Cultivating Readers HHM

When the Patiño family moves from Mexico to the United States, Ana and her parents have to make adjustments. Ana quickly learns to fit in at school...

Alma is fascinated with the sea, although she does not know it. Her father, a passionate storyteller, takes her every night to meet fish, mermaids,...

Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she and her family are moving to the United States. Rocio does her best to adjust to a new way of li...

In this tale set in the ancient Inka empire, Little Chaski has a big job: he is the Inka King’s newest royal messenger. But on his first day thing...

A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment. Wh...

Estela, a young Mexican-American girl who has been saving up her money all year to pay for folklore dance lessons, is still short ten dollars, but ...

Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and...

The young teacher was assigned to a school in the Amazon jungle, where she arrived laden with her books. Her students liked her reading stories to...

Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela ge...

In the town of Palenque, hardly anyone can read. Mr. Velandia, the shop owner, is one of the few who knows how. When Gina begins to receive letters...

When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true - she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family erra...

Carmen, Marcelino, Lupita, and Martín live in different countries of Latin America. Through verses and illustrations, they hold us by the hand and ...

When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Pub...

The palette of the Dominican Republic is exuberant and unlimited. Maiz comes up amarillo, the blue-black of dreams washes over sandy shores, and pe...

By the praised author-illustrator Yuyi Morales, comes the story of her own immigrant experience of traveling from her native Mexico to San Francisc...

Everyone in the neighborhood misses Eva because she hasn’t been home for a long time, but nobody imagines what will happen on one very special day....

It was Danilito's first day in America. His family has just made a long, exhausting move from the Caribbean to New York City. The ocean and the pal...

On a first solo visit with her grandmother outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special in this enchanting and persona...

When young Rosita moved from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States, she didn’t know what to expect—but she knew she loved to sing and dance. W...

This is the story of a treasure thought to be lost in a batch of tamales; of a desperate and funny attempt by Maria and her cousins to eat their wa...

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful a...