Books for Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month

By Coll Rowe | August 1 2025 | English Language ArtsSocial Studies & History

This Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month (and beyond!), we’re celebrating authors, creators, and illustrators from the Hispanic and Latine community. Join us in uplifting their voices and stories by bringing them into your classroom.

Find a full collection of Elementary School titles here.

Sundust
Sundust
Zeke Peña, Zeke Peña
9780593700112
In his striking author-illustrator debut, the award-winning illustrator of My Papi Has a Motorcycle offers an immersive and fantastical desert adventure, where the sun reigns over the vast landscape and shapes all that it touches. “A hypnotic joy.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
$19.99 US
Aug 05, 2025
Hardcover
48 Pages
Kokila
Dream for the Land
Dream for the Land
Leo Espinosa, Laekan Zea Kemp
9780593710302
In this lyrical picture book about the importance of caring for our Earth, a child and her father wish for a brighter, greener future for the parched land around their home.
$18.99 US
May 27, 2025
Hardcover
40 Pages
Anne Schwartz Books
Welcome Home, Esmerelda
Welcome Home, Esmerelda
Maribel Lechuga, Daniela Ramirez
9781623543907
From a military family, Esmerelda discovers that home is where she's always welcomed—thanks to music, dance, and the big, unconditional love from her extended family. An ideal picture book for kindergarteners and 1st graders who are moving, need reassurances during a transition, and could use the reminder that home is family.
$17.99 US
May 13, 2025
Hardcover
32 Pages
Charlesbridge
Mistaco
Mistaco
A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas
Eliza Kinkz, Eliza Kinkz
9780593700235
* “[W]ith magnificently scrawled artwork, Kinkz offers a story that blends deep empathy, raucous candor, and a useful ritual for dealing with shame.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A chaotically funny debut picture book about a girl who's had a terrible day full of mistakes and finds that making mistacos could be a delicious solution.
$18.99 US
Apr 01, 2025
Hardcover
40 Pages
Kokila
A Kids Book About Immigration
A Kids Book About Immigration
MJ Calderon
9780744085785
An accessible, kid-friendly introduction to immigration, and the reasons people immigrate
$19.99 US
Nov 14, 2023
Hardcover
64 Pages
DK Children
She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
Alexandra Boiger, Monica Brown, Chelsea Clinton, Gillian Flint
9780593623572
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including community activist Dolores Huerta!
$6.99 US
Sep 03, 2024
Paperback
96 Pages
Philomel Books
Together We Remember
Together We Remember
Jackie Morera, Violeta Encarnación
9780593805640
In this tender debut picture book about finding joy despite grief,  a little girl wishes to make Father’s Day even better by using imagination to honor and remember their happiest memories with a lost loved one.
$18.99 US
May 13, 2025
Hardcover
32 Pages
Make Me a World
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