Libros Solidarios
Teaching Language and Building Community with Latine Children's Literature in Spanish, K-6
Published on 17. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-68125-818-8 (ISBN)
Description
Latine Spanish-language children's literature is powerful for supporting bilingual learners' language and literacy development and nurturing cross-linguistic connections. Libros solidarios shows K-6 teachers how to grow biliteracy through authentic Spanish-language picture books, early readers, and middle-grade literature on key topics like identity, family, community, and immigration. Written in Spanish with brief English introductions to each chapter, this book is perfect for use in any space with bilingual and multilingual Spanish speakers.The heart of this book is 18 K-6 classroom-ready unit plans. Built around Spanish-language text pairings, the units encourage deep engagement with the texts' themes and advance a metalinguistic study of varieties of the Spanish language. For each unit, teachers will get:
Unit Overview: Essential questions, Spanish-language objectives, translanguaging objectives, and key concepts
Unit Projects: Recommendations for multiple means of expression to evaluate students' learning (aligned with UDL)
Sample Activities: Language study charts, sample teacher moves, personal reflections, and book club discussion guides for language practice and content analysis
Language Study: Guidance for intentional analysis of Spanish language practices and characteristics in texts
Translation Discussion Guide: Prompts to examine differences between the languages and create opportunities for cross-linguistic discussions and connections
Reading Group Guides: Additional paired texts for guiding further reading and teaching on the topic
An essential resource for bilingual education programs and Spanish language classes, this innovative book will help teachers nurture their students' language and literacy skills while honoring their linguistic and cultural practices.
Unit Overview: Essential questions, Spanish-language objectives, translanguaging objectives, and key concepts
Unit Projects: Recommendations for multiple means of expression to evaluate students' learning (aligned with UDL)
Sample Activities: Language study charts, sample teacher moves, personal reflections, and book club discussion guides for language practice and content analysis
Language Study: Guidance for intentional analysis of Spanish language practices and characteristics in texts
Translation Discussion Guide: Prompts to examine differences between the languages and create opportunities for cross-linguistic discussions and connections
Reading Group Guides: Additional paired texts for guiding further reading and teaching on the topic
An essential resource for bilingual education programs and Spanish language classes, this innovative book will help teachers nurture their students' language and literacy skills while honoring their linguistic and cultural practices.
More details
Language
English
Spanish
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68125-818-8 (9781681258188)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera is an Assistant Professor of Dual Language Learning. Her teaching and research are in culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy, translanguaging, critical pedagogies, and bilingual education policy. She is the co-author of En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students, The Translanguaging Collections: Affirming Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Handbook, and co-founder of the En Comunidad Collective with Dr. Carla Espana. Her teaching journey began with students in grades K-6 in an English as a New Language classroom in NYC public schools.
Dr. Carla Espana is a New York-based educator from Chile. She is an Assistant Professor of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Her research and teaching live at the intersections of Latinx studies, bilingual education, youth literature, and teacher preparation. Her most recent book is Narrative Writing with Latinx Teens: Testimonios, Texts, and Teaching (Stenhouse/Routledge). Dr. Espana is also the co-author of En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students (Heinemann), and The Translanguaging Collections: Affirming Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Handbook (Penguin Random House) with Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera. Her teaching journey began with bilingual sixth graders at Don Pedro Albizu Campos School in New York City.
Dr. Carla Espana is a New York-based educator from Chile. She is an Assistant Professor of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Her research and teaching live at the intersections of Latinx studies, bilingual education, youth literature, and teacher preparation. Her most recent book is Narrative Writing with Latinx Teens: Testimonios, Texts, and Teaching (Stenhouse/Routledge). Dr. Espana is also the co-author of En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students (Heinemann), and The Translanguaging Collections: Affirming Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Handbook (Penguin Random House) with Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera. Her teaching journey began with bilingual sixth graders at Don Pedro Albizu Campos School in New York City.
Content
CAPITULO 1: INTRODUCCION
Nuestra trayectoria con la lectoescritura en espaNol
Nuestra filosofIa para enseNar espaNol con literatura de autorxs latinxs
Fuentes de inspiraciOn para la selecciOn de libros
OrganizaciOn de este libro y cOmo usarlo
CAPITULO 2: FAMILIA Y COMUNIDAD
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 3: IDENTIDAD
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 4: CAMBIOS
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 5: (IN)MIGRACION
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 6: PERSONAS QUE NOS INSPIRAN
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 7: COMO FOMENTAR LA IMAGINACION
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 8: CONCLUSIONES
MAs allA de las listas: cOmo desarrollar una biblioteca de libros en espaNol escritos por autorxs latinxs
Abogamos por la liberaciOn lingUEIstica con literatura en espaNol de autorxs latinxs
ApEndice A: Lista de temas en las secciones de AnAlisis del lenguaje
Glosario
Nuestra trayectoria con la lectoescritura en espaNol
Nuestra filosofIa para enseNar espaNol con literatura de autorxs latinxs
Fuentes de inspiraciOn para la selecciOn de libros
OrganizaciOn de este libro y cOmo usarlo
CAPITULO 2: FAMILIA Y COMUNIDAD
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 3: IDENTIDAD
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 4: CAMBIOS
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 5: (IN)MIGRACION
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 6: PERSONAS QUE NOS INSPIRAN
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 7: COMO FOMENTAR LA IMAGINACION
Introduction
IntroducciOn
Unidad 1: Libros ilustrados (Grados PK-2)
Unidad 2: Primeros lectores (Grados 3-4)
Unidad 3: Novelas de nivel intermedio (Grados 5-6)
Reflexiones sobre la literatura de autorxs latinxs en espaNol y nuestras practices lingUEIsticas
Textos adicionales
Referencias
CAPITULO 8: CONCLUSIONES
MAs allA de las listas: cOmo desarrollar una biblioteca de libros en espaNol escritos por autorxs latinxs
Abogamos por la liberaciOn lingUEIstica con literatura en espaNol de autorxs latinxs
ApEndice A: Lista de temas en las secciones de AnAlisis del lenguaje
Glosario