Photo: Switzer Library (Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier)
Cobb County Public Library published the following reading list in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month:
Children’s Picture Books
Areli is a Dreamer by Areli Morales
Bye Land, Bye Sea by Renè Spencer
Canta conmigo by José-Luis Orozco
Con Papá by Frederick Luis Aldama
A Crown for Corina by Laekan Zea Kemp
El puente de Luca by Mariana Llanos
¡Fiesta!: A Festival of Colors by Duncan Tonatiuh
Gato Guapo by Anika Denise
Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
Just Help!: How to Build a Better World by Sonia Sotomayor
Mi Casa is My Home by Laurenne Sala
Mi papá es un agrícola by J. Roman Pérez Varela
Mi papi tiene una moto by Isabel Quintero
My Dog Just Speaks Spanish by Andrea Cáceres
Nosotros Means Us by Paloma Valdivia
Plátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynosa-Morris
Plátanos Go With Everything by Lissette Norman
Seguimos soñando by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
When Julia Danced Bomba by Raquel Ortiz
Children’s and Preteen Chapter Books
Catalina Incognito by Jennifer Torres
Charlie Hernández & the Golden Dooms by Ryan Calejo
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres
Join the Club Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes
Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti
Omega Morales and the Curse of El Cucuy by Leakan Zea Kemp
Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles
The Way to Rio Luna by Zoraida Córdova
What the Jaguar Told Her by Alexandra Méndez
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
Breakup from Hell by Ann Dávila Cardinal
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
Crashing Into You by Rocky Callen
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro
Last Sunrise in Eterna by Amparo Ortiz
Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America edited by Margarita Longoria
The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta
Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
The Making of Yolanda La Bruja by Lorraine Avila
Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms and Space edited by Zoraida Córdova
Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories edited by Sandra Proudman
Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
The Turning Pointe by Vanessa Torres
We Weren’t Looking to be Found by Stephanie Kuehn
The Weight of Everything by Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle
Adult Fiction
A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
Ana María and The Fox by Liana de la Rosa
Borderless by Jennifer de Leon
Chola Salvation by Estella Gonzalez
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Faraway World by Patricia Engle
Find Me in Havana by Serena Burdick
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero
The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
My Name is Iris by Brando Skyhorse
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Cana
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza
The Spanish Love Deception by Elene Armas
The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz
Twice a Quinceañera by Yamile Saied Méndez
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Where There was Fire by John Manuel Arias
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
About Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from September 15 to October 15.
The observance began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson.
President Ronald Reagan expanded the observance in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was passed into law that same year.
According to the Hispanic Heritage Month website:
The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively. Also Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.
