Hispanic Heritage Month: Books for Kids

Updated August 22, 2025
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Fearless trailblazers : 11 Latinos who made U.S. history = Pioneros audaces : 11 Latinos que hicieron historia en Estados Unidos
Reynoso, Naibe
Paper Book
Winner International Latino Book Award Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children's Picture Book Award - Bilingual Silver Medal 2021. Gold Medal Winner Moonbeam Children's Non-Fiction Picture Book 2021. Meet 11 trailblazing Latinos who made U.S. history by breaking barriers in...
Nuestra América : 30 inspiring latinas/latinos who have shaped the United States
Vourvoulias, Sabrina
Paper Book
Celebrate 30 influential Latinas/Latinos/Latinxs in U.S. history with Nuestra América, a fully-illustrated anthology from the Smithsonian Latino Center.   Nuestra América highlights the inspiring stories of thirty Latina/o/xs throughout...
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
Tonatiuh, Duncan.
Paper Book
A 2015 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote...
Night stories : folktales from Latin America : a toon graphic
Liniers
Paper Book
The New York Public Library Best Book for Kids 2024 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List "Liniers' comics are funny and fanciful and whimsical and philosophical in the best sense." - Matt Groening, The Simpsons Classic Latin American folktales...

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