A PIECE OF MY HEART/PEDACITO DE MI CORAZON
Author: The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza
Origin: Southwest
Theme: Biography
Grades: 4-8

Thirty seven works of art takes us into the heart of one of the most distinguished painters of Chicano life.

A RIVER RAN WILD
Author: Lynne Cherry
Origin: USA
Theme: History, Ecology
Grades: 1-6

An environmental history of the Nashua River from its discovery by Native Americans through the polluting y...

ANY SMALL GOODNESS-A NOVEL OF THE BARRIO
Author: Tony Johnston
Origin: East Los Angeles;Barrio
Theme: Family, Life in the Barrio
Grades: 4-8

Growing up in the Bario of East Los Angeles, young Arturo Rodrigues struggles to make sense of world around...

ANY SMALL GOODNESS: A NOVEL OF THE BARRIO
Author: Tony Johnston
Origin: East Los Angeles, CA
Theme: Morals
Grades: 4-8

Growing up in East Los Angeles, Arturo struggles to make sense of the world around him. There are many goo...

ARROZ CON LECHE
Author: Lulu Delacre
Origin: Latin America
Theme: Music, Traditions
Grades: K-6

A collection of traditional Latin American songs and rhymes, in Spanish and English with the music included.

ASHLEY BRYAN'S AFRICAN TALES, UH-HUH
Author: Retold by Ashley Bryan
Origin: Africa
Theme: Folklore
Grades: 3-7

Fourteen stories from many parts of Africa retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan, a Coretta Scott King awa...

BARBER'S CUTTING EDGE
Author: Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Origin: African-American
Theme: Success
Grades: K-6

The story of how a young boy's trip to the barbershop turns into a fun lesson about the secret of success.

BECOMING NAOMI LEÓN
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Origin: USA, Mexico
Theme: Family, Identity
Grades: 4-8

Naomi's absent mother returns to claim her, so she runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and young...

BECOMING NAOMI LEÓN
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Origin: Mexican American
Theme: Family, Family Problems
Grades: 4-8

When Naomi's absent mother comes to California to claim her, she, her brother, and great grandmother run to...

BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Origin: Haitian Americans
Theme: Emigration, Immigration
Grades: 6-8

A first person narrative written in diary format tells the story of Celiane writing in her notebook describ...

BEIN' WITH YOU THIS WAY
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Origin: USA
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-6

With the irresistible beat of a playground rap, the author's exuberant verse invites readers of all ages to...

BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Origin: Multiple Tribes
Theme: Folklore
Grades: 1-6

Ten Native American legends and paintings of sacred places in this beautiful country. A personal favorite!

BLACK STORM COMIN'
Author: Diane Lee Wilson
Origin: American West
Theme: Slavery, Frontier Life, Pony Express
Grades: 6-8

Twelve-year-old Colton, son of a black mother and a white father, takes a job with the Pony Express in 1860...

BORDER CROSSING
Author: Maria Colleen Cruz
Origin: Los Angeles; Mexico
Theme: Identity, Family Life
Grades: 6-8

Twelve-year-old Cesi knows all about her mother's Cherokee and Irish family but little about her father's M...

BOYS OF SAN JOAQUIN, THE
Author: D. James Smith
Origin: California
Theme: Family Life, Theft, Disabilities
Grades: 6-8

In a small California town in 1951, Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money mis...

BREAKING THROUGH
SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS
Author: FRANISCO JIMENEZ
Origin: CALIFORNIA
Theme: Migrant workers, Illegal Immigration
Grades: 5-8

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fi...

BREAKING THROUGH
SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS
Author: Francisco Jiménez
Origin: California
Theme: Migrant workers, Illegal Immigration
Grades: 5-8

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fi...

BROWN HONEY IN BROOMWHEAT TEA
Author: Joyce Carol Thomas
Origin: African-American
Theme: Heritage
Grades: K-6

In this joyous collection of poems, the author writes of family, individuality and pride of heritage. She ...

CAGED EAGLES
Author: Eric Walters
Origin: Native Canadian; Japanese-Canadians
Theme: Friendship, Japanese Interment, Racism, Injustice
Grades: 6-8

Caged Eagles is a sequel to War of the Eagles. This story focuses on the Japanese internment during World ...

CALLING THE DOVES/EL CANTO DE LAS PALOMAS
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Origin: Mexico
Theme: Migrant Workers, Determination
Grades: K-6

This book is the author's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. This farmworker road was also the beg...

CANTO FAMILIAR
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Poetry, Growing up
Grades: 5-8

Twenty five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican-American children experience growing up.

CESAR CHAVEZ: A HERO FOR EVERYONE
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Biography, Migrant workers
Grades: 3-8

¡Viva la causa! ¡Viva César Chávez! Up and down the San Juaquin Valley and across the country, people cha...

CHATO AND THE PARTY ANIMALS
CHATO Y LOS AMIGOS PACHANGUEROS
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: East Los Angeles, California
Theme: Friendship, Birthday
Grades: 2-6

In Chato's second adventure, he plans a surprise party for his best friend Novio Boy. Chato plans for ever...

CHATO'S KITCHEN
CHATO Y SU CENA
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: East Los Angeles, California
Theme: Culture, Neighborhood
Grades: 2-6

A cool low-riding cat from East LA, plans on eating his new mice neighbors. Kids love the surprise ending a...

CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIA TO ZIMBABWE: A PHOTGRAPHIC JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Author: Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-6

This book should be a reference in every elementary classromm in the United States.

CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME/NINOS COMO YO
Author: Barnabas & Anabel kindersley
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Diversity
Grades: 1-6

A unique celebration of children around the world. UNICEF receives a royalty for every book sold. Spanish v...

CHILDREN OF THE USA
Author: Maya Ajmera, Yvonne Wakim Dennis etal.
Origin: United States
Theme: Culture, Identity, Diversity
Grades: K-6

Every state is respresented by a city and the diverse population of children living there. A wonderful boo...

COLIBRÍ
Author: Ann Cameron
Origin: Guatemala
Theme: Kidnapping, Mayas
Grades: 6-8

Kidnapped when she was young by an unscrupulous man, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, ...

COLOR OF MY WORDS, THE
Author: Lynn Joseph
Origin: Domincan Republic
Theme: Family Life
Grades: 6-8

Ana Rosa is a blossoming young writer growing up in the Domincan Republic, a country where words are feared...

COME JUNETEENTH
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Origin: USA
Theme: Slavery: Freedom
Grades: 5-7

Ann Rinaldi brings history to life in this vividly showcased novel. Two years after Lincoln issued his Eman...