La Bloga: Arrorró, Mi Niño - review by Gina MarySol Ruiz

“Do you remember those songs your abuelos used to sing? Or maybe it was your parents. Or a tia or tio. Someone in your family used to sing those silly little songs, those funny Spanish rhymes that made no sense except to make you smile. Maybe it was you. Maybe you chanted, “dale, dale, dale”¦” whenever there was a piñata to break, or maybe you sing Los Pollitos to your little baby. I know I did. I had an amazing abuelos who taught me silly rhymes and lullabies and I in turn taught them by singing them to my children and now my grandchildren. I still sing, “los pollitos dicen, pio, pio, pio” to my grandchildren and they love it. My granddaughter Jasmine will ask for the “chickie song” and my grandson Aiden will say “peep peep” the minute he hears me start to sing it. These songs, rhymes and lullabies are important to us as a family. They are our traditions and our memories past and future. Imagine my great pleasure in finding this book Arrorró, Mi Niño – Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games in my local bookstore.”

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