Colombian/Colombian American

A Second Chance on Earth

by Juan Vidal

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual

A Thousand White Butterflies

by Jessica Betancourt-Perez

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Antonia: A Journey to a New Home

by Dipacho

Age 04 or older

Themes: Animals, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Setting: Home Country

Bea Mullins Takes a Shot

by Emily Deibert

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, LGBTQIA+, Sports

Call Me Iggy

by Jorge Aguirre

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants

by Various Contributors

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Canadian Connection, Genre: Nonfiction, Genre: Poetry, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Death in the Cards

by Mia P. Manansala

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Mystery, LGBTQIA+, Sports

Every Other Christmas

by Katie Otey

Age 03 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Christmas, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Setting: Home Country

Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

by Alexandra Alessandri

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: New Years, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country

Fly, Pajarito, Fly!

by Alexandra Alessandri

Age 06 or older

Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata

by Alexandra Alessandri

Age 08 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

by Raquel Vasquez Gilliand

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience

How to Love You When You’re Gone

by Gabriela Gonzales

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness

If We Survive This

by Racquel Marie

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Horror, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

by Diane Guerrero

Age 15 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Detention & Deportation, Family Separation: By Detention, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Johnny, the Sea, and Me

by Melba Escobar

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Body Image, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

La Única Manera De Hacer Pan (The Only Way to Make Bread)

by Cristina Quintero

Age 03 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Let Me Fix You a Plate

by Elizabeth Lilly

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)

Like Home

by Louisa Onomé

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Llamame Iggy (Call Me Iggy)

by Jorge Aguirre

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Los Bravos (The Wild Ones)

by Megan Lacera

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Halloween, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Spanish, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Lupita’s Hurricane Palomitas

by Alexandra Alessandri

Age 04 or older

Themes: Animals, Community Action, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Martina’s Muy Bad Day

by Melanie Wick Singer

Age 04 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Mental Health, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Me Llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker

by Marcela T. Garcés

Age 12 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Genre: Biography, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Meet Me Halfway

by Anika Fajardo

Age 08 or older

Themes: Allyship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings

Mi Maestro Tiene Tatuajes (My Teacher Has Tattoos)

by Darren Lopez

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Mil mariposas blancas

by Jessica Betancourt-Perez

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel

by Sara Amini

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Farsi Featured Words, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

My Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

by Diane Guerrero

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience

My Teacher Has Tattoos

by Darren Lopez

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Offside: A Graphic Novel

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

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

Once Upon a Quinceañera

by Monica Gomez-Hira

Age 13 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience