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My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá

10 best books like My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá (Amada Irma Pérez): Carmela Full of Wishes, ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A., Los Gatos Black on Halloween, Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds, My Abuelita, Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina, Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia, Grand Canyon, Tia Isa Wants a Car, Lola at the Library

Carmela Full of Wishes
AuthorMatt de la Pena
When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true--she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their neighborhood, past the crowded bus stop, the fenced-off repair shop, and the panaderia, until they arrive at the...
¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
AuthorDiana Cohn
¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! is a bilingual fictional story set against the backdrop of the successful janitors’ strike in Los Angeles in 2000. It tells about Carlitos, whose mother is a janitor. Every night, he sleeps while his mother cleans in one of the skyscrapers in downtown L.A. When she comes...
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
AuthorMarisa Montes
ISBN0805074295
Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween party

Under October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they...
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
AuthorJorge Argueta
ISBN1554988497
Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta...
My Abuelita
AuthorTony Johnston
ISBN0152163301
Winner of a 2010 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor!

Abuelita’s hair is the color of salt. Her face is as crinkled as a dried chile. She booms out words as wild as blossoms blooming. She stuffs her carcacha—her jalopy—with all the things she needs: a plumed snake, a castle, a skeleton, and more....
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
AuthorMonica Brown
ISBN0892392355
"My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don't match. At least, that's what everyone tells me."

Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. And don't even think of asking...
Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia
AuthorCarmen Lomas Garza
ISBN0892392061
Sandra Lomas Garza depicts scenes from her working-class childhood in Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia She also did this in another similar picture for children (and adults) In My Family/En mi familia.
This year, I am doing an informal study of What Does IT Mean to be Hispanic, my reading thread...
Grand Canyon
AuthorJason Chin
ISBN1596439505
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
Tia Isa Wants a Car
AuthorMeg Medina
ISBN0763641561
A little girl pitches in to help her tía save up for a big old car - and take the whole family to the beach - in a story told with warmth and sweetness.

Tía Isa wants a car. A shiny green car the same color as the ocean, with wings like a swooping bird. A car to take the whole family to the beach. But saving...
Lola at the Library
AuthorAnna McQuinn
ISBN1580891136
It is often a challenge to find children's books with black characters that aren't overwhelmed with historical narratives or self-affirming gobbly-gook (be like Harriet Tubman! You're special! No really!) The little touches make this book unique and lovely: Lola's soft cloud of unraveled hair...
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
AuthorDuncan Tonatiuh
ISBN0810938723
From first-time Mexican author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh comes the story of two cousins, one in America and one in Mexico, and how their daily lives are different yet similar. Charlie takes the subway to school; Carlitos rides his bike. Charlie plays in fallen leaves; Carlitos plays among the...
What Can You Do with a Paleta?
AuthorCarmen Tafolla
ISBN1582462216
Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . .

As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece,...
A Different Pond
AuthorBao Phi
ISBN1479597465
A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees.

The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
AuthorEdwidge Danticat
ISBN0525428097
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist

After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while...
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