Legends of Puerto Rico for Kids: Bilingual Puerto Rican Folktales for Young Readers (English–Spanish Edition) (Legends of the World for Kids) - Softcover

Campos, Pedro

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798189559389

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Ten of Puerto Rico's most beloved legends, told side by side in English and Spanish.

From the coquí's nightly song to Juan Bobo's best-loved tricks, this book brings the island's most treasured stories to life — warm, gentle, and ready for bedtime reading, ages 6–9.

Inside, your child will meet:

• Juan Bobo, and the pig he dressed up for a wedding


• The coquí, and why its tiny song is heard nowhere else on Earth


• Yuisa, and the enchanted horse she freed without asking for anything back


• Guanina, and the friendship that bridged two very different worlds


• Atabey and Yúcahu, and the balance that first made the island a home


• The hummingbird, and the colors it earned through sheer determination


• Rafael, the lonely sentry who learned to see magic instead of loneliness


• Yagüeza, and the tree whose flowers became the island's own


• Camuy, and the glowing bay born from a single kindness


• Juan Bobo again, and the mandado that went wonderfully wrong

Every story appears in full on facing pages — English on one side, Spanish on the other — so the whole family can read together, whatever language feels most comfortable. Each chapter closes with a simple moral, and the back of the book includes a bilingual vocabulary section with exercises, so children build real reading confidence in both languages one story at a time.

Perfect for: Boricua families on the island and the mainland, bilingual classrooms, heritage-minded grandparents, and any child ages 6–9 who loves a good story.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798189559389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76