History of Hispanic Heritage Month

Each year September 15th through October 15th marks National Hispanic Heritage Month. During this celebratory month, we honor the stories, cultures, and contributions of those of Central and South American, Mexican, Spanish, and Caribbean ancestry. President Lyndon B. Johnson first introduced the observation of Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, and it was later expanded to a month long celebration in 1988 under President Ronald Reagan.

For more information about the history of Hispanic Heritage Month, visit: www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

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Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Book, eBook on Overdrive, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Dinner on Domingos by Alexandra Katona (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Lia & Luís : Who Has More? by Ana Crespo (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Who Was the Voice of the People?: Cesar Chavez by Terry Blas (Book)
Alicia Alonso Dances On by Rose Viña (Book, eBook on Hoopla
Planting Stories : the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Denise (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla, eMovie on Hoopla, eMovie Read-A-Long on Hoopla)
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla, eMovie on Hoopla, eMovie Read-A-Long on Hoopla)
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Arianna Cuevas (eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eBook on Overdrive)
The Last Cuentista (Book, eBook on Overdrive, eAudiobook on Hoopla)

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla, Libby eAudioBook, Hoopla eMovie)
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (Book, eBook on Overdrive)
The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers (Book)
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla, eBook on Hoopla)
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (eAudiobook on Hoopla)
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla, eBook on Overdrive)
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (Book)
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla, Hoopla eBook)

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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Book, eBook on Overdrive, eAudiobook on Overdrive)
Spirit Run by Noé Álvarez (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz (Book)
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Book, eBook on Overdrive, eAudiobook on Overdrive)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Book)
Caramelo: or Puro Cuento by Sandra Cisneros (book, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rodolfo Anaya (Book, eAudioBook on Hoopla, eAudioBook in Spanish on Hoopla)