Brazilian/Brazilian American
A Festa for Luana
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Festa Junina, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Portuguese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Dario and the Whale
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Language Ability, Immigrant: Economic, Migrant/Seasonal Worker, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Past)
Death’s Country
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Disordered Eating, Trauma & Healing: Self-Harm
Fireworks
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Celebrations, Celebrations: Fourth of July (US Independence Day), Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Hermana Pegajosa (Sticky Hermana)
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Imagine a Garden: Stories of Courage Changing the World
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Allyship, Canadian Connection, Celebrations, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, IYNB Recommends: Community Rallying Against Hate, Welcoming by Individual
Juego de Libertad: Mestre Bimba y el Arte de la Capoeira (Juego de Libertad: Mestre Bimba y el Arte de la Capoeira)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Arts, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Genre: Biography, Genre: Nonfiction, Multilingual: Spanish, Sports
Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education
Lia & Luis: Puzzled
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Lia y Luís: ¡Desconcertados! (Lia & Luís: Puzzled!)
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Lia y Luis: ?Quien Tiene Mas? / Lia & Luis: Who Has More?
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Lucas and the Capoeira Circle
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Mental Health, Multilingual: Portuguese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Sports
Maya Makes Waves
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Animals, Community Action, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Offside: A Graphic Novel
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Portuguese, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School
Saudade: Our Longing for Brazil
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Portuguese Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
See Where We Come From!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+
Seven Pablos
Age 04 or older
Themes: Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Setting: Home Country
Sticky Hermana
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Fire Serpent Legacy
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Animals, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Portuguese Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, STEM, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
The Henna Wars
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Muslim
The Other Side of the Ocean
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Undocumented, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Multilingual: Portuguese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
The Star Outside My Window
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Audiobook, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
They Hate Each Other
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Trauma & Recovery: Substance Use
Where You’ll Find Us
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
With Love, Miss Americanah
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual