Latino/a Books for Elementary Children, Part II

This is Part II of III posts .

Luis Garay. From Pedrito's Day.

Galindo, Mary Sue. 2000. Icy Watermelon/Sandía fría. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press.

Garay, Luis. 2002. The Kite. Toronto: Tundra Books.

Garay, Luis. 1997. The Long Road. Toronto: Tundra Books.

Garay, Luis. 1997. Pedrito’s Day. New York: Orchard Books.

Garcia, Maria. 1997. The Adventures of Connie and Diego/ Los aventuras de Connie y Diego. Illustrated by Malaquias Montoya. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Garza, Carmen Lomas. 2005. Family Pictures: 15^th Anniversary/Cuadros de familia, Edición Quinceañera. . San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Garza, Carmen Lomas. 2000. In My family/En mi familia. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Garza, Xavier. 2009. Zulema and the Witch Owl/Zulema y la Bruja Lechuza. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Garza, Xavier. 2008. Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.

From Lucha Libre.

Garza, Xavier. 2006. Juan and the Chupacabras/Juan y el Chupacabras. Illustrated by April Ward. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Garza, Xavier. 2005. Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.

Geeslin, Campbell. 2004. Elena’s Serenade. Illustrated by Ana Juan. New York: Atheneum.

Goldman, Judy. 2008. Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead. Illustrated by Rene King Moreno. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Gonzalez, Lucia. 2008. The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos. Illustrated by Lulu Delacre. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Gonzalez, Maya Christina. 2009. I Know the River Loves Me/Yo se que el rio me ama. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press

Gonzalez, Maya Christina. 2007. My Colors My World/Mis colores, mi mundo. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press

González, Rigoberto. 2005. Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio. Illustrated by Celia Alvarez. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press. (English and Spanish)

González, Rigoberto. 2003. Soledad Sigh-Sighs/Soledad suspiros. Illustrated by Rosa Ibarra. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press. (English and Spanish)

Griswold del Castillo, Richard. 2002. César Chávez: the Struggle for Justice/ César Chávez: La lucha por la justicia. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo.  Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Griego, Margot C., Betsy L. Bucks and Sharon S. Gilbert. 1988. Tortillitas para Mamá and Other Nursery Rhymes (Bilingual Edition in Spanish and English). Illustrated by  Laurel H. Kimball. NY: Henry Holt. (Spanish and English)

Hammond, Anna. 1993. This Home We Have Made / Esta Casa Que Hemos Hecho. Illustrated by Joe Matunis. New York: Crown. 

Illustration by Vicki Trego Hill. From La Llorona/The Weeping Woman

Hayes, Joe. 2006. La Llorona/The Weeping Woman. Illustrated by Vicki Trego Hill and Mona Pennypacker. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 2005. A Spoon for Every Bite/Cada Bocado con Nueva Cuchara. Illustrated by Rebecca Leer. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 2004. Ghost Fever / Mal de Fantasma. Illustrated by Mona Pennypacker. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

Hayes, Joe. 2003. The Day It Snowed Tortillas/ El Dia Que Nevaron Tortillas, Folktales told In Spanish and English. Illustrated by Antonio Casto Lopez. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 2003. El Cucuy: A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish. Illustrated by Honorio Robleda. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 2002. Pajaro Verde/The Green Bird.  Illustrated by Antonio Casto Lopez. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 2002. Estellita de oro/Little Gold Star: A Cinderella Cuento.  Illustrated by Gloria Osuna Perez and Lucia Angela Perez. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

Hayes, Joe. 1996. Watch Out for Clever Women! Cuidado con las mujerer astutas!. Illustrated by Vicki Trego Hill. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (Spanish and English).

16 Paintings Made by Elizabeth Gomez for The Upside Down Boy

 Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2006. The Upside Down Boy/El nino de cabeza. Illustrated by Elizabeth Gomez. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2004. Featherless/ Desplumado. Illustrated by Ernesto Cuevas, Jr. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2002. Grandma and Me at the Flea/Los Meros Remateros. Illustrated by Anita DeLucio-Brock. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2003. Super Cilantro Girl/ La superniña del cilantro. Illustrated by Honorio Robleda Tapia. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Herrera, Juan Felipe.  2001. Calling the Doves/El Canto de las Palomas. Illustrated by Elly Simmons. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press. (English and Spanish) Spanish Audio Recording.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 1998. Laughing Out Loud, Fly: Poems in English and Spanish. Illustrated by Karen Barbour. NY: Joanna Colter Books. 

Hinojosa, Tish. 2002. Cada Nino / Every Child: A Bilingual Songbook for Kids. Illustrated by Lucia Angela Perez. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. 

Isol. 2010. Petit, the Monster. Translated by Elisa Amado. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Illustration by Enrique O. Sanchez from Golden Flower:A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico

Jaffe, Nina 2005. Golden Flower: A Taíno Myth from Puerto Rico. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Jiménez, Francisco. 1998. La mariposa. Illustrated by Simón Silva. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Johnston, Tony. 2009. My Abuelita. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Watertown, MA: Orlando, FL: Harcourt.

Johnston, Tony. 2001. Uncle Rain Cloud. Illustrated by Fabrico Vanden Broeck. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Johnston, Tony. 2000. Day of the Dead. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter. NY: Sandpiper.

Keep, Richard. 2008. Clatter Bash! A Day of the Dead Celebration. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

Krull, Kathleen. 2003. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. New York: Harcourt.

Krull, Kathleen. 1994. Maria Molina and the Days of the Dead. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. NY: Simon & Schuster.

Yuyi Morales's illustration from Floating on Mama's Song.

Lacamara, Laura. 2010. Floating on Mama's Song/Flotando en la cancion de mama. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. NY: Katherine Tegen Books.

Laínez, René Colato. 2010. The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez. Illustrated by Tom Lintern. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.

Laínez, René Colato. 2010. My Shoes and I. Illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill Press.

Laínez, René Colato. 2010. From North to South/Del Norte al Sur. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Laínez, René Colato 2004. Waiting for Papá/Esperando a Papá. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo.  Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Lee, Claudia M. (Ed.). 2002. Messengers of Rain and Other Poems from Latin America. Illustrated by Tafael Yockteng Toronto, Groundwood Books.     

Leiner, Katherine. 2001. Mama Does the Mambo. Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. New York: Hyperion.

López de Mariscal, Bianca. 2001. The Harvest Birds/Los pajaros de la cosecha. Illustrated by Enrique Flores. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Luenn, Nancy. 1994. Gift for Abuelita/Un regalo para Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead/En celebracion del Dia de los Muertos. Illustrated by Robert Chapman. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon.

Luján, Jorge. 2012. Con el sol en los ojos/With the Sun in My Eyes. Illustrated by Morteza Zahedi. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2008. Colors! Colores! . Illustrated by Piet Grobler. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2007. Sky Blue Accident/Accidente celeste. Illustrated by Piet Grobler. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Piet Grobler's illustration from Sky Blue Accident/Accidente celeste.

Luján, Jorge. 2006. Tarde de invierno/Winter afternoon. Illustrated by Mandana Sadat. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2004. Rooster/Gallo. Illustrated by Manuel Monroy. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2003. Daybreak/Nightfall. Illustrated by Manuel Monroy. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2003. Alba Y Ocaso. Illustrated by Manuel Monroy. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2002. Beyond My Hand. Illustrated by Georgina Quintana. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Luján, Jorge. 2002. Mas alla de mi brazo. Illustrated by Georgina Quintana. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

9/11 Books for K-12

Please Note:

All images from, The Day Our World Changed: Children's Art of 9/11. NYU Child Study Center - http://www.AboutOurKids.org

 

Elementary Books

Collage. By Joel Cruz, Age 8.

Brown, Don. 2011. America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell. New York: Flashpoint/Roaring Brook Press.

Curtiss, A.B. 2003. The Little Chapel that Stood. Illustrated by Mirto Golino. Escondido, CA: Old Castle Publishing.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2009. Fourteen Cows for America. Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

Engine 24 Ladder 5. 2002. Do Not Be Sad: A Chronicle of Healing - Children's Letters and Artwork Sent after 9/11 from Across America to Engine 24 Ladder 5 FDNY. New York: Welcome Books.

The Power of Love. By Soobin Lim, age 13.

Kalman, Maira. 2005. Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey. New York: Puffin.

Patel, Andrea. 2002. On That Day: A Book of Hope for Children. San Francisco: Tricycle Press.

Ringgold, Faith. 2004. What Will You Do for Peace? Impact of 9/11 on New York City Youth. Hamden, CT: InterRelations Collaborative, Inc.

Rodriguez, Cindy J. 2009. I was Born on 9/11. Illustrated by Joyce L. Elliott. Baltimore, MD: Publish America.

Roth, Susan. 2001. It's Still a Dogs New York: A Book of Healing. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Books.

Winter, Jeanette. 2004. September Roses. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Memorial. By Andrew Emil, Age 11

Intermediate to Middle School Books

Eisner, Will, Russell, P. Craig, McClure, John, Powell, Eric, Muth, Jon J. Chelsea, David, Russell, Drooker, Eric, Nowlan, Kevin, Sloboda, Paul, Chadwick, Pal, Stradley, Randy, and Gibbons, David. 2002. 9-11: Artists Respond. Dark Horse.

Frank, Mitch. 2002. A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and its Aftermath. New York: Scholastic.

Friedman, D. Dina. 2006. Playing Dad's Song. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. (Fiction)

Wachtel, Alan. 2009. September 11: A Primary Source History. Gareth Stevens Publishing.

High School/Adult Books: Fiction

Beigbeder, Frederic. 2006. Windows on the World. New York: Harper Perennial.

DeLillo, Don. 2008. Falling Man A Novel. New York: Scribner.

Hamid, Mohsin. 2008. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Orlando, FL: Harvest Books.

Trying To Find Safety Within One Another. By Jackie, Age 14.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2005. Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box. Rayo. (free verse novel).

Levithan, David. 2010.  Love is the Higher Law. New York: Knopf.

Safra, Jonathan. 2006. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel. New York: Mariner Books.

Schwartz, Lynne Sharon. 2006. The Writing on the Wall. New York: Counterpoint.

High School/Adult Books: Non-Fiction

Berry, Wendell. 2001. Thoughts in the Presence of Fear. Orion Magazine.

Defede, Jim. 2003. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. New York: Harper.

Osama's Toys. By Annie Mak, Age 17

DiMarco, Damon. 2007. Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Press. 

Flynn, Thomas F. 2008. Bikeman.  Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McNeel Pubishing.

Heyen, William (Ed.). 2002. September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. Etruscan Press.

Jacobson, Sid. 2006. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. New York: Hill and Wang.

Kean, Thomas and Lee H. Hamilton. 2004. The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United states of America.  New York: St. Martin's Press.

Photographers of the New York City Police Department. 2002. Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001. New York: Viking Studio.

Spiegelman, Art. 2004. In the Shadows of No Towers. New York: Pantheon.

Thoms, Annie. 2002. With Their Eyes: the View from a High School at Ground Zero. New York: Harper Collins.

Mourning Sun. By Wanda Martinez, Age 17.