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.
The source and full data set are available on the CCBC website.
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Alicia y el huracán
Books del SurIn stockDespués de acurrucarse en la cama cada noche, Alicia escucha las formidables voces de los diminutos coquíes que viven en todo Puerto Rico y le cant...
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Cazucá
Books del SurOut of stockEn los altos de una ciudad se reúnen la sed por vivir, los pasos andados y los anhelos del porvenir. Cazucá es un sitio donde nace la esperanza. Ta...
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La flor de oro. Un mito Taíno de Puerto Rico
Books del SurIn stockEl aclamado recuento de Nina Jaffe de un mito de la creación indígena sobre el nacimiento de Puerto Rico, La Flor Dorada, está disponible por prime...
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Side by Side/Lado a Lado The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez
Books del SurIn stockTodos los días, miles de campesinos cosechaban los alimentos que se servían en los hogares de todo el país. Pero al terminar la jornada, cuando los...
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El niño que domó el viento
Books del SurIn stockCuando una terrible sequía asoló la pequeña aldea donde vivía William Kamkwamba, su familia perdió todas las cosechas y se quedó sin nada que comer...
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