Favorite Books Written By Hispanic Authors

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx

This bilingual picture book tells the story of Sotomayor's childhood in the Bronx, her time at Princeton, and her confirmation on the Supreme Court, with a special focus on her mother's unwavering support throughout her life. Lovely illustrations capture the warmth and joy of Sotomayor's family and story. Note: The biography includes a discussion of the racial undertones of her nomination and confirmation hearing.

Elementary (Pre K–2)
Doña Flor	Pat Mora
My Mexico	Tony Johnston
Salsa Stories	Lulu Delacre
Abuela	Arthur Dorros
Gathering the Sun	AlmaFlor Ada
Moon Rope	Lois Ehlert
Pablo's Tree	Pat Mora
Chato's Kitchen	Gary Soto
Yagua Days	Cruz Martel
Xochtil and the Flowers	Jorge Argueta
New Shoes for Silvia	Johanna Hurwitz
The Spirit of Tío Fernando	Janice Levy
Hispanic Scientists: Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez	Jetty St. John
I Am Latino: The Beauty of Me	Sandra Pinkney

Elementary (3–5)
Family Pictures	Carmen Lomas Garza
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans	Susan Sinnott
The Bossy Gallito	Lucia Gonzalez
Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers	Pat Mora
Calling the Doves/El Encanto De Las Palomas	Juan Felipe Herrera
Family Pictures	Carmen Lomas Garza
Iguanas in the Snow and other Winter Poems	Francisco X. Alarcón
Under the Royal Palms: a Childhood in Cuba	Alma Flor Ada
Learning About Determination From the Life of Gloria Estefan	Meanne Stazzabosco
Ivan Rodriguez	Tony DeMarco
Emiliano Zapata: Revolutionary and Champion of Poor Farmers	R. Conrad Stein
Alicia Alonso: First Lady of the Ballet	Sandra Martin Arnold
The Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans	Nicholas E. Meyer
Famous Hispanic Americans	Janet Morey
Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut	Romero Maritza

Middle School (6–8)
César Chávez : Crusader for Social Change	Brenda Haugen
When I was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo	Poli Délano
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States	Lori Carlson, Editor
Crossing the Wire	Will Hobbs
Breaking Through	Francisco Jiménez
Under the Same Sky	Cynthia DeFelico
Struggling to Become an American	Robin Santos Doak
The Color of My Words	Lynn Joseph
Wachale! Poetry and Prose about Growing Up Latino in America	Ilan Stavans, Editor
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans	Susan Sinnott
Baseball in April and Other Stories	Gary Soto
Call Me Maria: a Novel	Judith Ortiz Cofer
Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology	Edited by Phyllis Tashlik
My Daughter, My Son, the Eagle, the Dove: An Aztec Chant	Ana Castillo
Cuba 15	Nancy Osa
Becoming Naomi León	Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Tree is Older than You Are	Edited by Naomi Shihab Nye
Facts of Life	Gary Soto
Flight to Freedom	Ana Veciana–Suarez
Among the Volcanoes	Omar S. Castañeda
The Smell of Old Lady Perfume	Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
Delores Huerta: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist	Robin S. Doak
Esperanza Rising	Pam Munoz Ryan
The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child	Francisco Jimenez
Journey of Dreams	Marge Pellegrino
Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba	Margarita Engle

High School (9–12)
Journey of the Sparrows	Fran Leeper Buss
Jesse	Gary Soto
Yo!	Julia Alvarez
El Bronx Remembered	Nicholasa Mohr
Famous Hispanic Americans	Wendy Dunn, Janet Nomura Morey, and Carlos E. Cortes
Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish	Juan Felipe Herrera
How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents	Julia Alvarez
Bless Me, Ultima	Rudolfo Anaya
When I Was Puerto Rican	Esmeralda Santiago
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States	Lori Marie Carlson
The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel	Carlos Ruiz Zafón translated by Lucia Graves
One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel García Márquez
American Chica	Maria Arana
Taking Sides	Gary Soto
Before We Were Free	Julia Alvarez
Riding Low on the Streets of Gold: Latino Literature for Young Adults	edited, with an introduction Judith Ortiz Cofer
Growing Up Inside the Sanctuary of My Imagination	Nicholasa Mohr
Curse of the Chupa Cabra	Rudolfo Anaya
Accidental Love	Gary Soto
The Importance of a Piece of Paper: Stories	Jimmy Santiago Baca
Crazy Loco	David Talbot Rice
Reaching Out	Francisco Jiménez
Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity	edited by Lori Marie Carlson
I, Juan De Pareja	Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
The Emerald Lizard: Fifteen Latin American Tales to Tell	Pleasant DeSpain
Kids Like Me	Judith M. Blohm, Terri Lapinsky Powells

Adult Reading
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez	Richard Rodriguez
The Line of the Sun	Judith Ortiz Cofer
Empress of the Splendid Season	Ơscar Hijuelos
In the Time of the Butterflies: A Novel	Julia Alvarez
Never Through Miami	Robert Quesada
Down These Mean Streets	Piri Thomas
Our House in the Last World	Ơscar Hijuelos
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love	Ơscar Hijuelos
Collected Fictions	Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley
Shadow without a Name	Ignacio Padilla, translated by Peter R. Bush & Anne McCleane
By the Lake of Sleeping Children: The Secret Life of the Mexican Border	Luis Alberto Urrea
The Latino Holiday Book: From Cinco de Mayo to Dia de los Muertos--the Celebrations and Traditions of Hispanic-Americans	Valerie Menard
Latino Literacy: The Complete Guide to Our Hispanic History and Culture	Frank De Varona
Chronology of Hispanic-American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present	Nicolas Kanellos

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