The music of Latin America combines Spanish guitars, African percussion, and indigenous flutes to create some of the most vibrant music on the planet. The children's songs on this Rough Guide take the lively Latin styles and add stories of ancient kingdoms, mythical journeys, natural wonders, and of course a host of wild animals.

Bonus CD: Introducing Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante

Serious Latin music lovers and salsa dancers everywhere have been digging Wayne Gorbea's pure uncut sound for more than thirty years and now a wider audience is coming round to his unblemished form of classic salsa dura ('hard' salsa). This disc spans Wayne's career and is crammed with over 70 minutes of his finest cuts, tracks that have sent dancers into trance-like states with the relentless groove, dynamic arrangements and authentic lyrics.