Bilingual picture books · Ages 3–6

Maya y Chiwy

Bilingual stories from the llano, made with cariño.

Join Maya la Guacamaya — a brave little macaw with the colors of home on her wings — and Chiwy el Chigüire, the calmest capybara in the llano, on adventures that carry home wherever you go. ¡A volar!

Maya the scarlet macaw flying over the sea, carrying words and songs in her morral
Every word she finds, she carries home
Los Libros · The Books

Three stories to start the adventure

Each book stands alone — together they build a shelf your familia will read for years. English + Español, the way bilingual homes really talk.

Libro 1 Cover of ¿Por Qué Vuela Maya? — Maya flies over the capybara family under the yellow araguaney tree

¿Por Qué Vuela Maya?

Why Does Maya Fly?

A tender story about familia, migration, and carrying home with you — with the beautiful word every bilingual family needs: extrañar.

Bilingual EN·ES Ages 3–6 Familia & Home
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Libro 2 Cover of La Arepa Gigante — the whole familia gathers around the biggest golden arepa ever made

La Arepa Gigante

The Giant Arepa

The budare broke and the fiesta is TODAY. A delicious story about teamwork — with a real make-your-own-arepitas recipe inside. ¡Trabajo en equipo!

Bilingual EN·ES Ages 3–6 Teamwork + Recipe
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Libro 3 Cover of Un Puente de Alas — a sky full of birds flying home to help

Un Puente de Alas

A Bridge of Wings

When home needs help, the sky fills with wings. A hopeful story about community — including Chiwy's floating breath, a real calm-down tool for little ones.

Bilingual EN·ES Ages 3–6 Helping & Calm
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Bajo Mi Sombra cover — Nena tucked into the glowing roots of the araguaney tree at night Próximamente
Keepsake

Bajo Mi Sombra

A book of blessings for little dreamers — the one you'll give at every baby shower.

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Valores

El Secreto Pesado

Secrets are heavy. ¡La verdad pesa menos! A story about telling the truth.

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Valores

El Amigo Tranquilo

Still water shows your true face. A story about being yourself and making friends.

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Grandes Aventuras

Kerepakupai Merú

An adventure to Angel Falls — the waterfall so tall the water becomes sky.

Meet la Familia

The friends of El Llano Alegre

Hover over each pana to hear what they'd say. (Go ahead — try it.)

¡A volar!
Maya la Guacamaya flying with her woven morral
The Explorer

Maya la Guacamaya

Brave, fast-talking, big-hearted. Collects words the way other kids collect stickers.

Tranquilo, tranquilo…
Chiwy the capybara floating peacefully in the river
The Calm One

Chiwy el Chigüire

Knows every plant, every song, every abuela. Solves problems by floating and thinking.

¡Arepitas para todos!
Abuela Lora, the wise green parrot with her golden glasses and shawl
The Keeper of Stories

Abuela Lora

Keeper of recipes, songs, and sayings. Her budare launches many adventures.

¡Otra vez! ¡Otra vez!
Nena, the littlest capybara, wrapped in her rainbow cobija
The Littlest Dreamer

Nena

Wrapped in her cobija de colores, asking the questions grown-ups forgot to ask.

…!!!
Turpi the tiny turpial bird asleep among golden araguaney blossoms
The Drama

Turpi

Lives on Chiwy's head. Never says a word. Feels absolutely everything.

Chiwy and his familia floating peacefully in the river at golden hour
Nuestra Historia

It started as a bedtime story

Maya y Chiwy began the way the best stories do — at bedtime, invented out loud: a little guacamaya bandera wearing the colors of home on her wings, and the calmest chigüire in all the llano, who solves every problem by floating in the river and thinking.

The very first readers were nuestra propia familia. Five of them cried. (Happy tears — we checked.) That's when we knew these stories had to fly further.

El hogar es lo que llevas contigo.
Home is what you carry with you.

These books are for every family that carried its seeds to new soil — and for every child who deserves to hear “¡qué chévere!” at storytime.