Each year, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
GRAPHIC NONFICTION: A heartwarming and vibrant story exploring a trip to Mexico to visit family where the author both embraced and rebelled against their heritage, eventually finding a sense of belonging, family, and the meaning of home.
REALISTIC FICTION -- The story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women, tracing the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. An indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces--one family's journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
BIOGRAPHY (VERSE): The author celebrates his Abuela and her powerful presence he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in.
REALISTIC FICTION -- An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that the world is brimming with messy complexities. A fierce, intimate examination of friendship, chosen family, and the generational cycles we must break to become our truest selves.
SHORT STORIES (FICTION): Follow princesses warring in space, haunting ghost stories in Argentina, mermaids off the coast of the Caribbean, swamps that whisper secrets, and many more realms explored and unexplored. This collection of seventeen short stories breaks borders and realms to prove that stories are truly universal.
SHORT STORIES: An anthology of short stories, comics, and poems from a celebrated group of authors who share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican Americans. Full of authentic YA voices revealing what it means to be Mexican American.
REALISTIC FICTION: An irresistible, award-winning romance starring a Mexican American teen who discovers love and profound truths about the universe when she spends her summer on a road trip across the country.
SHORT STORIES (FICTION) A collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is centered on one extended family - the Beléns - across multiple generations, set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa.
PICTURE BOOK: Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the significance of Aztec manuscripts and culture, paying tribute to Mesoamerican ingenuity and celebrating the universal power of the written word.
REAISTIC FICTION: A sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self.
BIOGRAPHY: Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.
REALISTIC FICTION: From 19th-century cigar factories to present-day detention centers, from Cuba to Mexico, Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt is a kaleidoscopic portrait of betrayals--personal and political, self-inflicted and those done by others--that have shaped the lives of these extraordinary women.
ROMANCE -- A charming rom-com about your average high school senior in search of . . . a husband? Seventeen-year-old Jimena Ramos is your typical teenage New Yorker--dazzling, fearless, and determined. When she discovers she's been living her life undocumented, she decides there's only one way to keep it on track: marry an American.
MAGICAL/REALISTIC FICTION: When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family's possibly-magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown.
REALISIC FICTION: First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.
EBOOK - FICTION: Family isn't something you're born into -- it's something you build. One young woman's journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her life -- family, money, school, and love -- begin to overlap and tangle.
MYSTERY FICTION: Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigate their principal's murder to clear their own names.
SHORT STORIES - NONFICTION: An illustrated collection of twelve short stories that look at the diverse Latinos who live in the United States, from a young girl whose day at her father's burrito truck surprises her to two sisters working together to change the older sister's immigration status, and more.
Playlist of Ted Talks featuring a wide variety of Hispanic leaders.
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Virtual Picture Books: Open the slide, then click on each book cover to hear a read aloud of a Hispanic Heritage picture book.
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Gale's Hispanic Heritage Month resources, featuring images, videos, articles, primary sources, and more. Password: methacton
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino.
