September

Program
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Theme: Hispanic Heritage

Featured Titles by Grade:

K

• A Child of Books, by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

• Alma and How She Got Her Name, by Juana Martinez-Neal

• Drum Dream Girl, by Margarita Engle

• Desert Song, by Laekan Zea Kemp​
   

1

• A Child of Books, by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

• Adela’s Mariachi Band, by Denise Vega

• Carmela Full of Wishes, by Matt de la Peña

• Lucia the Luchadora, by Cynthia Leonor Garza

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2

• The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung, by Samantha R. Vamos

• Into The Mighty Sea, by Arlene Abundis

• La Princesa and the Pea, by Susan Middleton Elya

• Biblioburro, by Jeanette Winter

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3

• Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy​

• Islandborn, by Junot Díaz

• ​Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales

• Tito Puente, Mambo King, by Monica Brown

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4

• ​Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park, by María Dolores Águila

• ​Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, by Monica Brown

• The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding, by Karina Nicole Gonzalez

• My Two Border Towns, by David Bowles
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5

• ​A Child of Books, by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

• ​Separate Is Never Equal, by Duncan Tonatiuh

• Danza!: Amalia Hernadez and El Ballet Folklórico de México, by Duncan Tonatiuh

• Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre, by Anika Aldamuy Denise

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6

• ​A Child of Books, by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

• ​Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh

• ​Turning Pages: My Life Story, by Sonia Sotomayor

• ​Mother of Sharks, Melissa Cristina Marquez

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Detailed Titles and Activities Downloadable PDF

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References

Brightly (2025)

PBS Kids (2020)