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In addition to the books below, read Puerto Rican Children’s Literature for Social Justice: A Bibliography for Educators by Marilisa Jimenez and follow #prsyllabus. To provide direct support to people in Puerto Rico, this article in The Nation provides good recommendations: “Puerto Rico Still Needs Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do“.
We also have a list of films and organizations key to teaching and learning about Puerto Rico.
See more recommended titles here: Latinx and Latin America, Afro-Latinx, Spanish/Bilingual.
Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles.
Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome. Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Powells, an independent, union labor bookstore. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).
Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia y el huracán: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un cuento de Puerto Rico
By Leslea Newman, Elizabeth Erazo Baez (Illustrator), and Georgina Lazaro (Translator)
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré *
By Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar (Illustrator)
Puerto Rico Strong: A Comics Anthology Supporting Puerto Rico Disaster
By Vita Ayala, Hazel Newlevant (Editor), Desiree Rodriguez (Editor)
Arrancando mitos de raíz
By Isar Godreau, Mariluz Franco, Hilda Lloréns, María Reinat, and Canabal y Jéssica Gaspar
Mi María, Surviving the Storm: Voices from Puerto Rico
Edited by Ricia Anne Chansky and Marci Denesiuk
