Latino/a Books for Elementary Children, Part III

This is Part III of three posts .

Illustration by Domi from The Secret Legacy

Marín, Guadalupe Rivera. 2010. My Papa Diego and Me. Artwork by Diego Rivera. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Martinez, Alejandro Cruz. 1997. The Women Who Outshone the Sun/La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol. Illustrated by Fernando Olivera. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Medina, Jane. 1995. My Name Is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River. Illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Medina, Meg. 2008. Milagros: Girl from Away.  NY: Henry Holt.

Menchu, Rigoberta. 2008. The Secret Legacy. Illustrated by Domi. Contributed by Dante Liano. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Menchu, Rigoberta. 2006. The Honey Jar. Illustrated by Domi. Contributed by Dante Liano. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Montejo, Victor. 2009. Popol Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya. Illustrated by Luis Garay. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Montes, Marisa. 2006. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. New York: Henry Holt. (English/Spanish)

Mora, Pat. 2010. Abuelos. Illustrated by Amelia Lau Caring. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Mora, Pat, 2010. The Night the Moon Fell: A Maya Myth Illustrated by Domi. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Mora, Pat. 2009. Gracias/Thanks. Illustrated by John Parra. New York: Lee & Low.

Mora, Pat. 2009. A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas. Illustrated by Magaly Morales. New York: Clarion.

Mora, Pat. 2009. Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day: Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros. Illustrated by Rafael López. New York: Rayo.

Mora, Pat. 2007. Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué rico! Americas’ Sproutings. Illustrated by Rafael López. New York: Lee & Low.

Mora, Pat. 2006. Confetti: Poemas para ninos/Poems for Children. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee & Low

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.

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

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

Mora, Pat. 2001. Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto. Illustrated by Francisco X. Mora. New York: Clarion.

Mora, Pat. 1997. Tomás and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raul Colón. New York: Knopf.

Mora, Pat. 1997. A Birthday Basket for Tia. Illustrated by Cecily Lang. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Mora, Pat. 1994. Pablo’s Tree. Illustrated by Cecily Lang. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Morales, Yuyi.  2008. Just in Case:  A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. New Milford, CT: Roaring Brook Press.

Morales, Yuyi.  2007. Little Night. New Milford, CT: Roaring Brook Press.

Morales, Yuyi. 2003. Just a Minute! A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle.

Munduruku Daniel. 2000. Tales of the Amazon: How the Munduruku Indians Live. Illustrated by Laura Beatriz. Toronto: Groundwood Books. 

Orozco, Jose-Luis. 1999. De Colores and Other Latin American Folk Songs for Children. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. NY: Puffin. 

 Pérez, Amada Irma. 2008. My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Pérez, Amada Irma. 2007. Nana’s Big Surprise/Nan, Que sorpresa! Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Pérez, Amada Irma. 2002. My Diary from Here to There/Mi Diaro De Aqui Hasta Alla. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Perez, L. King. 2002. First Day in the Grapes. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. NY: Lee & Low.

Ramirez, Antonio. 2010. Napí funda un pueblo / Napí Makes a Village. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Ramirez, Antonio. 2006. Napí Goes to the Mountain. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Reich, Susanna. 2005. Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon. Illustrated by Raul Colon. NY: Simon & Schuster.

Rivera, Rafael, Jr. 2009. Baseball on Mars/Béisbol en Marte. Illustrated by Christina Rodriguez. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Rohmer, Harriet. The Invisible Hunters / Los Cazadores Invisibles. Illustrated by Joe Sam. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. 2012. Alicia’s Fruity Drinks/ Las aquas frescas de Alicia. Illustrated by Laura Lacamara. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. 2010. The Battle of the Snow Cones/La querra de las raspas. Illustrated by Alisha Gambino. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. 2007. The Woodcutter’s Gift/El regalo del leñador. Illustrated by Elaine Jerome. Houston, TX: Piñata Books. 

Russell, Barbara Timberlake. 2004. The Remembering Stone. Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

From A Perfect Season for Dreaming

Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. 2008. A Perfect Season for Dreaming / Un tiempo perfecto para sonar. Illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press. (English and Spanish).

Sciurba, Katie. 2007. Oye, Celia! A Song for Celia Cruz. Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. New York: Henry Holt.

Skarmeta, Antonio. 2003. The Composition. Illustrated by Alfonoso Ruano. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Soto, Gary. 2006. A Fire in My Hands: Revised and Expanded Edition. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Soto, Gary. 2003. Neighborhood Odes. Illustrated by David Diaz. NY: Sandpiper.

Tafolla, Carmen. 2009. What Can You Do with a Paleta? Illustrated by Magaly Morales. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.

Tafolla, Carmen. 2008. What Can You Do with a Rebozo? Illustrated by Amy Cordova. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.

Tafolla, Carmen & Sharyll Teneyuca. 2008. That's Not Fair!/ No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justica. Illustrated by Terry Ybanez. San Antonio, TX: Wings Press.

Illustration by Isabelle Arsenault from Migrant.

Trottier, Maxine. 2011. Migrant. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Velasquez, Eric. 2010. Grandma's Gift. NY: Walker Books for Young Readers.

Velasquez, Eric. 2001. Grandma’s Records. NY: Walker.

Vicente, Luis San. 2002. Festival of Bones/El Festival de las Calaveras:  The Little-Bitty Book for the Day of the Dead. El Paso. TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

Wallner, Alexandra. 2006. Sergio and the Hurricane. New York: Henry Holt.

Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for Sonia Sotomayor...Bronx.

Villaseñor, Victor. 2005. Frog and His Friends Save Humanity/La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad. Illustrated by Edna Ochoa. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Villaseñor, Victor. 2005. Little Crow to the rescue/El cuervito al rescate. Illustrated by Ugalde Alcántara. Houston, TX: Piñata Books.

Winter, Jeanette. 2006. Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book. Orlando, FL: Voyager.

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.

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

Winter, Jonah. 1994. Diego. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter. New York: Dragonfly Books.

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.