In this post: The best books available to support your bilingual and bicultural parenting.
Bilingual parenting takes grit, consistency, patience, and courage. It’s a journey. Often one that spans decades.
The following authors, and bilingual parenting experts, can support your bilingual parenting strategy, mindset and motivation.
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Maximize your Child’s Bilingual Ability
- Beck, Adam (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 310 Pages – 04/17/2016 (Publication Date) – Bilingual Adventures (Publisher)
This title is full of highly tangible and practical tips for day-to-day bilingual parenting. From how to increase exposure, to maintaining healthy and realistic expectations, this is a very easy, yet impactful read.
Adam’s story is very inspiring, and you can read more about his OPOL (One Parent One Language) approach to raising bilingual kids in Japan in his guest post on our blog.
- Bellas, Maritere Rodriguez (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 166 Pages – 03/09/2016 (Publication Date) – CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (Publisher)
This is a wonderful book for families raising bicultural children. Written by Maritere Rodriguez Bellas, an extremely influential voice for Latino immigrant parents navigating two languages and cultures.
Mari was born and raised in Puerto Rico, but raised her own bilingual children in the United States. She has a wealth of knowledge, and a dear friend and mentor to our founder Corrie Wiik.
Her book provides real talk and extremely helpful advice for parents struggling to balance two cultures, the emotional turmoil, and tips for adapting and coping with the ‘American way’.
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- Bourgogne, Annika (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 182 Pages – 12/09/2013 (Publication Date) – Annika Bourgogne (Publisher)
This book, by author Annika Bourgogne, provides plenty of practical tips as well as research based advice for raising bilingual children.
She focuses on the joy in the process and how to transition the child into an active bilingual. Her strategies are very tangible as she creates every-day examples for target language use.
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Bilingual Success Stories Around the World
- Beck, Adam (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 252 Pages – 07/17/2021 (Publication Date) – Bilingual Adventures (Publisher)
Another excellent title by Adam Beck. This book features 26 families raising multilingual kids. It is an honest and authentic account of their bilingual parenting success stories.
The short stories within the book focus on the best strategies and methods for raising active bilingual kids.
The book celebrates the families who share their journeys, while also conveying the reality of the ups and downs along the way.
- Audible Audiobook
- Daniel J. Siegel M.D. (Author) – Daniel J. Siegel M.D., Tina Payne Bryson (Narrators)
- English (Publication Language)
- 12/06/2022 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Although not specifically linked to bilingualism, this is a must-read for new parents.
It is truly eye-opening and helps you understand how your child’s brain is wired so you can better support their development.
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Founder of the Llamitas Spanish® Curriculum and former Spanish teacher. Corrie holds two Master Degrees in Spanish and Education. She lives in San Diego, California with her husband and two bilingual children.