Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Book Collection

CLI celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with read alouds that center Latinx and Hispanic characters and cultures. These picture books, biographies, early readers, and middle grade novels bring us stories from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Inka Empire, and more.

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¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge

Raúl the Third
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Lucero
Yuyi Morales
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Somewhere

Robie H. Harris and
Armando Mariño

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Run, Little Chaski!

Mariana Llanos and
Mariana Luiz Johnson

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A Song of Frutas
Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios
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Let’s Be Friends/Seamos Amigos

René Colato Laínez
and Nomar Perez

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Canta conmigo
Diana López and Teresa Martinez
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Alejandra Fights Back!/¡La Lucha De Alejandria!
Leticia Hernández-Linares and Robert Liu-Trujillo

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El Toro & Friends: Tag Team
Raúl the Third
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Alicia and the Hurricane/
Alicia y el huracán

Leslea Newman and Elizabeth Erazo Baez
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Rafa Counts on Papá
Joe Cepeda
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Yo Soy Muslim
Mark Gonzales
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La selva
Margarita Engle
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Mis dos pueblos fronterizos
David Bowles and Erika Meza
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La selva de Zonia
Juana Martinez-Neal
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Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
Angela Cervantes
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Hispanic Heritage Month Resource Guide

CLI is excited to share our thoughts on how to honor and acknowledge this special occasion, along with book recommendations and resources for the classroom.  

Click here to see the HHM Resource Guide >>

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