Hispanic Heritage Booklist: 3rd - 5th Grade

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