Dominican/Dominican American
Abuela’s Library
Age 04 or older
Themes: Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience
All the Fighting Parts
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Generation: 1st, Setting: Home Country
Angélica and la Güira
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, 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 Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community
Angélica y la Güira (Angélica and la Güira)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Generational Differences, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Bless Me, Papi: A Novel
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Magical Realism, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around (Bodega Cats #2)
Age 07 or older
Themes: Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Bodega Cats: Pawsome Pals (Bodega Cats #3)
Age 07 or older
Themes: Animals, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1)
Age 07 or older
Themes: Animals, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Buenos espiritus (High Spirits)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Mental Health, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Burn Down, Rise Up
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Activism, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Clap When You Land
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Doodles from the Boogie Down
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Emergency Quarters
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Five Stories
Age 04 or older
Themes: Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community
Flowers in the Sky
Age 13 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Immigrant: Economic
Frizzy
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Gloriana, Presente: A First Day of School Story
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Gloriana, Presente: De la República Dominicana al Bronx (Gloriana, Presente : A First Day of School Story)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
High Spirits
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
I Am, Yo Soy
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Racial, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Language Ability, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Action Adventure, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Islandborn
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026
Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Jasmín Pictures Home / Jasmín Ilustra Su Hogar (Beyond Borders)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Welcoming by School
La Camita de la Sala (The Cot in the Living Room)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
La Formación de Yolanda la Bruja (The Making of Yolanda la Bruja)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
La Historia de Mi Furia (The Story of My Anger)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Activism, Arts, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Lola (Islandborn)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience