2025 Children's Hispanic Heritage Month DEI Booklist

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with children's books. For ages 3 - 12.

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Book cover for "Planting stories"
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A gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world. Belpré, the first Latina New York City librarian, born in 1899, seeded the folktales of her native Puerto Rico in her new home. As a library assistant, Belpré made puppets to enhance her storytelling performances, which introduced the elegant cockroach Martina, the dashing mouse Pérez, and other beloved characters from Puerto Rican folklore, after which...