Latiné Heritage Month: Books for Kids

Explore titles by authors of Latiné heritage or ancestors from North and South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Spain recommended by our expert librarians in celebration of Latiné Heritage Month (September 15- October 15).

Updated August 17, 2025
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I am, yo soy
Belt, Gabriela Orozco
Paper Book
From the author of Only for a Little While comes a lyrical dual-lingual picture book about the beauty of being part of two cultures. I'm from here y soy de allá. With lyrical text in English and Spanish, this vibrant picture book is a celebration of Hispanic...

Picture Book

Tios and Primos
Alcantara, Jacqueline
Paper Book
A little girl meets more relatives than she can count-but how will she communicate with them if she can't speak their language? It's a little girl's first trip to her papa's homeland, and she's wowed by all the amazing sights and sounds-and especially by the size of her enormous...

Picture Book

Welcome home, Esmerelda
Ramirez, Daniela (Children's author)
Paper Book
From a military family, Esmerelda discovers that home is where she's always welcomed-thanks to music, dance, and the big, unconditional love from her extended family. An ideal picture book for kindergarteners and 1st graders who are moving, need reassurances during a transition, and...

Picture Book

Crack goes the cascarón : an eggcellent not-just-for-Easter shellebration!
Fajardo, Sara Andrea
Paper Book
Shell-abrate a joyous Latine tradition, with Toti and his family in this upbeat bilingual story, hatched in time for Easter. What are cascarones- Cascarones are empty egg shells that have been colored, filled with paper confetti, and sealed! The hunt is on to figure...

Picture Book

Little cloud's big dream
Arreola, Ixtzel
Paper Book
The little cloud Re has a BIG dream! But when she grows so large she becomes a thunderstorm, will her new friend Flower still recognize her? A little cloud named Re wishes to grow as big as the clouds floating over the sea. She learns from a passing cloud how to collect dew and...

Picture Book

Alberto Salas plays paka paka con la papa : join the quest with Peru's famed scientist and potato expert
Fajardo, Sara Andrea
Paper Book
What can a potato do? To Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas, they have the power to change the world. Go on the hunt with Alberto for for wild potatoes before they go extinct in this playful picture book biography, gorgeously illustrated by Caldecott-honoree Juana Martinez-Neal. ...

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