DIV>A quick trip to the supermercado? Not with Bebe in the shopping cart. Snatching the grocery list and picking out chocolate-covered pickles, he's not being very helpful. Just as Mama is ready to throw up her manos, she gives sweet Bebe a box of animal cookies. A dulce at last! He finds a camel, nibbles on a giraffe . . . eats an oso. Then they're off to the checkout line, smiling all the way.Susan Middleton Elya's tender yet feisty story and Steven Salerno's vivid art are perfect for budding English- and Spanish-speaking readers.Includes a glossary of Spanish words.

SUSAN MIDDLETON ELYA is the author of more than a dozen books for children, including the Say Hola to Spanish series, illustrated by Loretta Lopez. She lives in northern California.STEVEN SALERNO has illustrated many popular picture books for children, including The Dirty Little Boy by Margaret Wise Brown and Chicken Chuck by Bill Martin Jr, as well as his own Little Tumbo and Coco the Carrot. He lives and works in New York City.