20 Latinas Who Persevered: Picture Books for Grade 2

from The Flying Girl

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1.    Benatar, Raquel. (2004). Isabel Allende: Recuerdos para un cuento/Isabel Allende: Memories for a Story. Illustrated by Fernando Molinari.  Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

2.    Brown, Monica. (2017). Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos. Illustrated by John Parra. New York: NorthSouth Books.

3.    Brown, Monica. (2010). Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. New York: HarperCollins/Rayo.

4.    Brown, Monica. (2004). My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz.  Illustrated by Rafael López. Cooper Square Publishing.

5.    Chambers, Veronica. (2005). Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa. Illustrated by Julie Maren. New York: Dial.

6.    Cohn, Diana. (2005). ¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. (English and Spanish Edition). Illustrated by Francisco Delgado. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

7.    Engle, Margarita. (2018). The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar. Illustrated by Sara Palacios. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

8.    Engle, Margarita. (2017). Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics. Illustrated by Rafael López . New York: Henry Holt and Co.

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

10.Herrera, Juan Felipe. (2014). Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes. Illustrated by Raul Colón. New York: Penguin Books.

11.Mora, Pat. (2002). Maria Paints the Hills. Paintings by Maria Hesch. Albuquerque, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press.

12.Mora, Pat. (2002). A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Ines. Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. New York: Knopf Books.

13.Mora, Pat. (2005). Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Illustrated by Raul Colón. New York: Knopf Books.

14.Morales, Yuyi. (2014). Viva Frida. Illustrated by Tim O'Meara. New York: A Neal Porter Book.

15.Tafolla, Carmen and Sharyll Teneyuca. (2008). That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia.  Illustrated by Terry Ybáñez. San Antonio, TX: Wings Press.

16.Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2017). Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

17.Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2014). Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 

18. Warren, Sarah. (2012). Dolores Huerta: A Hero to MIgrant Workers. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. New York: Two Lions.

19.Winter, Jonah. (2009). Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx: La juez que crecio en el Bronx. Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. New York: Atheneum.

20.Winter, Jonah. (2002). Frida. Illustrated by Ana Juan. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books.