Children's Picture Books: Stories about Characters of Mexican Ethnicity

"The Spanish edition of our Mexican-flavored Stone Soup story, Cactus Soup. When a group of hungry soldiers ride into San Miguel, the townspeople don’t want to share their food. They hide their tortillas, tamales, beans, and flour and put on torn clothes to look poor. But the Capitán is not fooled. He asks for a cactus thorn to make some cactus soup, and before long he has tricked the townspeople into giving him salt and chilies, vegetables, and a chicken as well! Whimsical watercolors by Phil Huling add to the humor in this southwestern twist on the classic Stone Soup tale." -- publisher

Diego Rivera

2011

by Duncan Tonatiuh

An introduction to the life, career, and influence of the Mexican painter Diego Rivera

Pepita and the bully / Pepita y la peleonera

2011

by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman and Alex Pardo DeLange

After a mean-spirited girl bullies her for three days in a row, Pepita no longer wants to go to her new school.

Chavela and the magic bubble

2010

by Monica Brown

When Chavela blows a bubble with a strange new gum, she floats away to Mexico, where her great-grandfather once worked harvesting the tree sap that makes gum chewy

Dear primo

2010

by Duncan Tonatiuh

Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar

From north to south / Del Norte al Sur

2010

by René Colato Laínez

When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana

Grandma’s chocolate / El chocolate de Abuelita

2010

by Mara Price and Lisa Fields

When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess

Me, Frida

2010

by Amy Novesky

"Like a tiny bird in a big city, Firda Kahlo (1907-1954) feels lost and lonely when she arrives in San Francisco with her husband, the famous artist Diego Rivera. It's her first time away from Mexico. Frieda wants to be a painter, too, and as she explores San Francisco on her own, she discovers more than the beauty of America--she finds the inspiration to become one of the most celebrated artists of all time"--Back cover

Side by side

2010

by Monica Brown

Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.

The battle of the snow cones / La guerra de las raspas

2010

by Lupe Ruiz-Flores and Alisha Ann Guadalupe Gambino

Ten-year-old Elena sets up a snow cone stand in front of her house, and when her friend Alma sets up a stand of her own, it creates an ever-escalating competition between the two girls to see who can outdo the other.