Authentic Literature

The possum is small, but the anteater is large. Monkeys howl, but foxes are quiet. This colorful board book teaches young children all about opposites in the animal kingdom.

Award-winning novelist Sergio Ramírez presents the life of Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, who was one of the leading figures in the modernism literary movement.

This colorful board book introduces young children to some of the amazing animals that live in the ocean including dolphins, sea sponges, and manta rays.

Georgina Lázaro presents the life of the great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges in verse.

Zelia Nuttall was born in San Francisco in 1857. She grew up to become a leading archaeologist specializing in Meso-America. This book presents her groundbreaking work.

This illustrated biography introduces children to the young climate change activist Greta Thunberg. They will be inspired to get involved in this important cause.

Children will love this cumulative song about a singing frog and all the animals that quiet him.

This board book shows children how their bodies react to certain feelings including happiness, anger, and love.

This rhyming board book shows children the joy of spending time with family.

Children will learn to associate colors with different animals in this charming board book.

This colorful board book shows a parade of animals strolling, trotting, running, and flying.

In this traditional Latin American rhyme, children will learn how to count backwards from 10.

Less than three weeks Salvador Gómez-Colón after turned 15, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Incapable of ignoring the suffering of so many people, he started a non-profit organization to distribute solar lamps and manual washing machines to...

This book uses Nobel Prize-winning scientist Barbara McClintock to help explain genetics to children. Readers will learn about chromosomes, DNA, retroviruses, miosis, cloning, genetic therapy, and more. A glossary is included.

This illustrated book presents 40 remarkable Latinas from different time periods and disciplines. They include musician Teresa Carreño, politician Gumercinda Páez, author Isabel Allende, engineer Serena Auñón, and gymnast Lauren Zoe Hernandez. ...

This bilingual volume contains autobiographical poems written by Martí during his years of exile and revolutionary struggle. Each poem captures an experience, a feeling or an important moment in the life of this extraordinary man.

The pandemic has created a lot of angst and uncertainty in children. This book presents magic words and solutions for 19 common problems/feelings. They include empathy, motivation, caution, resilience, and hope.

Presented in verse, this book teaches young children the importance of eating well, getting enough sleep, taking care of their teeth, getting vaccines, and much more.

Narrated by the Olympic torch, this book teaches readers about the history of the Olympic Games. Written by a leading Spanish children's author, it highlights interesting facts and athletes.

This book takes readers on an illustrated tour of the Olympic Games from ancient Greece to the present. They will learn about the origins of the iconic torch and certain events, as well as some famous athletes.

Based on a true story and written by someone who witnessed it, this touching picture book is set in Venezuela. A man named Faoro found an orphaned, newborn caiman and brought her home. The bond they formed was unbreakable and everlasting. Information...

The iconic figures of the past that we love and admire have something in common with each and every one of us: they, too, were once young boys and girls. The collection Cuando los grandes eran pequeños tells in gentle verse the stories of children from...

The five stories in this book are based on the lives of extraordinary women from different time periods and places. Each one has fought to make the world a better place. They include Harriet Tubman, Gaura Devi, and Mujeres Creando from Bolivia. Brief...

These five short stories show how different families celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico.

This colorful board book introduces young children to different animals, insects, and things found in nature. It will inspire them to observe them world around them.

This book teaches young children opposites by incorporating geometric patterns of the Yekuana people of Southern Venezuela. Information on this indigenous group is provided at the end.

Juana Inés de la Cruz decided to become a nun to be able to read and learn all that she wanted. She wrote and published several books. Today, centuries later, her works are still read and studied, and she is considered one of the most important...

José Martí was barely 16 years old when he began to fight for the independence of his homeland through his writing. At 17, he was declared an enemy of Spain and sentenced to six years of prison and hard labor. That did not stop him. Martí dedicated his...

A quiet, shy, and humble little girl grew up to become a VERY important writer. How important was she? She was the first Latin American writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, the most prestigious award given to writers in the world!

Simón Bolívar is known as El Libertador because he freed an enormous territory--an area that today is shared by six South American countries--from the yoke of the Spanish Empire. Come meet him in the pages of this book.

Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps...

This book offers children a fun and ingenious way of learning about 16 important inventions. It spans the centuries, covering early tools and the wheel to today's computer chips.

With breathtaking illustrations by the author, this book captures the natural beauty of the Amazon. It also shows children its power of regeneration and its hidden dangers.

This delightful book presents the beloved Latin American children's rhyme in board book format.