Read Latin American folklore and fairy tales for National Hispanic Heritage Month. You will find a variety, some just recently acquired, in our library collection. The following anthologies and picture book adaptations have stories that span from the Rio Grande Valley to Colombia and Bolivia.
- The Bear and His Sons: Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican Folktales by James M. Taggart, with drawings by Beatrice Taggart
- Cuentos Wela Told Me: That Scared the Beeswax Out of Me! by Priscilla Celina Suarez
- The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jaffe, illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez
- Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America retold and illustrated by Lulu Delacre
- Las Huellas Secretas by Julia Alvarez, illustrations by Fabian Negrin, translations by Dolores Prida
- Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions edited by John Bierhorst
- The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh