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Hispanic Heritage Month: A Selected Bibliography

Quicklinks: Nonfiction for Adults | Fiction for Adults | DVDs | Fiction and Nonfiction for Kids and Teens

Nonfiction for Adults

Azúcar!: la biografía de Celia Cruz
By Eduardo Márceles

Cocinando!: Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art
By Pablo Yglesias

Culture Is Our Weapon: Making Music and Changing Lives in Rio de Janeiro
By Patrick Neate

El Mariachi: símbolo musical de México
By Jesús Jáuregui

Faces of Salsa: A Spoken History of the Music
By Leonardo Padura

Me
By Ricky Martin

The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream
By Emilio Estefan

Rock en Español: The Latin Alternative Rock Explosion
By Ernesto Lechner

Selena: su vida después de su muerte
By Cristina Castrellón

Yo
By Ricky Martin


Fiction for Adults

Beautiful Maria of My Soul
By Oscar Hijuelos

Palomos
By Pedro Valdez


DVDs

Do You Want to Dance?: with Teresa Mason
Directed by Mike Carter

Salsa Lessons
Published by Casa de Música

Selena
Directed by Gregory Nava
1997

Tito Puente: King of Latin Music
By Jim Payne
1999

Tango Lessons
Published by Casa de Música


Fiction and Nonfiction for Kids and Teens

Cantaba la rana/The Frog Was Singing
By Rita Rosa Ruesga, illustrated by Soledad Sebastiáán
Scholastic en español, 2011 (Ages 3–7)

Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa
By Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Julie Maren
Puffin, 2007 (Ages 6–9)

Cool Latin Music: Create & Appreciate What Makes Music Great!
By Mary Lindeen
Abdo, 2008 (Ages 9–12)

De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children
Selected, arranged and translated by José-Luis Orozco, illustrated by Elisa Kleven
Dutton, 1994 (All ages)

De la percusión a—¡la bateria!
By Eladio Reinon and Dani Coma, illustrated by Subi
Bellaterra Música, 2010 (Ages 5–8)

Grandma’s Records
By Eric Velasquez
Walker, 2004 (Ages 5–8)

Los discos de mi abuela
By Eric Velasquez
Lectorum, 2002 (Ages 5–8)

The Latin Music Scene: The Stars, the Fans, the Music
By Erika Tsoukanelis
Enslow, 2010 (Ages 8–12)

¡Mira la música!
By María Luna, illustrated by Mireya Carrera
Editorial Serpentina, 2009 (Ages 4–8)

Musicians of the Sun
By Gerald McDermott
Simon & Schuster, 1997 (Ages 4–8)

My Tata’s Guitar/La guitarra de mi tata
By Ethriam Cash Brammer, illustrated by Daniel Lechóón
Piñata Books, 2003 (Ages 4–8)