Books by Community

Donde las maravillas crecen (Where Wonder Grows)

Age 05 or older

Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM

Dreams From Many Rivers

Age 10 or older

Themes: Citizenship, Genre: Historical, Human Rights Violation: Trafficking, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Latinitas

Age 08 or older

Themes: Celebrations

Le dicen Fregona: Poemas de un chavo de la frontera

Age 10 or older

Themes: Activism, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual Character, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing

Nobody’s Pilgrims

Age 16 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Immigrant: Undocumented, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Unaccompanied Minors

Paletero Man

Age 04 or older

Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts

Side by Side/ Lado a Lado

Age 04 or older

Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Celebrations, Community Action, Migrant/Seasonal Worker

Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds

Age 07 or older

Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Educator Resource, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: Gang Violence, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming Library Selection

The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border

Age 12 or older

Themes: Detention, Refugee Journey, Unaccompanied Minors, US/Mexican Border Crossing

They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid’s Poems

Age 10 or older

Themes: Activism, Allyship, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: By Detention, Generation: 1st, Genre: Poetry, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing

Us, in Progress

Age 08 or older

Themes: Own Voices/Lived Experience

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Age 12 or older

Themes: Anthology, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Yes! We Are Latinos

Age 08 or older

Themes: Anthology, Educator Resource, Genre: Historical, Multiracial Identity