Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with books
Reading challenge alert! Have you read a book by a Latinx or Hispanic author this Hispanic Heritage Month? Check out these materials in our collection, as suggested by members of our staff.
Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 runs September 15 – October 15
Picture Book Suggestions:
- Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina ; illustrated by Sonia Sanchez
- Just Ask! : Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor ; illustrated by Rafael López (Also available digitally on Libby!)
- My Papi has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Across the Bay written and illustrated by Carlos Aponte
- Freedom Soup by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara (Also available digitally on Hoopla!)
- Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Rafael López (Also available digitally on Hoopla!)
- Te Quiero, Papa by Valenti Gubianas (Spanish language title)
- Islandborn by Junot Díaz ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa
Early and Middle Grade Chapter Books:
- Sofia Martinez Series including Lights out! by Jacqueline Jules ; illustrated by Kim Smith
- César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice (César Chávez : la lucha por la justicia) by Richard Griswold del Castillo ; Spanish translation by José Juan Colín
- Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya (Also available digitally on Libby)
- Definitely Daphne Series by Tami Charles
- Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Also available digitally as an audiobook on Hoopla)
- Unicorn Rescue Society: The Chupacabras of the Río Grande by Adam Gidwitz and David Bowles
- The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
- Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (Also available digitally on Libby)
- Jimena Pérez Puede Volar / por Jorge Argueta (Bilingual copy)