Culture and Heritage

My Name is Gabriela/Me Llamo Gabriela by Monica Brown 

The second in this new bilingual picture book biography series focuses on Gabriela Mistral, a teacher, poet, and the first Latina woman to win the Nobel Prize.

Arrorro, Mi Nino by Lulu Delacre by Lulu Delacre

A book of Latino lullabies and games in English and Spanish, inspired by the author's own childhood in Puerto Rico.

El Festival de las Calaveras/The Festival of the Bones by Luis San Vicente 

Mexico's Day of the Dead fascinates U.S readers, whether for its joyful celebration of an unusual tradition or because it simply feels like home. San Vicente lets children join the celebration as they watch the skeletons rock, rattle, and roll those long...

Watch Out for Clever Women!: Cuidado Con Las Mujeres Astutas! by Joe Hayes by Joe Hayes

Told in both Spanish and English, these folk stories celebrate the strength of women as found in the Hispanic folklore of northern New Mexico. The collection includes Joe's most famous story "The Day It Snowed Tortillas".

Once Around the Block/Una Vuelta a la Manzana by Jose Lozano 

The bilingual kids in a Mexican-American neighborhood know a fun way to teach the alphabet.

La Llorona, the Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English (Hardcover) by Joe Hayes

The ghost story to end all ghost stories is now available for the first time in this full-color hardcover edition. It is the best known and most popular ghost story in Hispanic America.

La Llorona/The Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English by Joe Hayes 

La Llorona (yoh-RROH-nah), now available for the first time in a full-color paperback, is the ghost story to end all ghost stories and truly the most popular cuento of Hispanic America. This story of the weeping woman appears at first to be only a...

Abuelita Fina y Sus Sombrillas Maravillosas/Grandma Fina And Her Wonderful Umbrellas by Benjamin Alire Saenz by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Grandma Fina loves her yellow umbrella, but everybody else thinks it's old and raggedy.

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie / El Hombre Que No Sabia Mentir by Joe Hayes by Joe Hayes

Apples, temptation, and a beautiful woman. Can Juan Verdades still be Truthful John by the end?

Dance, Nana, Dance / Baila, Nana, Baila: Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish by Joe Hayes by Joe Hayes

These folk stories teach the deep-hearted wisdom of the Cuban people.

Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid by Xavier Garza

Meet Santa's newest helper: his cousin Pancho, a farmer living down in South Texas. Pancho was once a mariachi singer. One night his "primo" Santa Claus showed up and asked for help along the US/Mexico border. And then, "poof," Santa transformed Pancho...

Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask: A Bilingual Cuento by Xavier Garza 

Carlitos worships The Man in the Silver Mask, the most famous of all Mexican wrestlers.