Check out these great resources for Hispanic Heritage Month. You can also take a look at our display of titles for and about Hispanic Americans in the library.
Books (available for checkout)
AlegriÃŒa,
MaliÃŒn. Sofi Mendoza's
guide to getting lost in Mexico. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, 2007. Print.
Calcines, Eduardo F.. Leaving Glorytown: one boy's
struggle under Castro. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009. Print.
Carlson, Lori M., Manuel Ortiz, and Flavio Morais. Voices
in first person: reflections on Latino identity. New York: Atheneum Books
for Young Readers, 2008. Print.
Castañeda, Jorge G.. Ex Mex: from migrants to
immigrants. New York: New Press :, 2007. Print.
Hill, Laban Carrick. America dreaming: how youth changed
America in the sixties. New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown & Co., 2007.
Print.
Kallen, Stuart A.. Che Guevara: you win or you die.
Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2013. Print.
MaÃŒrquez,
Gabriel. One hundred years of solitude. New York: Harper & Row,
1970. Print.
Sanchez, Reymundo, and Sonia Rodriguez. Lady Q the rise
and fall of a Latin queen. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Review Press, 2008.
Print.
SaÃŒenz,
Benjamin Alire. Sammy &
Juliana in Hollywood.
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2004. Print.
Serros, Michele. Scandalosa!. NY: Simon Pulse Teen
Fiction, 2007. Print.
Websites
Smithsonian - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage, People & Places
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month,
Smithsonian.com discusses the changing demographics of the United States, talks
with comedian George Lopez on humor and race, remembers a historic Little
League Baseball team and highlights the food of Hispanic culture.