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Best for elementary-early middle school students.

  1. Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
  2. My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz by Monica Brown
  3. Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter
  4. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
  5. Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera
  6. Abuela by Arthur Dorros
  7. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
  8. My Name is Gabito: The Life of Garbiel Garcia Marquez by Monica Brown
  9. A Kid’s Guide to Latino History by Valerie Petrillo
  10. Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
  11. Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
  12. Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada
  13. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
  14. I Am Roberto Clemente by Jim Gigliotti
  15. Who Was Frida Kahlo? By Sarah Fabiny
  16. How Tía Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez
  17. How Tía Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez
  18. Yes! We are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
  19. Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
  20. Me, Frida by Amy Novesky
  21. Tito Puente: Mambo King by Monica Brown
  22. The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis
  23. Latin Playground by Putumayo Kids (CD)
  24. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (CD)
  25. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (CD)
  26. The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis (CD)
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