Picture Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Updated September 12, 2023
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Isabel and her colores go to school
Alessandri, Alexandra
Paper Book
English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more...
La guitarrista
Diaz, Lucky
Paper Book
From the creators of Paletero Man--Latin Grammy-winning musician Lucky Diaz and celebrated artist Micah Player--comes a story about a tenacious girl who achieves her wildest dreams with a little help from her community and a broken guitar.  ...
A song of frutas
Engle, Margarita
Paper Book
Una edición española Cuando visitamos a abuelo, lo ayudo a vender frutas, pregonando los nombres de cada una mientras caminamos: nuestros pasos repican como tambores, nuestras manos, cual maracas, que suenan agitan los brillantes colores de las frutas......
Mango, Abuela, and me
Medina, Meg
Paper Book
A 2016 Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book A 2016 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book When a little girl's far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Mia's...
Areli is a dreamer : a true story
Morales, Areli
Paper Book
En esta edici n en espanol del primer album ilustrado escrito por una beneficiaria de DACA -una "dreamer"- Areli Morales narra su poderosa historia como inmigrante. En la casa de la abuela -en las montanas de Mexico- los sabados estaban llenos de familiares y de mucho sol. Areli...
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. Perfect for...
ďĹ˝Vamos! Let's go to the market
Gonzalez, Raul
Paper Book
An Eisner Award Nominee! A Pura Belpré Award Honor Book! Explore the marketplace of a buzzing Mexican-American border town in ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, a paper-over-board picture book from New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator...

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