Rising Voices: Elevating Latino Stories | Booklist

Grades K–5 Title List

This expertly curated collection of fiction and informational texts celebrates Latino stories, experiences, and culture. These texts help foster a more comprehensive understanding of the world we live in while developing critical thinking skills and supporting purposeful literacy instruction.

Each grade-level library comprises 50 books in total, with two copies of each of the 25 titles.

Kindergarten | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

Alma and How She Got Her Name

Juana Martinez-Neal*

My Little Car

Gary Soto*

Pam Paparone

Pedro Goes to Mars

Fran Manushkin

Tammie Lyon

Waiting for the Biblioburro/Esperando el Biblioburro

Monica Brown*

John Parra*

I See

Joe Cepeda*

A Song of Frutas

Margarita Engle*

Sara Palacios*

Eric & Julieta: Es mío/It’s Mine

Isabel Muñoz*

Gustavo Mazali*

Isla

Arthur Dorros

Elisa Kleven

Julián Is a Mermaid

Jessica Love

Kitchen Dance

Maurie J. Manning

Brick by Brick

Heidi Woodward Sheffield

¡Mi comunidad!/My Community!

123 Andrés*

Mónica Paola Rodríguez*

Blue Rider

Geraldo Valério*

Papá and Me

Arthur Dorros

Rudy Gutierrez*

She’s Got This

Laurie Hernandez*

Nina Mata

Maybe Something Beautiful

F. Isabel Campoy & Theresa Howell

Rafael López*

Niño Wrestles the World

Yuyi Morales*

Just a Minute!

Yuyi Morales*

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo* & Pat Zietlow Miller

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules!

Joe Cepeda*

The Animals Would Not Sleep!

Sara Levine

Marta Álvarez Miguéns

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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A Sled for Gabo

Emma Otheguy*

Ana Ramírez González*

Here, Kitty, Kitty!/¡Ven, gatita, ven!

Pat Mora*

Maribel Suárez*

Maria Had a Little Llama/María tenía una llamita

Angela Dominguez*

Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day

Carmen Agra Deedy*

Pete Oswald

What Can You Do With a Paleta?/¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta?

Carmen Tafolla*

Magaly Morales*

Grade 1 | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

The Cot in the Living Room

Hilda Eunice Burgos*

Gaby D’Alessandro*

Jessica Betancourt-Perez* & Karen Lynn Williams

A Thousand White Butterflies

Gina Maldonado*

I Hop

Joe Cepeda*

Pedro on Top of the World

Fran Manushkin

Tammie Lyon

The Adventures of Jovani and Alejandro

East Coast Migrant Head Start Project

Ted Hoffman (photos)

Paletero Man

Lucky Diaz*

Micah Player

Dear Primo

Duncan Tonatiuh*

La Ofrenda

Maricruz Hernández Álvarez*

Carolina Farías*

Shake It, Morena!

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand*

Lulu Delacre*

Where Are You From?

Yamile Saied Méndez*

Jaime Kim

Drum Dream Girl

Margarita Engle*

Rafael López*

Doña Flor

Pat Mora*

Raúl Colón*

Lucía the Luchadora and the Million Masks

Cynthia Leonor Garza*

Alyssa Bermudez*

My Name Is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela

Monica Brown*

John Parra*

Yefferson, Actually/En realidad, es Yefferson

Katherine Trejo* & Scott Martin-Rowe Karla Monterrosa*

Coquí in the City

Nomar Perez*

Again, Essie?

Jenny Lacika*

Teresa Martínez*

Elena’s Serenade

Campbell Geeslin

Ana Juan

I Pledge Allegiance

Pat Mora* & Libby Martinez*

Patrice Barton

Let’s Go See Papá!

Lawrence Schimel

Alba Marina Rivera*

Federico and the Wolf

Rebecca J. Gomez*

Elisa Chavarri*

Alma and the Sea

Jaime Gamboa*

Roger Ycaza*

Imagine!

Raúl Colón*

The Swing

Joe Cepeda*

Tía Isa Wants a Car

Meg Medina*

Claudio Muñoz*

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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Grade 2 | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

My Two Border Towns

David Bowles*

Erika Meza*

Hair Story

NoNieqa Ramos*

Keisha Morris

Mateo Finds His Wow

Gabi Garcia*

Charity Russell

May Your Life Be Deliciosa

Michael Genhart*

Loris Lora*

Twins vs. Triplets: Back-To-School Blitz

Jennifer Torres*

Vanessa Flores*

Mango, Abuela, and Me

Meg Medina*

Angela Dominguez*

Lola Levine and the Vacation Dream

Monica Brown*

Angela Dominguez*

Miracle on 133rd Street

Sonia Manzano*

Marjorie Priceman

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Isabel Quintero*

Zeke Peña*

The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico

Nina Jaffe

Enrique O. Sánchez*

Run, Little Chaski!: An Inka Trail Adventure

Mariana Llanos*

Mariana Ruiz Johnson*

Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats

David Bowles*

Shane Clester

Courageous History Makers/Valientes creadoras de la historia

Naibe Reynoso*

Jone Leal*

Freddie Ramos and the Meteorite

Jacqueline Jules

Keiron Ward

Your Mama

NoNieqa Ramos*

Jacqueline Alcántara*

Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

Alexandra Alessandri*

Addy Rivera Sonda*

Catalina Incognito

Jennifer Torres*

Gladys Jose*

The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist

Margarita Engle*

Aliona Bereghici

Sofia Martinez: Hector’s Hiccups

Jacqueline Jules

Kim Smith

Out of the Ballpark

Alex Rodriguez*

Frank Morrison

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

Duncan Tonatiuh*

I Kick the Ball/Pateo el balón

Gwendolyn Zepeda*

Pablo Torrecilla*

Pura’s Cuentos

Annette Bay Pimentel

Magaly Morales*

The Little Doctor/El doctorcito

Juan J. Guerra*

Victoria Castillo*

The Missing Chancleta and Other Top-Secret Cases/ La chancleta perdida y otros casos secretos

Alidis Vicente*

Leonardo Mora

Grade 3 | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

No Dogs Allowed!

Sonia Manzano*

Jon J Muth

The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco

David Bowles*

Shane Clester

Freddie Ramos Hears It all

Jacqueline Jules

Miguel Benítez*

I Only Surf Online: Sports Illustrated Kids: Victory School Superstars

Val Priebe

Jorge Santillan*

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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That Girl on TV Could Be Me!/¡Yo podría ser esa chica en la tele!

Leticia Ordaz*

Juan Calle*

Octopus Stew

Eric Velasquez*

Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land

Mirelle Ortega*

Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome

Sarai Gonzalez* & Monica Brown*

Christine Almeda

Sing With Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla

Diana López*

Teresa Martínez*

Small Room, Big Dreams

Monica Brown*

Mirelle Ortega*

Digging for Words

Angela Burke Kunkel

Paola Escobar*

A Girl Named Rosita

Anika Aldamuy Denise*

Leo Espinosa*

José! Born to Dance: The Story of José Limón

Susanna Reich

Raúl Colón*

Lucy Lopez: Coding Star

Claudia Mills

Grace Zong

Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and His Muse

Alexandria Giardino

Felicita Sala

Definitely Dominguita: Knight of the Cape

Terry Catasús Jennings*

Fátima Anaya*

Clash of the Cackling Cougars

David Bowles*

Shane Clester

Five Fouls and You’re Out! Sports Illustrated Kids: Victory School Superstars

Val Priebe

Jorge Santillan*

Bright Star

Yuyi Morales*

Juana & Lucas

Juana Medina*

Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son

John Parra*

A Case of the Clones (DATA Set)

Ada Hopper

Sam Ricks

Cave Paintings

Jairo Buitrago*

Rafael Yockteng*

Sarai and the Around the World Fair

Monica Brown* & Sarai Gonzalez*

Christine Almeda

Stella Díaz Dreams Big

Angela Dominguez*

Grade 4 | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

Allie, First at Last

Angela Cervantes*

Alfredito Flies Home

Jorge Argueta*

Luis Garay*

Definitely Dominguita: All for One

Terry Catasús Jennings*

Fátima Anaya*

Silver Meadows Summer

Emma Otheguy*

Kailey Whitman

Taking Sides

Gary Soto*

Dreamers

Yuyi Morales*

Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!

Edie Colón*

Raúl Colón*

Max Loves Muñecas!

Zetta Elliott

Maurico J. Flores*

The Do-Over

Jennifer Torres*

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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Under the Mambo Moon

Julia Durango

Fabricio VandenBroeck*

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Jonah Winter

Raúl Colón*

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn’t Tell a Lie

Joe Hayes

Joseph Daniel Fiedler

Sonia Sotomayor

Kathleen Krull

Angela Dominguez*

Sylvia and Aki

Winifred Conkling

Witchlings

Claribel A. Ortega*

A Mango in the Hand

Antonio Sacre*

Sebastià Serra

Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan*

I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967

Lauren Tarshis

Berat Pekmezci

Maribel Versus the Volcano: A Mount St. Helens Survival Story

Sarah Hannah Gómez*

Jane Pica

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

Adrianna Cuevas*

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

Elizabeth Rusch

Teresa Martínez*

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Jen Bryant

Melissa Sweet

That’s Not Fair!/¡No es justo!

Carmen Tafolla* & Sharyll Teneyuca* Terry Ybáñez*

The Soda Bottle School: A True Story of Recycling, Teamwork, and One Crazy Idea

Seño Laura Kutner & Suzanne Slade Aileen Darragh

The Way to Rio Luna

Zoraida Córdova*

Grade 5 | Title

Author(s)

Illustrator(s)

Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros*

Charlie Hernández & the Castle of Bones

Ryan Calejo*

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Meg Medina*

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

Pablo Cartaya*

The Water Bears

Kim Baker*

The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera*

Golden Tales

Lulu Delacre*

Miss Quinces

Kat Fajardo*

Neverforgotten

Alejandra Algorta*

Iván Rickenmann*

Tortilla Sun

Jennifer Cervantes*

Turning Pages: My Life Story

Sonia Sotomayor*

Lulu Delacre*

Confetti Girl

Diana López*

I Am: Roberto Clemente

Jim Gigliotti

Ute Simon

Mañanaland

Pam Muñoz Ryan*

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene

Emma Otheguy*

Child of the Flower-Song People

Gloria Amescua*

Duncan Tonatiuh*

The Dreamer

Pam Muñoz Ryan*

Peter Sís

Maximilian and the Lucha Libre Club

Xavier Garza*

Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse

Chantel Acevedo*

Chasing Jaguars

Melissa Cristina Márquez*

Sarah Mensinga

Building an Orchestra of Hope

Carmen Oliver

Luisa Uribe*

Becoming Naomi León

Pam Muñoz Ryan*

Bouncing Back

Scott Ostler

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

Nina Moreno*

Courtney Lovett

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Revolutionary Playwright, Composer, and Actor

Heather E. Schwartz

*Indicates Latino author or illustrator

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