Penguin Random House Education is proud to celebrate Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs annually from September 15th through October 15th. We are highlighting the works of our authors and illustrators from the Latinx and Hispanic community, whose stories and characters have a profound impact on our society.
Here is a selection of titles that we encourage you to share with your students:
A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desire
A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family.
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? In this moving novel in verse, one girl takes on seventh grade while facing mental health challenges, and must find her voice to advocate for the help and understanding she deserves."Powerful." —Lisa Fipps, Printz Honor-winning author of Starfish
A farm-working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers’ rights in this tender-hearted novel in verse, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Pam Muñoz Ryan.
As artificial intelligence becomes more present in classrooms and schools, the books in this collection invite educators to contemplate the future in an AI-driven world and are perfect for faculty reading groups. Browse the collection here. Further explore the role of AI in education by reading this article “I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What
The PRH Translanguaging Collections were created by Drs. Luz Yadira Herrera and Carla España to carefully consider how we validate and support bilingualism and multilingualism in classrooms. Each of the six themes and accompanying texts invite students to use their own experiences and languages to make connections and deepen their engagement with texts and each
