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Diversify Your Reads: Celebrating Latine Voices
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items Happy Latinx Heritage Month! Celebrate the month by diversifing your bookshelf with these books written by Latine/x/a/o Authors ❣️
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Children's Books
Adult Fiction
Anthologies | Non Fiction
Children's Books
🇵🇦 Written by Afro-Panamanian Author, Veronica Chambers, this picture book tells the story of THE iconic Celia Cruz 🇨🇺
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers
🇭🇳 Written by Afro-Honduran, Sulma Arzu-Brown, Bad Hair Does Not Exist is a bilingual childrens book that teaches about the beauty of all hair types.
Bad Hair Does Not Exist / Pelo Malo No Existe by Sulma Arzu-Brown
🇵🇦 From Afro-Panamanian author Tamika Burgess comes the captivating and empowering story of Sicily Jordan—a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride—who learns to use her voice and take pride in who she is while confronting prej...
Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess
🇭🇳 Written by Afro-Honduran author, Cozbi Cabrera, Mama and Me is a childrens book that serves as an ode to the strength of the bond between a mother and a daughter as they spend a rainy day together.
Me & Mama by Cozbi Cabrera
Adiba Nelson's is an Afro-Boricua 🇵🇷 whose debut picture book Oshún and Me is a heartwarming ode to family, identity, and the beauty of braided hair.
Oshún and Me: A Story of Love and Braids (English Edition)
El primer libro ilustrado de Adiba Nelson (Afro-Boricua 🇵🇷), Ochún y Yo, es una conmovedora oda a la familia, la identidad y la belleza de las trenzas.
Ochún y yo: Una historia de amor y trenzas (Spanish Language Edition)
🇭🇹 Freedom soup is a celebration of cultural traditions passed from one generation to the next, telling the story of the Haitian Revolution.
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
Adult Fiction
🇩🇴🇵🇷 Written by Afro Puerto Rican-Dominican author, Natalie Guerrero, this book follows Xiomara as she's learning to redefine her dreams following the death of her sister. This book was raw, emotional and (to me) a true depiction of what grief ca...
My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero
The story of an older Dominican 🇩🇴 woman who has lost her job due to the recession. For assistance with finding a new job, Cara must attend a series of therapy type sessions. During these sessions, Cara recounts moments that have transformed her li...
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel
🇩🇴🇨🇺 Written by Afro Dominican-Cuban, Naima Coster, Take What You Can is an exploration of friendship and sisterhood.
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
🇭🇹 Written by THE Edwidge Danticat, Dèy is a timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day.
Dèy by Edwidge Danticat
Written by Afro-Panameña, A.H Cunningham 🇵🇦, this story is a spicy romance set at a fictional carnival and featuring tons of Latine/Caribbean representation
Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer by A.H Cunningham
🇵🇷 From the author of Urban Oracles comes Mayra Santos-Febres's Sirena Selena: somewhere between "The Blue Angel" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" rises the legend of Sirena Selena, the diva-siren of the Caribbean whose boleros seduce and torment who...
Sirena Selena by Mayra Santos - Febres
Anthologies | Non Fiction
Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell 🇭🇳 and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is anthology centering belonging and identity.
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed Edited By Saraciea J. Fennel
🇲🇽 Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien is an experimental poetry collection that renders an intimate portrait of growing up undocumented in the United States. Through the use of collages, photographs, emails, and immigration forms, A...
Intergalactic Travels by Alan Pelaez Lopez
🇧🇷 A powerful and gripping memoir depicting the harsh realities of life in the favelas of Brasil in the 1950s, and one woman’s resilience in the face of poverty, racism, and social inequality.
Child of the Dark (Quarto de Despejo) by Carolina Maria de Jesus