Hispanic Heritage Month 2008 -- Bilingual Booklist

Hispanic Heritage Month 2008 Bilingual Booklist
Mes de las herencia hispana Lectura Recomendada

Books written by or about Hispanics in the United States. Some titles are available in English and/or Spanish.

Libros sobre y de parte de los hispanoamericanos—algúnos están disponible en inglés y/o español!

GRADES K-4
• Amigos del Otro Lado/Friends From the Other Side by Gloria Anzaldua
• A Birthday Basket for Tia by Pat Mora
• Carlos y la Milpa de Maiz/Carlos and the Cornfield by Jan Romero Stevens
• Chato’s Kitchen by Gary Soto
• Cuadros de Familia/Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza
• Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition adopted by Jewel Reinhart Coburn
• El Cucuy! as told by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Honorio Robledo
• El Desierto es Mi Madre/The Desert is My Mother by Pat Mora
• En Mi Familia/ In My Family by Carmen Lomas Garza
• Estrellita de Oro/ Little Gold Star by Joe Hayes
• Extraordinary Hispanic Americans by Susan Sinnott
• Hispanic Scientists: Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala by Jetty St. John
• I Am Latino: The Beauty of Me by Sandra Pinkney
• Jalapeño Bagels by Natasha Wing
• Margaret and Margarita/ Margarita y Margaret by Lynn Reiser
• Mi Propio Cuartito/ My Very Own Room by Amada Irma Pérez
• New Shoes for Sylvia by Johanna Hurwitz
• Pelitos/ Hairs by Sandra Cisneros
• Qué Montón de Tamales! / Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
• Los Perros Magicos de Los Volcanes/ Magic Dogs of the Volcano by Manlio Argueta
• Prietita y la Llorona / Prietita and the Ghost Woman by Gloria Anzaldúa
• Snapshots from the Wedding by Gary Soto
• The Spirit of Tío Fernando by Janice Levy
• Tomás y la Señora de la Biblioteca/ Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
• La Tortillería/ The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen
• Ventanas Mágicas / Magic Windows by Carmen Lomas Garza

GRADES 5-8
• Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• Béisbol en Abril y Otros Historias/ Baseball and Other Stories by Gary Soto
• Call Me Consuelo by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
• Call Me Maria: a Novel by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• Cool Salsa: bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson
• Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
• Cuba15 by Nancy Osa
• Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology edited by Phyllis Tashlik
• Jessie De La Cruz: Profile of a United Farm Worker by Gary Soto
• Local News by Gary Soto
• The Tree Is Older Than You Are edited by Naomi Shihab Nye

GRADES 9 TO ADULT
• Accidental Love by Gary Soto
• American Chica by Maria Arana
• Bendíceme, Última/ Bless me Última by Rudolfo Anaya
• Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
• La Casa en Mango Street/ The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• Cien Años de Soledad/ One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
• Cesar Chavez by Michelle Houle
• Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
• Cómo Agua Para Chocolate/ Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• Cuando era Puertorriquena (When I Was Puerto Rican) by Esmerelda Santiago
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• Gringo Viejo/ Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes
• How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez
• Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez
• In the Time of the Butterflies: A Novel by Julia Alvarez
• Ines del alma mia/ Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende
• The Line of the Sun by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• Lluvia de Oro/ Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
• The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Ơscar Hijuelos
• Parrot in the Oven: My Life by Victor Martinez
• The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States edited by Nicolas Kanellos
• Sor Juana by Octavio Paz
• The Sum or Our Days by Isabel Allende
• When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
• Yo! by Julia Alvarez