Want to Teach Spanish with Novels?
Easy and funny Spanish stories your beginner students will love.
With complete guides to help you teach them right!
Success is not about age, it’s about action!
¡Arroz con cosas!
a funny story of a 75-year-old retired cook who wants to become an Instagram influencer to preserve her culinary tradition: la paella valenciana.
A hilarious story about food, Spanish tradition, and the quest for the perfect paella. Perfect for beginner Spanish classes and food-themed units.
The most important things in life aren’t things
Tonia Patagonia
y la caja mágica
A funny and heartwarming about a girl, alone in the world, who seeks the missing pieces of a magical box to uncover her family’s legacy.
A story about friendship and what truly matters. Students meet the Super 7 verbs, expressions with tener, numbers, colours, prepositions of place, and key Andean geography. Perfect for total beginners!
Teach with Confidence
Teach each novel with confidence using comprehension-based strategies, day-by-day lesson plans, scaffolded tasks, engaging activities, and full audiobook support.
Arroz con cosas
Teacher Guide and Audiobook
Tonia Patagonia y la caja mágica
Teacher Guide and Audiobook (COMING SOON)
We are teachers just like you!
We are Patricia (Valencia, Spain) and Margarita (Caracas, Venezuela).
We are close friends and Spanish teachers. Our books invite beginners to enjoy reading while discovering the rich cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
“Margarita and Patricia write fabulous books: funny stories, easy to read, great for all beginners and elementary students of Spanish!“
— Massiel, Spanish teacher in Australia
Unique Spanish Readers for Beginners
Our graded readers blend engaging storytelling with carefully scaffolded Spanish, so your students grow in confidence from page 1 to “¡Fin!”.
Fewer than 100 unique words, perfect for first-year learners
Progressive vocabulary, adding just 3 – 6 new words per chapter
Illustrations and side notes that boost comprehension at every step
Captivating plots and meaningful themes that weave culture and language into every scene
Authentic Spanish, written by native authors, professionally edited, and sensitivity-read
Classroom-tested with real first-year learners, supported by teacher guides, for proven success
“Love the twists and turns! Patricia and Margarita did it again! Tonia Patagonia is cleverly written and the language used is great for Spanish 1!“
— Alissa, Spanish teacher in the U.S.
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