Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with these great children’s selections! For more titles that highlight Hispanic and Latine authors and stories, check out what’s available in our catalog as well as our Libby collection.
Additionally, the official National Hispanic Heritage Month website has a page designed for parents and educators filled with resources from National Gallery of Art, the National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution, among others.
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A middle grade verse history of Latinos in the United States, told through the voices of many and varied individuals ranging from Juan Ponce de León to modern-day sixth graders.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Hoopla.
A celebration of 40 Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams, with portraits and short bios.
Catalina is excited to find out a new student, Esmeralda, has joined her third-grade class at Valle Grande Elementary School. But despite Catalina’s attempts to introduce herself, Esme won’t talk to anyone but her own cousin, Jazmín. Could Jazmín be keeping Esme from making new friends? According to Catalina’s frenemy Pablo, it’s just like what happened to the secret princess in the telenovela hit The Hidden Crown! With Tía Abuela’s magical sewing kit, Catalina sets out to create a disguise to unravel the mystery.
A celebration of 30 of history’s most influential Latinas and Latinos shares the uplifting stories of subjects ranging from Pura Belpré and César Chávez to Jennifer Lopez and Sonia Sotomayor.
In rhyming text, Hispanic children count the things, like piñatas and maracas, that can be seen in their neighborhood.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla.
When a young girl is asked where she’s from—where she’s really from—she’s no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn’t quite give her the answer she expects.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla.