Award Winners!
Award Winning Titles by Hispanic Authors & Illustrators
Our school communities as well as our society and culture have been positively influenced and enriched by the prose, poetry, and art of Hispanic authors and illustrators.
Introduce family and friends to the talent, creativity, and outstanding achievements of Hispanic authors and illustrators who are making significant contributions to literacy.
All titles are in Sora eBooks!
"Dreamers" by Yuyi Morales
"Soñadores"
Available in Spanish and English.GL 3-5
"Niño Wrestles the World" by Yuyi Morales
"Viva Frida" by Yuyi Morales
"Alma and How She Got Her Name" by Juana Martinez-Neal
"Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre"
Available in English and Spanish.GL K-3
"Doña Flor" by Pat Mora
GL 1-4
"Carmela Full of Wishes" by Matt De La Peña
Available in English and Spanish.
GL PS-3
"Mango, Abuela, and Me" by Meg Medina
Available in English and Spanish.
GL K-3
"Across the Bay" by Carlos Aponte
Maria Had a Little Llama/María Tenía Una Llamita" by Angela Dominguez
GL PS-2
"Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood" by F. Isabel Campoy
"Quizas algo hermoso: Cómo el arte transformó un barrio"
Available in Spanish and English.GL K-3
"The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred" by Samanta R. Vamos
GL K-3
"Just Ask" by Sonia Sotomayor
"Solo Pregunta!"
Available in Spanish and English.GL PS-3
"Last Stop on Market Street" by Matt De La Pena
"My Papi Has a Motorcycle" by Isabel Quintero
"Vamos Let's Go to the Market" by Raul the Third
"My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz" by Monica Brown
GL 2-5
"My Name is Gabito/Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Marquez" by Monica Brown
Bilingual
GL 2-5
"Waiting for the Biblioburro" by Monica Brown
"Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music" by Margarita Engle
"Forest World" by Margarita Engle
"La Selva"
Available in English and Spanish.GL 4-7
"Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln" by Margarita Engle
"Enchanted Air" by Margarita Engle
Available in English and Spanish.
GL 6-9
"Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics" by Margarita Engle
"Bravo! Poemas sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios"
Available in English and Spanish.GL 4-8
"The Lightning Dreamer" by Margarita Engle
"Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras" by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Dear Primo" by Duncan Tonatiuh
GL 1-3
"Danza! Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México" by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale" by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation" by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Undocumented: A Worker's Fight" by Duncan Tonatiuh
"Sal & Gabi Break the Universe" by Carlos Hernandez
"Lety Out Loud" by Angela Cervantes
"The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
"First Rule of Punk" by Celia Perez
"La primera regla del punk"
Available in Spanish and English.GL 5-8
"Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers" by Celia Perez
"Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish" by Juan Felipe Herrera
Bilingual
"Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
"The Other Half of Happy" by Rebecca Balcárcel
"They Call Me Guero: A Border Kid's Poems" by David Bowles
"Echo" by Pam Munoz Ryan
"Eco"
Available in English and Spanish.GL 5-8
"Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
"Esperanza renace"
Available in English and Spanish.GL5-9
"The Dreamer" by Pam Munoz Ryan
"Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
"Antes de ser libres"
Available in English and Spanish.GL 7-9
"Return to Sender" by Julia Alvarez
"How Tia Lola Learned to Teach" by Julia Alvarez
Available in English and Spanish.
GL 4-7
"Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
"Under the Mesquite" by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
"The Poet X" by Elizabeth Acevedo
"The Living" by Matt De La Peña
"The Hunted" by Mat De La Peña
"Ball Don't LIe" by Matt De La Peña
"Mexican White Boy" by Matt De La Peña
"We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
"I Will Save You" by Matt De La Peña
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List of Hispanic Authors and Illustrators (Click on the name of author/illustrator to get more information.)
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