We received a number of articles on books and resources in Spanish for this issue, including the following:

·         Health Information in Every Day Language. http://www.wellzone.org Wellness Zone is a health literacy project in public libraries and nonprofits developed by The Humana Foundation.  The Spanish portal was launched in April at http://www.wellzone.org/spanish/.  This portal links to 56 sites with basic health information in Spanish. Hispanic talking video guides are being added to provide a brief tour of the home page.

·         The Maternal and Child Health Library released a new edition of the knowledge path, Spanish-Language Health Resources. The knowledge path points to health hotlines and help lines, Web sites, publications, and databases for health professionals and consumers. The knowledge path presents Spanish-language resources covering a wide range of health topics, including many of interest to the maternal and child health community. It is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_spanish.html.  A Spanish-language version of the 2009 edition is also being developed.  Knowledge paths on other maternal and child health  topics are available at http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.

·         The Hesperian Foundation (http://www.hesperian.org/) is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. They have recently published two titles in Spanish: Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad, the Spanish version of A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities and Helping Children Who are Deaf, Ayudar a los Nios Sordos. Packed with simple activities, this book is a great resource for parents, caregivers, health promoters, and others in teaching children who do not hear well how to communicate to the best of his or her ability. Both titles can be downloaded and purchased from their new Spanish Web site, http://www.espanol.hesperian.org/ and the online library with free downloads, http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php.

·         http://estudiabetes.com/  is a social networking site in Spanish dedicated to people of all ages with diabetes and to the parents of children with diabetes. The main purpose is for them to share their experiences in dealing with the disease, as well as to offer to others, like them, information about diabetes that they have come across. The site also provides breaking news on diabetes.