Dear Primo: a letter to my cousin
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DEAR PRIMO: A LETTER TO MY COUSIN
Two young cousins correspond comparing
and contrasting their lives in rural Mexico and the urban United States.
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
IN OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE
A diverse, blended family headed by two women
navigates the world around them.
Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco
MY BROTHER CHARLIE
A proud big sister shares all the things she loves about her autistic little
brother.
Written by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete and Illustrated by Shane
W. Evans
LING AND TING: NOT EXACTLY THE SAME
Chinese-American twins explore what is the same
and what is different about themselves.
Written and Illustrated by Grace Lin
CAMO GIRL
Biracial Ella, negotiates friendship and popularity
as the only black girl in her school until another
African-American boy joins the school community.
Written by Kekla Magoon
PLANET MIDDLE SCHOOL
Middle school turns twelve year old Joylin Johnson’s life upside
down with change and growth.
Written by Nikki Grimes
TIA ISA WANTS A CAR
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.
Written by Meg Medina and Illustrated by Claudio Munoz
MY PRINCESS BOY
Dylan loves pink. Sometimes he wears
dresses and sometimes he wears jeans. A heart-
warming book about one family’s unconditional love.
Written by Cheryl Kilodavis and Illustrated by Suzane DeSimone
BAIT
After Diego lands himself on probation for fighting, he doesn’t trust his
probation officer, Mr. Vidas. But as he begins to open up, Diego realizes that he needs Mr. Vidas’s help to get his
anger under control. To do that, Diego will need to face the nightmares from
his past head-on and confront the memories he’s been avoiding.
Written by Alex Sanchez
CORA COOKS PANCIT
Cora loves being in the kitchen, but she always gets stuck doing
the kid jobs like licking the spoon. One day, however, when her older sisters and brother head out, Cora
finally gets the chance to be Mama's assistant chef in
celebrating their Filipino heritage.
Written by Dorina K. Lazlo Gilmore and Illustrated by Kristi Valiant
HE FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE
Two unlikely protagonists, one Anglo and one Mexican-American, one rich and one poor, share a similarity that
binds them together: fathers who walked out on them.
Written by Benjamin Alire Saenz
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON
On a cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson
crosses paths with. . .Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in two
different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and
unexpected directions.
Written by John Green and David Levithan
SALTYPIE: A CHOCTAW JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
The old and contemporary are explored through
generations of a Choctaw family who moves from the
Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma to Pasadena, TX.
Written by Tim Tingle and Illustrated by Karen Clarkson
RENE HAS TWO LAST NAMES/RENE TIENE DOS APELLIDOS
Rene sets out to teach his classmates about the Latino
cultural tradition of using both parents’ names rather than just one, in response to his
teacher shortening his name to label his desk.
Written by Rene Colato Lainez and Illustrated by Fabiola Graullera Ramirez
MY ABUELITA
The strong and loving bond between this flamboyant and robust grandmother
and her grandchild is lovingly explored through
their daily routines.
Written by Tony Johnston and Illustrated by Yuyi Morales
MUCHACHO
Eddie Corazon, a New Mexico teen, is labeled a
delinquent but shows incredible insight into his life
and surroundings in this story of a teen’s struggles at home,
in school and with friends.
Written by Louanne Johnson
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD
17 year old, Marcelo’s (on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum) summer takes a drastic shift away from his original plans caring for the ponies at his private school for students with disabilities, when his father forces him to take a job in the mailroom of his law
office. His father wants him to be prepared for “the real world.”
Written by Francisco X Stork
CONFETTI GIRL
Sixth grader, Lina Flores, deals with a host of
problems and challenges in this light-hearted gem grounded in traditional
Mexican-American culture.
Written by Diana Lopez
BRAIDS/TRENCITAS
Isabela’s abuelita weaves colorful stories as she weaves
her hair, encouraging her to write stories of her own. Using the
traditional Mexican bingo game la loteria, she teachs her beloved
illiterate grandmother to read.
Written by Kathleen Contreras and Illustrated by Margaret Lindmark
RETURN TO SENDER
The relationship between two friends: one, a VT farm kid and another, a
young Mexican girl, transforms both of their
lives.
Written by Julia Alvarez
GRINGOLANDIA
The young protagonist’s family flees Chile for
Wisconsin in 1980, leaving their father behind. Through a girlfriend, Daniel begins to
learn about Chile and his father’s past
Written by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
STARS IN THE FOREST
Zitally, meaning star in the Nahuatl language,
deals with the deportation of her father back to
Mexico by nursing a dog back to health.
Written by Laura Resau
HOW TIA LOLA LEARNED TO TEACH
The second in a wonderful series, Dominican Tia Lola becomes an integral part of a school’s community as a temporary Spanish
teacher
Written by Julia Alvarez
GRANDMA’S GIFT
Based on the artist/author’s life, a young boy and his grandmother share the
paintings of Juan de Pareja in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
Written and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH/DEL NORTE AL SUR
A young boy travels with his father from San Diego
to Tijuana to visit his mother, recently deported
to Mexico.
Written by Rene Colato Lainez and Illustrated by Joe Cepeda
UNDER THE MESQUITE
Growing up in a bicultural community in Texas, 14-year old Lupita deals with her mother’s terminal illness surrounded by her seven siblings embracing and discarding their Mexican
roots in varying degrees.
Written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
MAXIMILIAN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL: A BILINGUAL LUCA LIBRE THRILLER
An 11 year old Mexican American boy discovers that
his favorite Luca Libre wrestler is coming to town and might have a strange
connection to his own family.
Written by Xavier Garza
MARISOL MCDONALD DOESN’T MATCH/MARISOL MCDONALD NO COMBINA
Bright and vivacious Marisol, a Peruvian-Scottish-American girl
loves peanut butter and jelly burritos and speaks both English and Spanish. Unfortunately her teacher and classmates don’t
especially appreciate her mashing of cultures
Written by Monica and illustrated by Sara Palacios