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2023 Books for Kids: Latine & Hispanic Heritage MonthUnpublished

Updated September 7, 2023

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2023 Books for Kids: Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month

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Plátanos go with everything

Norman, Lissette

Paper Book

With the English and Spanish text side by side on the page, this bilingual edition of the vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the versatility of plátanos is ideal for bilingual readers as well as Spanish speakers learning English and vice versa. A 2024 Bank...

Plaatanos go with everything

Norman, Lissette

Paper 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...

Baking with mi abuelita

Mora, Julissa

Paper Book

Family traditions are special, especially when they include baking a "delicioso" cake with your abuelita! This Step 2 Reader includes some words in Spanish! It's Papi's birthday! Which means it's time to get in the kitchen and bake the traditional family cake -- Tres Leches!...

Aniana del Mar jumps in

Méndez, Jasminne

Paper Book

Pura Belpre Author Honor Award ** Four starred reviews!** A powerful and expertly told novel in verse, by an award-winning poet, about a twelve-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis. Aniana del Mar belongs in the water...

Abuela's super capa

Siqueira, Ana

Paper Book

A heartwarming bilingual picture book about a young boy who learns to accept that Abuela needs to retire her super capa. Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela gets sick,...

A crown for Corina

Kemp, Laekan Zea

Paper Book

A charming story about a girl who learns a beloved family tradition and the symbolism behind the Mexican flower crown, from two Pura Belpré award-winning creators. Today is Corina's birthday, and she's excited to wear the biggest crown with the most...

Something Like Home

Arango, Andrea Beatriz.

Paper Book

The Pura Belpré Honor winning novel in verse, in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other along the way. From the Newbery Honor winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. "Trust me: this book will touch...

Felice and the wailing woman

López, Diana

Paper Book

The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have plagued the magical town of Tres Leches in this delightfully sweet and spellbinding adventure by beloved author Diana López. When Felice learns that she's the daughter of La...

Reina Ramos works it out!

Otheguy, Emma

Paper Book

"A sparkling tale starring a resilient young protagonist" --Kirkus (starred review) Reina Ramos Works It Out is a Level Two I Can Read story about Reina Ramos, a loyal friend whose high-spirited antics sometimes cause chaos, but who always finds a way to make things right....

Spanish is the language of my family

Genhart, Michael

Paper Book

An intergenerational story of family ties, cultural pride, and spelling bee victory following a young boy who bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish. As a boy prepares for his school's Spanish spelling bee, he asks his grandmother for help with some of the words he...

Pla?tanos are love

Reynoso-Morris, Alyssa

Paper Book

A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told through a young girl's experiences in the kitchen with her abuela. Abuela says, "plátanos are love." I thought they were food. But Abuela says they feed us in more...

Previous List - 2020

https://www.scotlib.org/2020/hispanic-heritage-month/

Check out our 2020 list with books featuring Latinx characters!

Previous List - 2021

https://www.scotlib.org/2021/hispanic-latinx-heritage-month/

Books for children in celebration of National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month.

Previous List - 2022

https://www.scotlib.org/2022/books-for-kids-hispanic-latinx-hispanic-heritage-month/

Books for children in celebration of National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month.

Barely floating

Rivera, Lilliam

Paper Book

A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized swimming dreams, from the author of The Education of Margot Sanchez and Never Look Back, Lilliam Rivera. Natalia de la Cruz Rivera y Santiago, also known as Nat, was...

Puppy love

Soto, Gary

Paper Book

A sweetly humorous middle grade novel packed with action, basketball, and a dash of magical realism about friendship and family, first crushes, and belonging, from acclaimed author Gary Soto. Thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but he's...

A seed in the sun

Salazar, Aida

Paper Book

**Four starred reviews!** A farm-working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights in this tender-hearted novel in verse, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Pam Muñoz Ryan. Lula Viramontes aches to one...

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