’ve never been there before (click to see a map), Saturday would be a great time to check it out with your kids and pick up your copy of both Marina and the Little Green Boy books. This activity is free for children aged 5 through 8, and all you have to do is call Maísa from the bookshop at 91 578 38 08 to reserve a spot. See you there!