Little Ricky's eagerness to help Mamá fix breakfast gives young readers a snappy introduction to Spanish, In ¡Cocino con Mamá!, Ernesto Pino sprinkles just the right measure of Spanish words to make learning easy.

Translations within the richly illustrated poem and glossaries at the end make meanings of words clear. The recipes, given in Spanish and English, and the poem's lively tempo will send cooks, young and old, dancing in the kitchen and whipping up their own tasty pancakes!