United States: Hispanic Americans

• Dorros, Arthur.
  Abuela
  While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
  Educ. Res. PS 3554 .O7 A2 1991
• Ortiz Cofer, Judith, 1952-
  An island like you : stories of the barrio
• Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
  Educ. Res. PS 3553 .O396 I7 19
• Krumgold, Joseph, 1908-
  ... and now Miguel
  Educ. Res. PS 3521 .R75 A5 c.1
• Ancona, George.
  Barrio : José's neighborhood
  Presents life in a barrio in San Francisco, describing the school, recreation, holidays, and family life of an eight-year- old boy who lives there.
  Educ. Res. F 869 .S39 M53 1998
• Soto, Gary.
  Baseball in April and other stories
  A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3569 .O7
• Soto, Gary.
  Buried onions
  When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.
  Educ. Res. PS 3569 .O72 B8 199
• Soto, Gary.
  Chato and the party animals
  Chato decides to throw a "pachanga" for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party.
  Educ. Res. PS 3569 .O72 C48 20
• Soto, Gary.
  Chato's kitchen
  To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
  Educ. Res. PS 3569 .O72 C5 199
• Jiménez, Francisco, 1943-
  The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child
  Educ. Res. PS 3560 .I55 C57 19
• Carlson, Lori M.
  Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States
  Educ. Res. PS 591 .H58 C66 199
• Osa, Nancy.
  Cuba 15
  Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday.
  Educ. Res. PS 3615 .S3 C8 2003
• Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
  Esperanza rising
  Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. Pura Belpre Award, 2002.
  Educ. Res. PS 3568 .Y392 E7 20
• Pérez, L. King.
  First day in grapes
  When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3566 .E6
• Winter, Jonah.
  Frida
  Educ. Res. ND 259 .K33 W56 200
• Ada, Alma Flor.
  Gathering the sun : an alphabet in Spanish and English
  A book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet.
  Educ. Res. PQ 7079.2 .A32 G38
• Krull, Kathleen.
  Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez
  A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
  Educ. Res. HD 6509 .C48 K78 20
• Elya, Susan Middleton, 1955-
  Home at last
  When she and her family move from Mexico to the United States, eight-year-old Ana helps her mother adjust to the new situation by encouraging her to learn English.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3605 .L8
• Freedman, Russell.
  In the days of the vaqueros : America's first true cowboys
  Educ. Res. F 790 .M5 F74 2001
• Buss, Fran Leeper, 1942-
  Journey of the sparrows
  Maria and her brother and sister, Salvadoran refugees, are smuggled into the United States in crates and try to eke out a living in Chicago with the help of a sympathetic family.
  Educ. Res. PS 3552 .U825 J6 19
• Mohr, Nicholasa.
  Nilda; a novel
  A young girl growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1940's watches the secure world of her childhood years slowly erode away.
  Educ. Res. PS 3563 .O36 N5
• Martinez, Victor, 1954-
  Parrot in the oven : mi vida : a novel
  Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
  Educ. Res. PS 3563 .A73346 P3
• Politi, Leo, 1908-
  Pedro, the angel of Olvera Street
  Educ. Res. PS 3531 .O5 P4
• Slate, Joseph.
  The secret stars
  In New Mexico on a rainy, icy Night of the Three Kings, Sila and Pepe worry that the kings will not be able to use the stars to navigate, so their grandmother takes them on a magical journey to see the secret stars all around them.
  Educ. Res. PS 3569 .L27 S4 199
• Soto, Gary.
  Snapshots from the wedding
  Maya, the flower girl, describes a Mexican American wedding through snapshots of the day's events, beginning with the procession to the altar and ending with her sleeping after the dance.
  Educ. Res. PS 3569 .O72 S5 199
• Martínez, Floyd.
  Spirits of the high mesa
  Educ. Res. PS 3563 .A733343 S6
• Farmer, Nancy.
  The house of the scorpion
  In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
  Educ. Res. PS 3556 .A732 H6 20