Book Picks: Latinx Heritage Month

On the latest episode of the DMPL Podcast, we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with some great books by Latinx authors. Janeé is up first to talk about kid's books, and then we're joined by Elizabeth, who gives us some adult book selections:

Show Notes Book Links

• Vamos! Let's Go Eat, by Raul the Third; illustrations by Elaine Bay
• We Are Not From Here, by Jenny Torres Sanchez
• Merci Suárez Changes Gears, by Meg Medina
• Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Undocumented Americans, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Elizabeth's Other Book Picks:

• The Last Great Road Bum: A Novel by Héctor Tobar

#ownvoices Fiction

• The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera
• Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
• Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

#ownvoices Nonfiction

• Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa
• More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
• Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas by Roberto Lovato
• Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 
• Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez

Upcoming Programs

• Calle Sur: Music and Bilingual Virtual Storytime/Calle Sur: Música, y Cuentos y Canciones Bilingües | September 24 | 4:00 PM
• Voting Rights in Iowa: Don't Be Intimidated, Vote | September 24 | 7:00 PM
• Flu Shot Clinic with Polk County Health | September 28 | 5:00 PM
• Teen Chefs: Homemade Tortillas with Marianela Blanco | September 30 | 5:30 PM
• Fall Book Bites | October 1 | 6:30 PM