Salvadoran/Salvadoran American
A Journey Toward Hope
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors
A Season for Building Houses
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
Abuelita and Me
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: I'm Your Neighbor Book Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Engagement Tool: Video, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generational Differences: Language, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Abuelita y yo (Abuelita and Me)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Engagement Tool: Video, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generational Differences: Language, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Belinda Lifts Her Voice / Belinda Eleva Su Voz
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk
Age 09 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Immigrant: Economic, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Economic Crisis, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
City Girls
Age 09 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Asylee, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Welcoming by Individual
Do I Belong Here?/ ¿Es este mi lugar?
Age 04 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Language Ability, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial
Emilio
Age 09 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Body Image, Mental Health, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Welcoming by Individual
Fernando’s Big Idea / La Gran Idea de Fernando
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Frankie & Bug
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allyship, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Mystery, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Neighbors & Neighborhoods
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Anthology, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health
Illegal Cargo
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
Jimena Perez Puede Volar / Jimena Perez Can Fly
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Novel In Verse, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors
Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Nonfiction, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Undocumented, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
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
Mama the Alien/Mama la extraterrestre
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Citizenship, Educator Resource, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Mario’s Notebook
Age 08 or Older
Themes: Activism, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Undocumented, Loss of Childhood, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Unaccompanied Minors
Mi Vida como Inmigrante (My Life as an Immigrant)
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Spanish
My Life as an Immigrant
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Reunion of Family
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders / Mis Zapatos Y Yo: Cruzando Tres Fronteras
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
Newyorkinas (City Girls)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Asylee, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Welcoming by Individual
René Has Two Last Names / René Tiene dos Apellidos
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Biography, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Searching for Sancocho / En Busca del Sancocho (Beyond Borders)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Solito: A Memoir (English Edition)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Migrant Smuggling, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Welcoming by Community
Solito: A Memoir (Spanish Edition)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Welcoming by Community
Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Tethered to Other Stars
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Adventure of Guz & Goz / La Aventura de Guz & Goz
Age 04 or older
Themes: Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors
The Far Away Brothers
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Migrant Smuggling, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors