Prietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la llorona
10 best books like Prietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la llorona (Gloria E. Anzaldúa): Too Many Tamales, Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A., My Abuelita, The Bat Boy & His Violin, Little Night, What Can You Do with a Rebozo?, Papá and Me, Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia, The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos
| Author | Gary Soto |
| ISBN | 0698114124 |
Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's favorite cousins were coming over and she got to help make the tamales for Christmas dinner. It was almost too good to be true when her mother left the kitchen for a moment and Maria got to try on her beautiful...
| Author | Kathleen Krull |
| ISBN | 0152014373 |
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family...
¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
¡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...
| Author | Tony Johnston |
| ISBN | 0152163301 |
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....
| Author | Gavin Curtis |
| ISBN | 0689841159 |
Reginald loves to create beautiful music on his violin. But Papa, manager of the Dukes, the worst team in the Negro National League, needs a bat boy, not a "fiddler," and traveling with the Dukes doesn't leave Reginald much time for practicing.
Soon the Dukes' dugout is filled with Beethoven,...
| Author | Yuyi Morales |
| ISBN | 1596430885 |
As the long day comes to an end, Mother Sky fills a tub with falling stars and calls, "Bath time for Little Night!"
Little Night answers from afar, "Can't come. I am hiding and you have to find me, Mama. Find me now!"
Where could Little Night be? Down a rabbit hole? In a blueberry field?...
| Author | Carmen Tafolla |
| ISBN | 1582462208 |
What can you use
to dress up,
play hide-and-seek,
carry baby brother,
and DANCE with?
A rebozo!
In a playful celebration of a vibrant culture, a young girl and her family show all the things they do in their daily lives with a rebozo, a traditional Mexican woven shawl....
| Author | Arthur Dorros |
| ISBN | 0060581565 |
In Papá and Me, a young boy and his papa may speak both Spanish and English, but the most important language they speak is the language of love. In this beautiful bilingual picture book, Arthur Dorros portrays the close bond between father and son, with lush paintings by Rudy Gutierrez. Fans of Abuelo;...
| Author | Carmen Lomas Garza |
| ISBN | 0892392061 |
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...
| Author | Lucia M. Gonzalez |
| ISBN | 0892392223 |
It is the winter of 1929, and cousins Hildamar and Santiago have just moved to enormous, chilly New York from their native Puerto Rico. As Three Kings' Day approaches, Hildamar and Santiago mourn the loss of their sunny home and wonder about their future in their adopted city. But when a storyteller and...
| Author | Hena Khan |
| ISBN | 0811860620 |
A gentle, prettily-illustrated description of a family's month-long celebration of Ramadan. Most of the description relates to practice -- what is eaten, when various events fall -- rather than the historical or religious meaning, which I would have liked to see a bit more of. I assume the intended...
| Author | Angela Johnson |
| ISBN | 0439782252 |
Author Angela Johnson and illustrator E. B. Lewis combine their award-winning talents to create a dazzling celebration of family and creativity.
When Lily Brown paints, her world starts to change . . .
trees wear hats and drink tea, people walk upside down, and apples sing all the way home...
| Author | Crystal Hubbard |
| ISBN | 1584302437 |
I learned that a ten-year-old black girl in 1931 had no chance of realizing her dream to become a professional baseball player in America unless something rather miraculous happen. In Catching The Moon, The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream, Marcenia Lyle receives her first pair of baseball shoes...
| Author | Alma Flor Ada |
| ISBN | 0688170676 |
In simple words and sun-drenched paintings, Alma Flor Ada and Simón Silva take us into the fields and orchards, and into the lives of the people who work them. Simple poems in Spanish and English, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet, describe the wonder of the vegetable and fruit farms. Together,...
| Author | Nicola I. Campbell |
| ISBN | 0888998570 |
When they arrive at school, Shi-shi-etko reminds Shinchi, her six-year-old brother, that they can only use their English names and that they can't speak to each other. For Shinchi, life becomes an endless cycle of church mass, school, and work, punctuated by skimpy meals. He finds solace at the river,...
| Author | Amada Irma Pérez |
| ISBN | 0892391758 |
This richly and evocatively illustrated dual-language picture book (with Maya Christina Gonzalez' brilliantly colouful, lushly descriptive accompanying illustrations truly being redolent of the colours, the very feeling of Mexico, of Latino/Latina culture in general) tells the story of author...
| Author | Sandra Cisneros |
| ISBN | 0679890076 |
This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.
A Dragonfly Book in English and Spanish.
A Parenting Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
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| Author | Pat Mora |
| ISBN | 1600602584 |
I did not consider Gracias Thanks by Pat Mora with illustrations by John Parra as a “must read” the first, second, or even third time I looked at it. The only reason I kept looking at it was because of the personal respect and expectations I have accumulated for her as an author. I remember the first time...
| Author | Julia Alvarez |
| ISBN | 0440417473 |
The Dominican legend of the ciguapas, creatures who lived in underwater caves and whose feet were on backward so that humans couldn't follow their footprints, is reinvented by renowned author Julia Alvarez. Although the ciguapas fear humans, Guapa, a bold and brave ciguapa, can't help but be curious--especially...
The Last Wild Witch: An Eco-Fable for Kids and Other Free Spirits
| Author | Starhawk |
| ISBN | 1890931594 |
This book is a huge favorite in our house. It's a little wordy for the youngest ones, but my 3-year-old has no trouble sitting still as she is captivated by the story and the beautiful illustrations. (We also had the good fortune to attend a play version of this book done by a children's theater in San Francisco,...
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
| Author | Duncan Tonatiuh |
| ISBN | 1419705830 |
In this allegorical picture book, a young rabbit named Pancho eagerly awaits his papa’s return. Papa Rabbit traveled north two years ago to find work in the great carrot and lettuce fields to earn money for his family. When Papa does not return, Pancho sets out to find him. He packs Papa’s favorite...
Rosita y Conchita: A Rhyming Storybook in English and Spanish
This heartwarming rhyming story portrays the love and remembrance between two twin sisters. It also teaches its readers about how el Dia de Los Muertos is celebrated. I love the rich colorful illustrations and that it is well written in Spanish & English. At the end of the story, you can find a recipe...
This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project,...
