Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Youth Book Recommendations

"A bilingual poetic tale that follows one child/tree from the depths of Mami/Earth to the heights of the sky, telling a story about being free to grow and be who we are meant to be and honoring our relationship with the natural world"--

Un ni?o se divierte asistiendo a una feria con su abuela en San Luis de La Paz, M?xico, mientras ella le ense?a palabras y frases en espa?ol y ?l le ense?a a ella ingl?s. A boy has a good time attending a fair with his grandmother in San Luis de La Paz, Mexico, as she teaches him Spanish words and phrases and he teaches her English.

The author's twenty-one poems are about the themes of life and each is preceded by a personal anecdote. Introduces some new poems.

Un joven multirracial celebra la familia, la amistad y la diversi?n al contar algunas de las cosas cotidianas por las que est? agradecido. A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.

"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her"--

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...

"Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.

Everybody is fighting in sixth-grader Maximilian's world as his elderly aunts battle for the Queen Bingo trophy, his masked uncles wrestle for the tag-team title of the world, and his sweetheart and the "new girl" battle for Max's heart.

In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. En este nuevo poema cocinar, Jorge Argueta nos trae una receta fácil y divertida para una deliciosa salsa. Un niño y su hermana se reúnen los ingredientes y se muelen en un molcajete, al igual que sus...

Provides a poetic recipe for cheese tamalitos that not only offers instructions for making them but highlights the importance of corn in the foodways of the Americas. Hacer tamalitos de maíz es delicioso y muy fácil. En este entretenido poema para cocinar, un hermano y una hermana te enseñan a preparar la masa y a rellenarla con queso, antes de envolverla en tuzas. En un lenguaje poético accesible, Jorge Argueta nos habla del maíz: de su aspecto...