Social Justice Books

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

Pelo Bueno

Reviewed by: Mercy Delgado Cordero and Jeanmary Lugo González Review source: Latinxs in Kid Lit Book author: As a children’s librarian at a public library system in the U.S., and in a neighborhood with a high percentage of Latinxs (mainly Dominicans & Puerto Ricans) and Spanish-speakers, I’m oftentimes being asked for children’s literature in Spanish, […]

Por ahí viene el huracán: Una aventura de Isa y Mau

Reviewed by Lila Quintero Weaver Review Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: POR AHÍ VIENE EL HURACÁN: Una aventura de Isa y Mau es escrito por Laura Rexach Olivencia e ilustrado por Mya Pagán. (Editorial Destellos, 2018) El impacto del Huracán María el pasado septiembre de 2017, marcó fuertemente la vida y experiencias de diversas comunidades en Puerto Rico […]

Margarito’s Forest / El Bosque de don Margarito

Reviewed by Lila Quintero Weaver Review Source: Latinos in Kid Lit  Book Author: PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION: Margarito’s Forest, a bilingual book in English and Spanish with excerpts in K’iche’, is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban Álvarez Velázquez as told by his daughter, Doña Maria Guadalupe. It is a story of Maya culture and wisdom passed […]

Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

Reviewed by Jessica Walsh Review Source: Latinos in Kids Lit  Book Author: DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER: Her last name may mean “kings,” but Ana María Reyes REALLY does not live in a castle. Rather, she’s stuck in a tiny apartment with two parents (way too loveydovey), three sisters (way too dramatic), everyone’s friends (way too often), and […]

Dalia’s Wondrous Hair

Review Author Sujei Lugo Review Source: Latinos in Kid Lit Book Author: DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK: A Cuban girl transforms her long and unruly hair into a garden. MY TWO CENTS: In this bilingual picture book, with a Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura, Laura Lacámara brings us a whimsical Caribbean tale of a young Cuban girl and […]

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide

Reviewed by Lila Quintero Weaver Review Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: “I see reality in another way with a camera. Looking through the lens, I peer into another world…” Born in Mexico City in 1942, Graciela Iturbide wants to be a writer, but her conservative family has a different idea. […]