Canciones y Cuentos, Songs and Stories

The Children's Music Network has several song libraries, many of which allow free access to non-members. They have a multicultural songs library, with songs in several languages, and have an extensive library of environmental songs.

Mama Lisa's World provides comprehensive resources on nursery rhymes and folk songs from around the world. You can search songs by language, country, continent, or topic.This website offers kid-illustrated posts, and videos and games for children and their families. The open source platform invites kids and families to contribute to this unique and special collection.

Música del pueblo offers visitors to this virtual "living exhibition" the opportunity to meet the musicians and to learn more about the world of meaning behind the sounds, as well as to sing the songs, to tap to the rhythms, and to experience paranoma of diverse expressions we call música latina.

The Pancocojams blog has the primary goal of raising awareness about cultural aspects of African American culture and of other Black cultures throughout the world, particularly in regards to music & dance traditions.

In 1999, Putumayo launched its children’s division, Putumayo Kids, with the ground-breaking release, World Playground, which has become a staple in classrooms and homes around the world. After winning many Parent's Choice, National Parenting and other awards, Putumayo Kids has become known as the leading source of international music for children.

This is a recommended list of world music for kids including Chinese, Spanish, French, Hungarian, and other cultures and countries.

This website features 10 Mexican musical Instruments that are most popular throughout the World. Mexico is popularly characterized by its sunny clime, infamous black bean rice, people of a fiery Latin disposition and the distinctive garb they don. Much like the natives, Mexican music too is zingy, and has flair. It draws inspiration from a myriad of cultures, but is especially rooted in the indigenous history of the country.

Spain has a rich history and varied folk music traditions. The two best known musical genres from Spain are Flamenco and Celtic music, although Spain has many other musical styles and dances throughout its mainland and island regions. Celtic music is primarily found in northwestern Spain, in Galicia and Asturias, although Celtic music acts can be found throughout the rest of the country.

Sound and Colours presents a list of musical instruments such as Pandeiro, Maracas, and Conga used in Latin America. There traditional instruments vary among the different countries.

Spain's history consists of many vibrant cultures, many of which influenced the others. Spain's traditional music originated with peoples such as the ancient Romans, who carried Greek music to Spain, and the Visigoths, whose music comprised melodic religious chants, as well as Jewish, Christian, and Moorish music. Different regions of Spain came to develop their own distinct sounds that integrate specific instruments.

Latin America is a big blend of ancient, native cultures with European cultures, and even African in a few places. This has given it its distinctive and colorful cultures that can be recognized around the world. This has all contributed to creating unique musical styles, musical instruments of Latin America and dances to go with them.

Britannica offers comprehensive information about Latin America music and instruments. The Spanish classical guitar and the Portuguese viola (a guitarlike instrument with five courses of double strings, as a rule) have become the characteristic folk instruments of Hispanic America and Brazil, respectively. The berimbau, a type of musical bow, probably of African origin, became the foundation of music for the Brazilian capoeira.