Starred Review Adorable Alma, first seen in Alma and How She Got Her Name (2018), makes her debut in the world of board books with this entry in the new bilingual series, Alma's Words / Las Palabras de Alma. Smiling in red-striped pants and a heart top, the girl stands with her arms and legs outstretched and every visible bit of her labeled. Readers then get to see those body parts in action as simple sentences identify them ("Here are my arms, hand, and fingers. / Aquí están mis brasos, manos y dedos.") and show Alma using them, such as when she pets her bird companion, Parajito, who is "soft as a flower / suave como una flor." Martinez-Neal's irresistible, softly textured illustrations are scaled large and rest against white, double-page spreads, sharing space with color-coded text: black for English, red for Spanish. An effervescent reading experience and sweet celebration of self.