Colombian/Colombian American
A Second Chance on Earth
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
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
Age 04 or older
Themes: Animals, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Setting: Home Country
Bea Mullins Takes a Shot
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, LGBTQIA+, Sports
Call Me Iggy
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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
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
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
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
Age 15 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Detention & Deportation, Family Separation: By Detention, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Johnny, the Sea, and Me
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
Age 08 or older
Themes: Allyship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings
Mi Maestro Tiene Tatuajes (My Teacher Has Tattoos)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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