Burrito (also known as The Mosquito Burrito) is a winner for parents who want to sneak some language learning into storytime without it feeling like a chore. It’s silly, it rhymes, and it uses a familiar narrative structure to make Spanish vocabulary accessible to kids who have never heard the language before.

While it doesn't reinvent the wheel of children's literature, it hits the 'fun' notes hard enough that it'll likely end up in the heavy rotation pile. It's the kind of book that builds the language comprehension strands of the reading rope through rich, contextual vocabulary and narrative structure.