Spanish-English Bilingual Families’ Access to Children’s Books in Spanish

With over 5.3 million children under 8 years old in the U.S. learning both Spanish and English, many face the risk of losing their home language. Book-reading activities play a critical role in promoting early language and literacy growth. The current study examines Spanish-English dual language learners’ (DLLs) access to Spanish-language books and how this might be related to individual and contextual factors (i.e., income, parental beliefs, and local multilingualism).