✦ Bilingual & English editions · Ages 3–8

Real stories.
Real family.
Every bedtime.

Heartwarming picture books from Grandma Cookie's real family, including the per-sentence bilingual favorites where every English sentence is followed by the same sentence in Spanish.

★ Finalist & Honorable Mention · International Latino Book Awards
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Award-winning
bilingual author
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Real Spanish,
sentence-by-sentence
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Written by a
real grandma in Texas
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Loved at bedtime
& in classrooms
⭐ Reader favorite

The book families buy first: a whole day with grandma.

Spending The Day With My Grandma is our best seller for a reason. One ordinary day at abuela's house, the breakfast, the garden, the stories, turned into the keepsake your grandkids ask for at bedtime. Written in warm read-aloud English and signed by Cookie on request.

Prefer the per-sentence bilingual format? Going Fishing with My Grandpas and Today Is My Birthday put every sentence in English and Spanish.

Spending The Day With My Grandma · English · Ages 3–8 · $20
A whole day of abuela moments, start to finish
Written in warm, read-aloud English
A keepsake she signs on the first page, on request

The Family Connection Collection

Three stories from one real family. More moments, less per book.

Single Story

Start with one. Perfect for a first read.

  • ✓ Any 1 hardcover title
  • ✓ Bilingual and English editions
  • ✓ Signed on request
From $21.00
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Family Connection Collection

All three Grandma Cookie classics, in one keepsake set.

  • ✓ All 3 hardcover stories
  • ✓ Free US shipping over $35
  • ✓ Ready to gift
$47.99
$59.50 save $11.51
Add the Collection
Gift favorite

Family Fishing Set

Going Fishing book + matching cap + family tee — everything for the trip everyone tells stories about.

📚+🧢+👕

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Meet the author

Hi, I'm Grandma Cookie

I'm Maria "Cookie" Carrales, a grandmother and bilingual children's author from Mission, Texas. My books come from real moments with my own grandchildren — Isaiah, Eva, and the whole family.
I write so children feel loved, build confidence in both languages, and grow up proud of their family and their heritage.
🏅 Finalist & Honorable Mention · ILBA 🎤 Speaker · Region 20 🏫 Author visits

— Grandma Cookie 🍪

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