Hispanic Heritage Books, Websites & Movies

Picture Books

Areli is a Dreamer by Areli Morales

Sing with Me: the Story of Selena Quintanilla by Diana López

Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña

Turning Pages by Sonia Sotomayor

Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor

Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown

I Am Frida Kahlo by Brad Meltzer

Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

Islandborn by Junot Díaz

A Library for Juana by Pat Mora

Abuela / Isla by Arthur Dorros

Arroz con Leche by Lulu Delacre (poetry)

Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera (bilingual)

Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto

Danza!: Amalia Hernández and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet by Duncan Tonatiuh

Doña Flor by Pat Mora

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz by Monica Brown (bilingual)

¡Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes by Alma Flor Ada & Isabel Campoy

Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh

The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folktale by Lucía González (bilingual)

Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown (bilingual)

Chapter Books

The Poet Slave of Cuba: a Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle

Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

Stef Soto: Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

Tight by Torrey Maldonado

My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Iron River by Daniel Acosta

Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle

Websites

Our Journeys Our Stories (https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/our-journeys-our-stories-portraits-of-latino-achievement-nuestros-caminos-nuestras-historias-retratos-del-logro-latino/tVkbDfnPiKwV8zgY)

National Museum of the American Latino (https://latino.si.edu/)

Hispanic Crafts (https://mamaslatinas.com/parenting-pregnancy/117693-5_crafts_to_make_your)

Hispanic Heritage Month PBS (https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/4e982b0c-8c5f-4ebf-8add-ca692a1cc099/hispanic-heritage-month-all-about-the-holidays/#.Wcplq9PyvBI)

Salsa: Teach Young Children Spanish (https://www.gpb.org/salsa)

Latino Public Broadcasting Education Collection (https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/latino-public-broadcasting-collection/#.WcpnIdPyvBJ)

Classic Spanish Songs (https://spanishmama.com/classic-spanish-songs/)

Movies and TV

Coco (2017)

Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

The Book of Life (2014)

Pachamama

Encanto

Vivo

Ferdinand

Anina

The Road to El Dorado

Rio

Underdogs (Amazon Prime)

Stand and Deliver

Dora the Explorer (PBS)

Canticos (bilingual preschool TV show)

Maya & Miguel (2004-PBS)

Legend Quest (TV show for older kids)