Latinx Heritage and Culture Through the World of Picture Books

September 15 - October 15

Join the Library of Congress as we inaugurate Meg Medina, the eighth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The National Ambassador is charged with fostering a love of reading, writing and civic engagement among children, teens and families. Medina will serve a two-year term from 2023 to 2024.

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE AMÉRICAS AWARD 1993-2018 RESOURCES TO HONOR LATINX LITERATURE WITHIN AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

CONSORTIUM OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS WITH COVER ART BY RAFAEL LÓPEZ

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The Best Children's Picture Books of the Year in Spanish [2023 edition] Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=ccl.

Relevant Literature on Latino/a Culture and Language

CUNY- NYSIEB CUNY-NYS Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals

Relevant Literature on Latino/a Culture and Language This list has been last updated in September 2019* www.cuny-nysieb.org/wp-content/PDFs/CUNY-NYSIEB-Culturally-Relevant-Literature-Elementary-Latinos-Updated-Nov-2019.pdf

Picture Books

Parrot Over Puerto Rico

Based on the life of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero (1917-1980), the new children’s book “Telegrams to Heaven,” by Salvadoran writer of children’s literature René Colato Laínez, narrates the life of Óscar as a child.