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September 2013

Reading Recommendations · Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed every year from September 15 to October 15. Celebrate with these staff picks!

Books for Kids: Easy Books

Waiting for the Biblioburro

Monica Brown

The Patchwork Garden = El Huerto de Retazos

Diane De Anda

My Big Book of Spanish Words

Rebecca Emberley

I Dreamt –: A Book about Hope

Gabriela Olmos

Primeras 100 Palabras = First 100 Words

Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes

Roseanne Thong

Books for Kids: Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction

The Monster in the Mattress and Other Stories = El Monstruo en el Colchon y Otros Cuentos

Diane De Anda

The Lemon Tree Caper: A Mickey Rangel Mystery = La Intriga del Limonero

Rene Saldana

Yes! We are Latinos

Alma Flor Ada

Tito Puente, Mambo King

Monica Brown

Adult Fiction: Classics

The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Julia Alvarez

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Oscar Hijuelos

Adult Fiction: General

Aleph

Paulo Coelho

This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Diaz

King of Cuba

Cristina Garcia

The Infatuations

Javier Marias

Every Broken Trust: A Mystery

Linda Rodriguez

The Prisoner of Heaven

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

We the Animals

Justin Torres

The Dream of the Celt

Mario Vargas Llosa

Loteria

Mario Alberto Zambrano

Better with You Here

Gwendolyn Zepeda

Adult Nonfiction: Biographies

Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

Raquel Cepeda

Thoughts without Cigarettes: A Memoir

Oscar Hijuelos

Rita Moreno: A Memoir

Rita Moreno

Unbreakable: My Story, My Way: A Memoir

Jenni Rivera with Marissa Mateo

My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor

Adult Nonfiction: Cookbooks

Latin d’Lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist

Ingrid Hoffmann

Pati’s Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking

Pati Jinich

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America

Maricel E. Presilla

Adult Nonfiction: General

Bilingual is Better: Two Latina Moms on How the Bilingual Parenting Revolution is Changing the Face of America

Ana L. Flores and Roxana A. Soto

Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation

Ray Suarez

The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature

Need more suggestions? Contact your local branch or the Information & Reference Department (513-369-6900) and a librarian will be happy to assist you.