September 15-October 15 is Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month. This list features 12 picture books by Afro-Latinx authors. Two of the books, Plátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris and Plátanos Go with Everything by Lissette Norman will be released in 2023.
See 24 MG & YA Books by Afro-Latinx Authors and 12 Books by Afro-Latinx Authors for more titles.
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1. Plátanos Are Love
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris | Mariyah Rahman | Atheneum BYR | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
2. Plátanos Go with Everything
Lissette Norman | Sara Palacios | HarperCollins | January 31, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
3. How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter
Laleana Garcia | Caryn Davidson | Lee & Low Books | October 18, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Josefina’s Habichuelas / Las Habichuelas de Josefina (Multilingual Edition)
Jasminne Mendez | Flor de Vita | Adnaloy Espinosa | Pinata Books | October 31, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Boogie Boogie, Y’all
C.G. Esperanza | Katherine Tegen Books | August 10, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
6. My Day with the Panye
Tami Charles | Sara Palacios | Candlewick | March 16, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
7. Stella’s Stellar Hair
Yesenia Moises | Imprint | January 5, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
8. The ABCs of Black History
Rio Cortez | Lauren Semmer | Workman Publishing Company | December 22, 2020 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
9. Freedom, We Sing
Amyra Leon | Molly Mendoza | Flying Eye Books | July 7, 2020 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
10. Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
Francie Latour | Ken Daley | Groundwood Books | October 1, 2018 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Looking for Bongo
Eric Velasquez | Holiday House | January 30, 2016 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
12. Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
Edwidge Danticat | Leslie Staub | Dial Book | September 1, 2015 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
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