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Reader's Corner for Children and Teens: Latinx Stories

Book lists and resources curated by the Children's Department.

Latinx Fiction

Children's Fiction

Love Sugar Magic: a Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano; Mirelle Ortega (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062498465
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
ISBN: 9781481457507
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763672089
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Lion Island by Margarita Engle
ISBN: 9781481461122
Publication Date: 2016-08-30
Silver Meadows Summer by Emma Otheguy
ISBN: 9781524773236
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781512440195
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome by Sarai Gonzalez; Monica Brown; Christine Almeda (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338236682
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
ISBN: 9780399546440
Publication Date: 2017-04-11
The Wind Called My Name by Mary Louise Sanchez
ISBN: 9781620147801
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
The Crossroads by Alexandra Diaz
ISBN: 9781534414556
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Caravan to the North by Jorge Argueta; Manuel Monroy (Illustrator); Elizabeth Bell (Translator)
ISBN: 9781773063294
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
ISBN: 9780425290408
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Yes! We Are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada; F. Isabel Campoy; David Diaz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580893831
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
Chews Your Destiny by Rhode Montijo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781423157403
Publication Date: 2013-08-20

Teen Fiction

Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
ISBN: 9780763679224
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763692315
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
Tight by Torrey Maldonado
ISBN: 9781524740559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Us, in Progress: Short Stories about Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062392145
Publication Date: 2017-08-29
Charlie Hernández and the Castle of Bones by Ryan Calejo
ISBN: 9781534426610
Publication Date: 2019-11-12
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
ISBN: 9781101997260
Publication Date: 2018-08-21
The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel
ISBN: 9781452169989
Publication Date: 2019-08-20
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
ISBN: 9780451479723
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles
ISBN: 9781947627062
Publication Date: 2018-11-27
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
ISBN: 9781101997253
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork
ISBN: 9780545944472
Publication Date: 2017-09-26

Latinx Non-Fiction

Children's Non-Fiction

My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero; Erica Moroz
ISBN: 9781250134868
Publication Date: 2018-07-17
Sing, Don't Cry by Angela Dominguez
ISBN: 9781627798396
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera; Lauren Castillo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690526
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Dreams from Many Rivers by Margarita Engle; Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627795319
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
Dancing Hands by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481487405
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525514121
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419716478
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Danza! by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419725326
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown; John Parra (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735842694
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood; Duncan Tontiuh (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580896733
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Salsa by Jorge Argueta; Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)
ISBN: 9781554984428
Publication Date: 2015-03-17
Somos Como las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta; Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)
ISBN: 9781554988495
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9780810997318
Publication Date: 2011-05-01

Teen Non-Fiction

Soaring Earth by Margarita Engle
ISBN: 9781534429536
Publication Date: 2019-02-26
¡Bravo! by Margarita Engle; illustrations by Rafael Lopez
ISBN: 9780805098761
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Soldier for Equality by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419736827
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Becoming Maria by Sonia Manzano
ISBN: 9780545621847
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
ISBN: 9781481463713
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481435222
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
My Corner of the Ring by Jesselyn Silva
ISBN: 9780525518402
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Jabberwalking by Juan Felipe Herrera (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781536201406
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
Path to the Stars by Sylvia Acevedo
ISBN: 9781328809568
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera; Raul ón (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803738096
Publication Date: 2014-08-07
Someone Like Me by Julissa Arce
ISBN: 9780316481748
Publication Date: 2018-09-18

Latinx Picture Books

Niño by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596436046
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
The Field by Baptiste Paul; Jacqueline Alcántara (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735843127
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy; Theresa Howell; Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544357693
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Islandborn by Junot Díaz; Leo Espinosa (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735229860
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399246531
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690458
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero; Zeke Peña (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525553410
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763693558
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399549045
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago; Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)
ISBN: 9781554987412
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez; Jaime Kim (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062839930
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Bodega Cat by Louie Chin
ISBN: 9781576879320
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raúl
ISBN: 9781328557261
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419721304
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina; Angela Dominguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763669003
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins; Sara Palacios (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374303730
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
A Gift from Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763692674
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780618991105
Publication Date: 2008-10-06
Papa and Me by Arthur Dorros; Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060581565
Publication Date: 2008-04-22
Round Is a Tortilla by Roseanne Greenfield Thong; John Parra (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452106168
Publication Date: 2013-03-19
Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9780823437542
Publication Date: 2019-09-17