Latina/o/e/x

TK-2

Alma and How She Got Her Name

Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre

Juana Martinez-Neal

entrevista con la autora

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Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos

Kathleen Contreras

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De Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children

José-Luis Orozco

El español es la lengua de mi familia

Michael Genhart

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Paletero Man

¡Qué paletero tan cool!

Lucky Díaz

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How to Make Paletas

Yefferson, Actually

En realidad, Yefferson

Katherine Trejo

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The Key to the City

La llave de la ciudad

Dr. Martín Alberto Gonzalez

La luna se fue de fiesta

Matthew Gollub

Introduction video by Matthew Gollub (en español)

The Mexiglish Girl

La chica Mexiglish

Natalia Simons

Carlos and the Cornfield/Carlos y La Milpa de Maiz

Jan Romero Stevens

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Carlos and the Squash Plant / Carlos y la planta de calabasa (en español)

Jan Romero Stevens

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Bad hair does not exist Pelo Malo no existe

Sulma Arzu-Brown

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Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que creció en el Bronx

Jonah Winter

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Skin Again

Bell Hooks

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The Colors of Us

Karen Katz

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Daughter of the Light-footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez

Belen Medina

I Am La Chiva! The Colorful Bus of the Andes

Karol Hernández

Todo el mundo cabe aquí We Are All Welcome

Alexandra Penfold

Pelo como yo

Heather Burris

¡Cómo sería si fuéramos iguales!: Bilingual Edition: What If We Were All the Same!

C.M. Harris

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

¡Solo pregunta!: Sé diferent, sé valiente, sé tú

Sonia Sotomayor

Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando

Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

I Wish You Knew

Jackie Azúa Kramer

My Two Border Towns

Mis dos pueblos fronterizos

David Bowles

My Two Blankets

Irena Kobald

Frida Kahlo y sus animalitos Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Monica Brown

3-5

Dreamers

Soñadores

Yuyi Morales

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My Diary From Here to There

Amada Irma Peréz

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My Papi has a motorcycle

Mi Papi tiene una moto

Isabel Quintero

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Mango, Abuela, and Me Mango, Abuela, y Yo

Meg Medina

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Laughing Tomatoes: And Other Spring Poems / Jitomates Risuenos: Y Otros Poemas de Primavera

Francisco X. Alarcon

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Separate is never equal

Separados no somos iguales

Duncan Tonatium

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My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuarto

Amada Irma Peréz

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Braids / Trencitas

Dr. Kathleen Contreras

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Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos

Francisco X. Alarcon

How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay

Julia Alvarez

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Nana's Big Surprise Nana ¡Qué sorpresa!

Amada Irma Peréz

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The Key to the City / La llave de la ciudad

Dr. Martin Alberto Gonzalez

Who Was the Voice of the People? Cesar Chavez

The March that Changed It All Is the Topic of a New Graphic Novel

Terry Blas

Where Are You From?

¿De dónde eres?

Yamile Saied Méndez

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América Is Her Name

La llaman América

Luis J. Rodriguez

Mario y el agujero en el cielo

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

Elizabeth Rusch

The Astronaut with a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa

Julia Finley Mosca

As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernández Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice

Angela Quezada Padron

6-8

The Distance Between Us

La distancia entre nosotros

Reyna Grande

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The First Rule of Punk / La primera regla de punk

Celia C. Perez

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My Family Divided

Diane Guerrero

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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

Pablo Cartaya

Lucky Broken Girl

Ruth Behar

Turning Pages: My Life Story

Pasando paginas: La historia de mi vida

Sonia Sotomayor

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The Circuit

Cajas de Cartón

Francisco Jiménez

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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Cosechando esperanza: La historia de Cesar Chavez

Kathleen Krull

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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

Pablo Cartay

Baseball in April

Béisbol en abril

Gary Soto

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All my heroes are broke

Ariel Francisco

Undocumented: A Worker's Fight

Duncan Tonatiuh

Efrén Divided

Efrén dividido

Ernesto Cisneros

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Land of the Cranes

Aida Salazar

We Are Not from Here

Jenny Torres Sanchez

Antes de ser libres

Julia Álvarez

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En estás tierras mágicas

Yamile Saied Méndez

Mexikid

Mexikid - En español

Pedro Martín

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Camino a las estrellas: Mi recorrido de Girl Scout a ingeniera astronáutica

Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

Sylvia Acevedo

9-12

I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

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The Poet X

Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

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Tequila Worm

Viola Canales

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Artistotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benhamin Alire Saenz

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Clap when you land

Elizabeth Acevedo

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The House on Mango Street

La Casa en Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

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21 Miles of Scenic Beauty... and then Oxnard

Martin Alberto Gonzalez

Strategies of Segregation: Race, Residence, and the Struggle for Educational Equality

David G. García

Mexican WhiteBoy

Matt de la Pena

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Pocho

Matt de la Peña

Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories Our Truth (Bilingual)

Barrio Boy

Ernesto Galarza

Solito

Javier Zamora

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristóteles y Dante descubren los secretos del universo

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Diverse Bookshops

La librería

Low & Lee Books

Lectorum

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