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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Kids

Alma and how she got her name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Book, eBook on Overdrive, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
¡Vamos! Let's go to the market by Raúl the Third (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music by Margarita Engle (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Denise (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla, eVideo on Hoopla)
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (Book, eBook on Overdrive)
The first rule of punk by Celia C. Pérez (Book, eBook on Overdrive)

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Teens

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (Book, eBook on Hoopla)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (Book)
The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers (Book)
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (Book, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Book, eBook on Hoopla, eAudiobook on Hoopla)
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)

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Adults

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Book)
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)