Below is a list of recommended books for third through fifth graders on learning about Hispanic culture and heritage.
- My Name Is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
- Under the Royal Palms: a Childhood in Cuba by AlmaFlor Ada
- Iguanas in the Snow and other Winter Poems by Francisco X. Alarcon
- Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems (Jitomates risuenos y otros poemas de primavera) by Francisco X. Alarcon
- Amelia's Road (El camino de Amelia) by Linda Jacobs Altman
- Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
- The Farolitas of Christmas by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood by George Ancona
- Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead byGeorge Ancona
- The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel
- Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes (Los perros magicos de los volcanes) by Manlio Argueta
- Alicia Alonso: First Lady of the Ballet by Sandra Martin Arnold
- A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
- Ivan Rodriguez by Tony DeMarco
- Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman
- Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza
- The Bossy Gallito by Lucia Gonzalez
- Calling the Doves/El Encanto De Las Palomas by Juan Felipe Herrera
- Celebrating a Quinceanera: A Latina's 15th Birthday Celebration by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
- Faith and the Electric Dogs by Patrick Jennings
- La mariposa (The Butterfly) by Francisco Jimenez
- Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio by Tony Johnston
- Johnston, Tony by Tony Johnston
- Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
- Hill of Fire by Thomas Lewis
- Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut by Romero Maritza
- Jabuti, the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald McDermott
- The Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans by Nicholas E. Meyer
- Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale by Marisa Montes (reteller)
- Tomas and the Library Lady (Tomas y la senora de la biblioteca) by Pat Mora
- Love to Mama: A Tribute to Mothers by Pat Mora (editor)
- Famous Hispanic Americans by Janet Morey
- The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
- First Day in Grapes by L. King Perez
- El chino (The Matador) by Allen Say
- Extraordinary Hispanic Americans by Susan Sinnott
- Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist by Michele Sola
- Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto
- Chato's Kitchen (Chato y su cena) by Gary Soto
- Skirt by Gary Soto
- Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
- Learning About Determination From the Life of Gloria Estefan by Meanne Stazzabosco
- Emiliano Zapata: Revolutionary and Champion of Poor Farmers by Conrad R. Stein
- A Sunburned Prayer by Mark Talbert
- Maria: A Christmas Story by Theodore Taylor
- Nine Candles by Maria Testa
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