Hispanic and Latinx Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

From the Philippines to the Dominican Republic, from California to Chile, Hispanic and Latinx peoples have many stories, histories, languages and cultures. (Although there is some ambiguity, generally “Hispanic” refers to Spanish-speaking peoples, and “Latinx” refers to people of Latin American heritage, including Portuguese-speaking Brazilians, for example. Celebrate the beauty and vast diversity of Hispanic and Latinx culture and history, or just get your learning started with these resources from the Library.

Hispanic and Latin American Resources

Children

Brick by Brick by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
Dia de los muertos by Rosanne Thong
Dolores Huerta: a Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans by Cesar Alegre
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans by Susan Sinnot
The First Rule of Punk by Cecilia C. Pérez
Frida Kahlo: the Artist Who Painted Herself by Margaret Frith
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders by Rene Colato Lainez
I Got a Chicken for My Birthday by Laura Gehl
The Inca by Pat McKissack
Islandborn by Junot Diaz
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
A Kid’s Guide to Latino History: More Than 50 Activities by Valerie Patrillo
Life in Ancient Mesoamerica by Lynn Peppas
Machu Picchu by Elizabeth Mann
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
The Maya by Pat McKissack
The Maya Indians by Victoria Sherrow
Mi papi tiene una moto by Isabel Quintero
My Family Adventure by Jacqueline Jules
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz
A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar by David A. Adler
Selena by Joanne Mattern
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sofia Acosta Makes a Scene by Emma Otheguy
Solo pregunta! sé diferente, sé valiente, sé tú by Sonia Sotomayor
Standing Tall: the Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans by Argentina Palacios
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Strange Birds: a Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puenta, Rey del Mambo by Monica Brown
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Tree of Dreams by Laura Resau
Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor
Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova
Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raul the Third
The Water Bears by Kimberly Baker
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Mendez
Who Was Cesar Chavez? by Dana Meachen Rau
Who Was Che Guevara? by Ellen Labrecque
The Wind Called My Name by Mary Louise Sanchez
Yes! We are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada

Teens

Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Peña
Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with his Mother by Sonia Nazario
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza
Sonia Sotomayor: the First Latina Supreme Court Justice by John Torres
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

Adults

The Affairs of the Falcóns: a Novel by Melissa Rivero
A Blossom of Bright Light by Suzanne Chazin
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Fruit of the Drunken Tree: a Novel by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Ingles/English for Spanish Speakers from Pimsleur Language Programs
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Latino Americans: the 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation by Ray Suarez
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Lost Children Archive: a Novel by Valeria Luisell
Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Night at the Fiestas: Stories by Kirstin Valez Quade
Nightmare Range: the Collected George Sueño & Ernie Bascom Stories by Martin Limon
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ordinary Girls: a Memoir by Jaquira Díaz
Our America: a Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line by Adrian Burgos
Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya by Micahel D. Coe
Spanish I A: the Complete Course from Pimsleur Language Programs

Movies

Borrow Online

Overdrive

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (available as audiobook or ebook)
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (available as audiobook or ebook)
Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez (available as ebook)
The sound of things falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (available as ebook)
The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez (available as audiobook or ebook)
Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Peña (available as ebook)
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (available as audiobook)
The Undocumented Americans: a Homecoming by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (available as audiobook)

Hoopla

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (available as audiobook or ebook)
Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora (available as ebook)
My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter by Aja Monet (available as ebook)
Before Night Falls by based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (available as movie)
Tertulia by Vincent Toro (available as audiobook)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (available as audiobook)
Bolivar: the South American Liberator by Robert Harvey (available as ebook)

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