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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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    El pan de la guerra

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    Parvana, de once años, vive con su familia en una habitación de un edificio de apartamentos bombardeado en Kabul, la capital de Afganistán. El padr...

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    Diario de Nisha

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    Al cumplir doce años, Nisha recibe un diario, donde comienza a escribir sobre su vida: las cosas que le gustan y las que no, y también sobre aquell...

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    Los chicos de la Nickel

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    De poco sirve ser un buen estudiante en la Academia Nickel para chicos. Elwood -pobre, huérfano y de raza negra- no tarda en descubrirlo cuando, po...

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    Stamped: El racismo, el antiracismo y tu

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    El concepto de raza siempre se ha utilizado para ganar y mantener el poder, para crear dinámicas que separan y silencian. Esta notable adaptación d...

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    ¿Quién Fue Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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    El famoso líder de los derechos civiles, el Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., se pronunció contra la injusticia racial y económica hasta su muerte, por l...

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    Que Fue La Marcha de Washington?

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    El 28 de agosto de 1963, más de 200,000 personas se reunieron en Washington, DC, para exigir la igualdad de derechos para todas las razas. Fue allí...

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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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    Pink y Say

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    Say Curtis describe su encuentro con Pinkus Aylee, un soldado negro, durante la Guerra Civil, y su captura por las tropas sureñas. Basado en una hi...

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    La Asombrosa Graciela

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    Grace le encantan las historias, ya sean de libros, películas o las que cuenta su abuela. Entonces, cuando tiene la oportunidad de interpretar un p...

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    Katie Woo. Basta de burlas

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    Un chico malo siempre se burla de Katie Woo. Katie se pone triste y enojada. ¿Cómo puede hacer que el matón deje de molestarla?  

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