The Life of / La vida de Selena

Born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, Selena Quintanilla was destined to be a star. Her career started at a young age when she became the lead singer in her family’s band, Selena Y Los Dinos. She was known as the “Queen of Tejano Music” and went on to become an award-winning artist with albums like Amor Prohibido and Selena Live. As her popularity soared, so did her gift for fashion, and she soon began to design and manufacture her own line of clothing. To this day, her music and fashion continue to bloom in our hearts.

Selena is part of the series of bilingual books, Little Libros, which seek to inspire parents and children to read and learn in English and Spanish from early ages.

All this celebrating cultural figures and Latin American thematic so that parents have a tool to share and teach their  children first concepts in a colorful and fun way.