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Intersectional Stories for Kids

February is Black History Month! Celebrate with these titles for kids that are either about Black or Mixed Latinx people or that were written by Afro-Latinx/Caribbean/Mixed authors.

Pima County Public Library

17 items

  • This is the story of a Black girl with Panamanian roots and her morning riding horses with her father.
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. — Picture Book Seales
  • Call Me Roberto!

    Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

    Alonso, Nathalie
    Roberto Clemente was a famous Afro-Puerto Rican baseball player. "Roberto lives to swing and slide. To catch. To throw. To run."
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — 92 C5915a 2024 CHILD
  • Oshún and Me

    A Story of Love and Braids

    Nelson, Adiba
    Adiba Nelson is a local, Afro-Latina author. From Bibliocommons: "Tenderly illustrated by Alleanna Harris, Adiba Nelson's debut picture book Oshún and Me is a heartwarming ode to family, identity, and the beauty of braided hair. Also…
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  • This is an out-of-this-world adorable book about a girl whose hair "twisted and turned, zigged and zagged, made loopity-loops and lots of curly q's." From Bibliocommons: "Yesenia Moises is an Afro-Latina illustrator and designer with a…
    BookNew York : Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2021. — Picture Book Moises
  • Lisette Norman identifies as Afro-Dominican. This is a beautiful story about how a little boy inspires his community to turn a tree stump into a library!
    BookNew York : Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — Picture Book Norman
  • From Bibliocommons: "The son of Afro-Puerto Rican parents who encouraged music and storytelling, Eric grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York. As a child, he loved superheroes, comics and drawing, much like the boy in Octopus Stew."
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2019] — Picture Book Velasquez
  • "Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz--once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers…
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022. — 92 C8893r 2022 CHILD
  • Pelé is Brazil's all-time King of Soccer! He was even declared a national treasure. Learn about Pelé's extraordinary life with this book.
    eBookFrances Lincoln Children's Books, 2020
  • From Bibliocommons: "Beauty--who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage--was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth."
    BookBoston : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2022] — Picture Book Ramos
  • This is a quote from a personal statement that C.G. Esperanza wrote for CNN: "I’m interested in telling stories and taking something about our culture – as a Black and Latino person, and as a Bronx resident – and de-stigmatizing it. What…
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — Picture Book Esperanza
  • According to the book, "Tessa has a diverse family. Her father is Black and Panamanian. He's also a very good musician. Tessa's mother is English and Mexican."
    eBookThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2021
  • This is an incredible book about how, historically, enslaved Colombian women wove pathways to freedom in their braids. At the end of the book is an illustrated guide of different braiding styles and their names. In the author's note,…
    eBookLantana Publishing, 2024
  • Gloriana, Presente

    a First Day of School Story

    Reynoso-Morris, Alyssa
    From Bibliocommons: "Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latinx Dominican and Puerto Rican writer, wife, mother, and community organizer."
    BookNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books is an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — Picture Book Reynoso
  • From Bibliocommons: "Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — 92 Sch649w 2017 CHILD
  • From author Denise Adusei's website: "Born in Brazil with Cape Verdean roots and raised in New England, I weave Portuguese, Spanish, and Cape Verdean Creole into my everyday conversations and my storytelling."
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024. — Picture Book Adusei
  • Drum Dream Girl

    How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

    Engle, Margarita
    This is an incredible book! Great story, great illustrations. This is a quote from the Historical Note at the end of the book: "This poem was inspired by the childhood of a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taoo…
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015] — Picture Book Engle
  • BookNew York : Holiday House, [2016] — Picture Book Velasquez