Mexican/Mexican American
¡Essie! ¿Otra Vez?
Age 3 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual Character, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Las Musas, STEM
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son
Age 16 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity
A Sky Without Lines
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status
Again, Essie?
Age 3 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Las Musas, STEM
All the Stars Denied
Age 12 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Genre: Historical, Immigrant: Economic, Migrant/Seasonal Worker
Areli Es Una Dreamer
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Citizenship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Undocumented, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Areli Is a Dreamer
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Citizenship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Barely Missing Everything
Age 14 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Belonging in America and Mexico
Age 08 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Discrimination: Racial, Graphic Novel, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Bright Star
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Award Winner, Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2022, Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Undocumented, Migrant Smuggling, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Unaccompanied Minors, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Carmela Full of Wishes
Age 05 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Economic, Migrant/Seasonal Worker, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Carmen Learns English
Age 06 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual Character
Casi alcanzar todo (Barely Missing Everything)
Age 14 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Loss of Childhood, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Catalina Incognito (Catalina Incognito #1)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts
Come on In
Age 12 or older
Themes: Anthology, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Economic, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Visiting Home Country
Dancing Home
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Days of the Dead
Age 08 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Detention, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Multilingual Character, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Disappeared
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Immigrant: Undocumented, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Dreamers
Age 05 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Education & Literacy, Educator Resource, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts, US/Mexican Border Crossing, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming Library Selection
Dumpling Day
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food
Echoes of Grace
Age 14 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Efren Divided
Age 08 or older
Themes: Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Undocumented
El diario de Bruno
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Estrella en el bosque (Star in the Forest)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Undocumented, Non-English Book: Spanish, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Facing Fear
Age 05 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
Age 13 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2022, Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Floating on Mama’s Song / Flotando en la cancion de mama
Age 05 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, The Arts
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur
Age 05 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual Character