Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Tonatiuh, Duncan 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014)

BTSB #: 884833 Available

Dewey: 379.2/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.1 LG RC: 4.6 K-2 Lexile: 870 AD F&P: T

Genres:

Subjects: Mendez, Sylvia,|d1936- - Childhood and youth School integration Latinos (U.S.) - Education Latinos (U.S.) - Civil rights Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century

Summary: Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California.

Sofia Valdez, future prez [Questioneers]by Beaty, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019)

BTSB #: 100462 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 3.7 LG Lexile: 680 AD

Genres: Multicultural Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Determination - Fiction Parks - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction

Summary: When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.

Stella Diaz dreams big [Stella Diaz Volume: Book 3]by Dominguez, Angela 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 285588 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 660

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Mexican Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction School stories Interpersonal relations - Fiction Time management - Fiction

Summary: Stella has started fourth grade and things are going swimmingly! Suddenly, Stella is way too busy for everything on her schedule. With so much going on, can she achieve her goals without letting anyone down?

Vamos! Let's go to the market [World of Vamos! (HarperCollins)]by Raul the Third 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 385679 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.1 LG RC: 2.4 K-2 Lexile: 610 AD F&P: M

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Markets - Fiction Delivery of goods - Fiction City and town life - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction Wolves - Fiction Dogs - Fiction

Summary: Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

When angels sing : the story of rock legend Carlos Santana by Mahin, Michael James 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 596894 Available

Dewey: 787.87/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 610

Genres:

Subjects: Santana, Carlos Rock musicians

Summary: A picture book biography of the celebrated rock musician Carlos Santana.

Where are you from? by Mendez, Yamile Saied 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)

BTSB #: 637196 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 640 AD F&P: M

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Grandparent-grandchild relationship - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction

Summary: When a little girl is asked where she's from she's no longer as sure as she was about her reply. She turns to her abuelo for the real answer. However, he doesn't quite give her the response she expects.