Hispanic and Latin American Resources at the Library

Hispanic and Latin American Resources

Children

• Bodega Cat by Louie Chin
• 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 Fritht
• 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
• 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 
• 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

• Aztec, Inca & Zapotec 
• Coco 
• Which Way Home

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)
• Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis (available as ebook)
• At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón (available as 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 or ebook)
• The Undocumented Americans: a Homecoming by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (available as audiobook or ebook)
• Waiting for the BiblioBurro by Monica Brown (available as ebook)

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)

Kanopy

• The Latino Americans 
• Latino History & Latino Influence on the United States
• Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement 
• Willie Velazquez: Your Vote is Your Voice
• Fighting for our Lives  
• Made in L.A.  
• The Liberator/Libertador