Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

Here is a round-up of all my resources in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15th through October 15th.

Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

Read Your World Virtual Event: Unique Perspectives on Hispanic/Latinx Children’s Books in Raising Awareness about Climate Change

Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day has its first-ever virtual event with three amazing guest authors Andrea Olatunji, Maritza Martínez Mejía, and Maria J. Greenhalgh.

My Latinx Book Lists

#OwnVoices Children’s Books for Latinx Heritage Month

#OwnVoices Best Latinx American Children’s Books (ages 2-16)

Hispanic American Books for Kids: Link Round Up

5 Children’s Books to Celebrate Halloween & Día de los Muertos

Lucha Libre Children’s Books

Top 5 Latinx Poetry Picture Book List

Best Bilingual Spanish Picture Books

Top 10 Hispanic American Heritage Books for Kids

Top 10 Bilingual Spanish Books for Kids

Top 10: Best Latino American Children’s Books (ages 2-16)

The Américas Award

Hispanic American Books for Kids: Link Round Up

Fun Ways to Learn About Day of the Dead

Teach Toddlers Spanish with Lil Libros

My free and virtual book club: Multicultural Children’s Book Club Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Latinx KidLit Creators Interviews:

Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day Ig Live Interview series

María Dolores Águila

Gabriella Aldeman

Alexandra Alessandri

Nydia Armendia-Sánchez

Marcela Avelar

David Bowles

Anna Orenstein-Cardona

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Claudia Dávila

Lymari De La Torre

Edward Dennis

Margarita Engle

Federico Erebia

Frances Díaz Evans

Jay Flores

Michael Genhart

Cynthia Harmony

Steena Hernandez

Mariana Llanos

Mónica Mancillas

Juana Martinez-Neal

Maritza M. Mejia 

Juliet Menéndez

Marcia Argueta Mickelson

Anna Orenstein-Cardona

Mirelle Ortega with Cynthia Levinson

Cecilia Pópulus-Eudave with Stephanie Wildman

Alyssa Reynoso Morris

Juana Martinez-Neal

NoNieqa Ramos

Aida Salazar

Nydia Armendia-Sánchez

Paola Santos

Angela Velez

Book Lists from Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day

• Our Diverse World: Latin America
• Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Books for Kids
• Las Posadas Books for Kids
• Latinx American Books for Kids of All Ages

Learning Spanish Resources

My Bilingual Spanish TimTimTom Personalized Picture Book!

Kids Can Learn Spanish Through Songs

Introducing Foreign Languages to Your Kids (Spanish and Chinese)

Use Songs to Teach Kids Spanish

DVD of Spanish Children’s Songs

Website That Teaches Kids Spanish: Muy Fabuloso!

Learn Alphabet in Spanish: Fun for Preschoolers!

FREE and FUN Web Game: Spanish Vowels for Kids

Simon Says in Spanish

3 Picture Book GIVEAWAY from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers!

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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación

• ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
• ⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
• ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal
• Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026

Free and downloadable guide:

Barbed Wire Between Us Teacher’s Guide

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Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Civil Rights Activist

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Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat

• California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
• Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)

The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods

• California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
•  Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
• Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025

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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants®  Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

• ALSC Notable Children’s Book
• 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
• Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
• 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
• California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
• Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
• Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
• Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Book Award Nominee 2026-27
• Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World

• ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
• Junior Library Guild Gold selection
• Massachusetts Book Award Long List
• dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
• Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
• 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
• Green Earth Book Award Long List
• Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
• Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
• Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids

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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year

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