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Books del Sur curates Latin America Spanish-language literature to support dual language curriculum.
Books del Sur curates Latin America Spanish-language literature to support dual language curriculum.

Books About People of Color

Books del Sur's primary objective is to curate books from Spanish-speaking countries in order to disrupt the monolingual narrative commonly found in U.S. classrooms. We are inspired and guided by the work of the #weneeddiversebooks movement and the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Therefore, our secondary objective at Books del Sur is to ensure that all narratives are represented in the books as well. While most of our books are written by people of color, many of the people in the books do not present as people of color. We recognize that representation is important and have done our best to curate a collection of Spanish books that are About People of Color. We selected this category based on the data that the CCBC has collected over the years, which we summarized in the following graph. 

Books By or About Children of Color by Year of Publication

The source and full data set are available on the CCBC website.

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    Violeta Parra para niñas y niños

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    La segunda, dentro de la serie anti-princesas en espanol, explora la vida de Violeta Parra, una de las músicas chilenas más famosas. Este maravill...

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    El camino de Marwan

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    Marwan es un niño que, junto a otros millones de seres humanos, atraviesa mares y desiertos, huyendo de la guerra y del hambre, en busca de otro l...

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    Ella persistió alrededor del mundo 13 mujeres que cambiaron la historia

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    En todo el mundo, las mujeres siempre han soñado en grande, aun cuando les han dicho que sus sueños no cuentan. Han alzado sus voces, se han levant...

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    El Pueblo Seguirá

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    Contada en los ritmos de la narrativa oral tradicional, esta poderosa narración de la historia de los pueblos nativos / indígenas de América del No...

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    Que Fue El Tren Clandestino?

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    Nadie sabe de dónde viene el término ferrocarril subterráneo: no había trenes ni vías, solo "conductores" que ayudaban a escapar de los esclavos ha...

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    La Escuela Secreta de Nasreen, Una Historia Verdadera de Afganistán

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    En Afganistán, desde la llegada de los talibanes, las niñas tenían prohibido ir a la escuela, y las mujeres tenían prohibido salir de su casa sin i...

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    A School Named for Someone Like Me/Una Escuela Con Un Nombre Como El Mio

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    ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo las escuelas obtienen sus nombres? Esta es la historia de cómo la Escuela Primaria Jaime Davila recibió su nombr...

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