Picture Books

All the way to Havana book cover

All the way to Havana

Margarita Engle

jE Engle
Read Woke, Picture Books, Travel

A boy helps his father keep their very old car running as they make a trip to Havana for his newborn cousin's zero-year birthday. Includes author's note about cars in Cuba.

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Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré book cover

Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré

Anika Denise

jE Denise
Read Woke, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Biographies

"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--

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Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré book cover

Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré

Anika Denise

jE Denise
Read Woke, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Biographies

"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--

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¡Vamos! Let's go to the market book cover

¡Vamos! Let's go to the market

1976- author Raúl the Third

jE Gonzalez
Read Woke, Picture Books

Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

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Accessible Spanish, a great story, and potential for seek and find play--This one truly has it all! -Casey

Carmela full of wishes book cover

Carmela full of wishes

Matt de la Peña

eBOOK
Read Woke, Picture Books

Carmela, finally old enough to run errands with her brother, tries to think of the perfect wish, while his wish seems to be that she stayed home.

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Mango, Abuela, and me book cover

Mango, Abuela, and me

Meg Medina

jE Medina
Read Woke, Picture Books

When Mia's Abuela comes to live with Mia and her family, she helps her learn English while Mia learns Spanish, both with the help of a parrot named Mango.

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Salsa lullaby book cover

Salsa lullaby

Jen Arena

eBOOK
Read Woke, Picture Books

"Parents put their young child to sleep with the help of some music and dancing"--

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Jen Arena's latest is so fun to read aloud! -Casey

All around us book cover

All around us

Xelena Gonzalez

eBOOK
Read Woke, Picture Books, Travel

Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.

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My papi has a motorcycle book cover

My papi has a motorcycle

Isabel Quintero

eBOOK
Read Woke, Picture Books

"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her"--

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This is a beautiful ode to family, absolutely lovely in every way. -Casey

Islandborn book cover

Islandborn

Junot Díaz

eBOOK
Read Woke, Picture Books

"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland...and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--

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