Latinx/Hispanic (Mexican, Central and South American) Collection Breakdown

Of the 546 books featuring Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American characters:

25% are books in which race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, culture, im/migration, and/or religious, sacred, or origin stories ARE NOT CENTRAL to the story. These elements may be present, but they are not essential to the plot and could be changed without altering the storyline. We call these Any Child Books.
45% are books in which race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, culture, im/migration, and/or religious, sacred, or origin stories ARE CENTRAL to the story. These books explicitly focus on the diverse expressions of human experience, depending on these elements to drive the storyline. We call these Beautiful Life books.
16% are Biographies, featuring the life of a particular person or group of people from a historical or contemporary perspective.
13% portray relationships between named characters across racial or cultural difference. We call these Cross-Group books.
8% are Folklore books, featuring tales, proverbs, songs, or legends and myths that transmit the values, knowledge, traditions, practices and rituals of a people.
2% feature a racially diverse cast of non-primary characters or a white or animal main character(s). We call these Incidental books.
5% present factual information (with or without a storyline) that does not always have to do with difference. These books may be encyclopedic. We call these Informational books.
6% are about group-based injustice and/or struggles for justice. We call these Oppression & Resilience books.
7% explore and/or compare specific aspects of human difference, inviting readers to consider varying perspectives related to race, ethnicity, culture, or tribal affiliation. We call these Concept books.

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