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Latino Book Month – Book Recommendations for All Ages

May 28, 2021

Safe Shores is celebrating Latino Book Month! This month provides the perfect opportunity to highlight books by Latino authors and about Latino culture that can be read all year round. Scroll for book suggestions for all ages, compiled by Safe Shores therapist and book lover Jessica Lopez-Enriquez.

¡Safe Shores celebra el mes del libro latino! Esto nos da la oportunidad perfecta a destacar libros escritos por autores latinos y sobre la cultura latina que se pueden leer todo el año. Desliza para ver sugerencias de libros para todas las edades, recopiladas por una terapeuta y bibliófilo de Safe Shores Jessica Lopez-Enriquez.

Ages / Edades 4-8

1. Dreamers | Soñadores – Yuyi Morales

2. Across the Bay | Al Otro Lado de la Bahía – Carlos Aponte

3. Zonia’s Rain Forest | La Selva de Zonia– by Juana Martinez-Neal

Zonia’s Rain Forest author video with Juana Martinez-Neal from Candlewick Press on Vimeo.

4. Amor de Pelo – Matthew A. Cherry

Ages / Edades 8-12

1. Nero the Mexipino Superhero– Jennifer Mojica Academia

2. Definitely Dominguita– Knight of the Cape- Terry Jennings

3. Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers | Latinitas: Una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces – Juliet Menendez

4. Santiago’s Road Home| La travesía de Santiago – Alexandra Diaz

Young Adult / Jóvenes

1. Indivisible – Daniel Aleman

2. With the Fire on High – Elizabeth Acevedo

3. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija Mexicana – Erika L. Sánchez

4. Cemetery Boys | Los Chicos del Cementerio – Aiden Thomas