Often I don’t like when books mix English and Spanish, but this book does so in a very deliberate way, which helps to teach a few Spanish words in a mostly English text.  Building off a repeating pattern, similar to “This Is the House that Jack Built,” each new phrase is first introduced in English, and then subsequently repeated with the nouns in Spanish.  Picture clues in the illustration support comprehension of the new vocabulary.  By the end of the story all the ingredients have been added to the pot to form rice pudding, which the farm maiden shares with all those who helped contribute.  At the back of the book is a recipe for rice pudding and a glossary of the Spanish vocabulary used in the story. It’s bright & cheerful & fun, and could be useful for language learners, both English and Spanish.