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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage month is September 15 – October 15. TeachingBooks can help you celebrate, learn about, and honor Hispanic heritage anytime!
Find inspiration in some of the many lists of titles and resources for Hispanic Heritage:
- Bilingual Picture Books in English and Spanish: Hispanic Heritage
- Favorite Foods: Hispanic Heritage
- Family Stories for Teens: Hispanic Heritage
- Poetry for Teens: Hispanic Heritage
- Across Cultures in YA: Hispanic Heritage
- Friends and Frenemies in YA: Hispanic Heritage
- Sports Stories for Teens: Hispanic Heritage
- College Stories for YA: Hispanic Heritage
- Journeys in YA: Hispanic Heritage
- YA Love Stories: Hispanic Heritage
- Historical Fiction: Hispanic Heritage (Grades 6-12)
Enjoy these complete video readings with your students and create bookmarks so they can enjoy them at home with their family.
Literacy Connections and Activities:
Craft a collage about family and/or community using the ideas in this educator's guide for Mexikid. Watch the video book trailer to learn more about the story.
Incorporate coding, practice vocabulary, and more using these activities from Nicholas Solis for My Town/Mi Pueblo.
Make your own van with this activity guide while listening to the Meet-the-Author Recording with Jesús Trejo about Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock. For even more, listen to this audiobook excerpt or color this storytime activity sheet.
Write mini-stories inspired by this Meet-the-Author Recording with Ashley Granillo about Cruzita and the Mariacheros. Ask students to imagine what their summer would have been like if they did something differently.
Dive into Best Believe with author NoNieqa Ramos with this Virtual Book Tour. There, hear her speak about the book and try out her Invitation to Imagine Activity. Extend the exploration with cross-curricular activities in this guide.
Discuss folktales, myths, and legends and share stories after listening to this Meet-the-Author Recording about Felice and the Wailing Woman. Find many cross-curricular activity ideas within this curriculum guide from Diana López.
Draw maps as part of this Invitation to Imagine activity from author Anna Lapera, after perusing through this Virtual Book Tour and listening to her Meet-the-Author Recording about Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice.
Write your own Super Stories using these writing worksheets, inspired by the Zapato Power series, after watching the video book trailer. As a bonus, explore Spanish vocabulary with this guide.
Hear directly from the authors in these new Meet-the-Author Recordings:
- Camille Gomera-Tavarez about The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat
- David Dorado Romo about Borderlands and the Mexican American Story
- Rey Terciero about Doña Quixote
- Elizabeth Santiago about The Moonlit Vine
Get a taste of a few new titles with these video book trailers that you can share with your readers:
