Under the Ocelot Sun/Bajo el sol del ocelote

Additional Resources

I have collected here a list of incomplete resources for anyone who wants to know more about immigration, the Border, and Latinx experiences. Again, it is terribly incomplete. But it is meant to be a jumping off point for teachers, youth, and curious readers of every age. This list includes writers of Caribbean, Central American, Mexican, South American and Chicano heritage.

Books:

Education/Educational Resources

Bigelow, Bill. The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Migration. Rethinking Schools, 2006.

España, Carlos and Luz Yadira Herrera. En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students. Heinemann, 2020.

Olsen, Laurie. Made in America: Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools. The New Press, 2008.

Picture Books

Álvarez, Julia. The Secret Footprints. Dragonfly Books, 2002 (Fabián Negrín, illustrator)

De la Peña, Matt. Carmela Full of Wishes. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. (Christian Robinson, illustrator)

Díaz, Junot. Islandborn. Dial Books, 2018. (Leo Espinosa, illustrator)

Mora, Pat. A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés. National Geographic School Pub, 2005. (Beatriz Vidal, illustrator)

Morales, Yuyi. Dreamers. Neal Porter Books, 2018.

Reynoso, Naibe. Fearless Traiblazers: 11 Latinos Who Made U.S. History. Con Todo Press, 2020. (Jone Leal, illustrator)

Saied Méndez, Yamile. Where Are You From? Harper Collins, 2019. (Jaime Kim, illustrator)

Sotomayor, Sonia. Just Ask! Philomel Books, 2019. (Rafael López, illustrator)

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Mr. Mendoza´s Paintbrush. Cinco Puntos Press, 2010. (Christopher Cardinale, illustrator)

Youth and Young Adult

Acevedo, Elizabeth. The Poet X. Quill Tree Books, 2018.

Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy. Yes! We Are Latinos: POEMS AND PROSE ABOUT THE LATINO EXPERIENCE. Charlesbridge, 2016.

De la Peña, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Ember, 2010.

Jiménez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. University of New Mexico Press, 1997.

--. Breaking Through. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2002.

--. Reaching Out. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2009.

Muñoz Ryan, Pam. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000.

Sánchez, Erika. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Knopf, 2017.

Non-Fiction Essay/History

Anzaldúa, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Aunt Lute Books, 1987.

Cantú, Francisco. The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border. Riverhead Books, 2018.

Cuadros, Paul. A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for Small Town America. It Books, 2007.

Lytle Hernández, Kelly. Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. University of California Press, 2010.

Luiselli, Valeria. Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions. Coffee House Press, 2017.

Martínez, Domingo. The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir. Lyons Press, 2012.

Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother. Random House, 2007.

Rodríguez, Richard. The Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodríguez. Bantam, 1983.

Romo, Harriet D. and Olivia Mogollón-López (eds). Mexican Migration to the United States: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Border. University of Texas Press, 2016.

Tobar, Hector. Translation Nation: Defining a New Identity in the Spanish Speaking United States. Riverhead Books, 2006.

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border. Anchor, 2010.

--. By the Lake of Sleeping Children. Anchor, 2010.

--. The Devil's Highway: A True Story. Little Brown, 2004.

Novels & Poetry

Álvarez, Julia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accent. Algonquin Books, 1991.

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage, 1991.

Heríquez, Cristina. The Book of Unknown Americans. Vintage, 2015.

Hernández Castillo, Marcelo. Cenzontle. BOA Editions, 2014.

Herrera, Juan Felipe. 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007. City Lights Publishers, 2007.

Olivárez, José. Citizen Illegal. Haymarket Books, 2018.

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North. Little Brown, 2009.

Zamora, Javier. Unaccompanied. Copper Canyon Press, 2018.