Salsa For Kittens And Puppies: Hola, Perrito!

Salsa for Kittens and Puppies aka Salsa Para Gattitos Y Perritos ($16) is a board book with a music CD that introduces little ones to some great salsa-styled tunes.

The music CD has 16 tracks of salsa including renditions of the alphabet song and Old MacDonald and my kids both love listening to it in the car. I’m all about music that doesn’t make the driver go half mad, and my favorite track is “Aresenio Ruf Ruf,” about a Cuban guitar player. My 3 ½-year-old son Finn likes to read along in the book to the Story of Otis the Cat and His Special Sauce. We’re definitely playing the steering-wheel bongos to this one.

– Kristen