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 September 8, 2025
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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. ...

Picture Book

Alma and How She Got Her Name
Martinez-Neal, Juana
Paper Book
A 2019 Caldecott Honor Book "A beautifully illustrated, tender story to be shared with all children, sure to evoke conversations about their names." --School Library Journal (starred review) If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too...

Picture Book

Dreamers
Morales, Yuyi
Paper Book
We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers. Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.<...

Picture Book

Frizzy
Ortega, Claribel A.
Paper Book
New York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra's Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon! Through her struggles and triumphs, this heartwarming graphic novel shows the radical power of...

Juvenile Graphic Novel

Latinitas : celebrating 40 big dreamers
Menéndez, Juliet
Paper Book
Dream big with the Latinitas in Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers. Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the...

Juvenile Nonfiction

Mexikid : a graphic memoir
Martin, Pedro
Paper Book
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER * An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico "One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it."-...

Juvenile Graphic Novel

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...

Juvenile Nonfiction

Tio and Tio: The Ring Bearers
Mathews, Ross
From Ross Mathews (The Drew Barrymore Show and RuPaul's Drag Race) and his husband, Dr. Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews, comes a heartwarming and humorous tale of love and family as two young boys travel to Mexico to be ring bearers in their uncles' wedding. From Emmy...

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

Tumble
Pérez, Celia C.
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk and Strange Birds, a dazzling novel about a young girl who collects the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she's never met. A 2023 Pura Belpre Author Honor Book

Juvenile Fiction

Twin cities
Pimienta, Jose
Paper Book
FOUR STARRED REVIEWS . A critically acclaimed graphic novel with rave reviews about this timely story featuring middle school twins living on the Mexico-US border and trying to discover exactly who they are - together or apart. "Transcendentally good."-Kirkus Reviews, starred...

Juvenile Graphic Novel

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

Welcome to the island
Costa, Dela
Paper Book
Meet the ever-curious Isla Verde, a young girl with a secret--she can speak with animals--in the first book of an all-new chapter book series! Welcome to the adventurous island of Sol! For eight-year-old Isla Verde, Sol is the perfect place to live. The sun shines bright, the...

Juvenile Fiction

Who was the voice of the people? : Cesar Chavez
Blas, Terry
Paper Book
Discover the story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike in this moving graphic novel -- written by award-winning author Terry Blas and illustrated by Ignatz-nominated cartoonist Mar Julia. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels- an exciting addition to the #1 New York...

Juvenile Graphic Novel


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