Teresa Palomo Acosta
Tejanaland
A vibrant, essential introduction to Tejana identity that turns the border into a place of pride and connection rather than division.
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by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 520L · 2014
A genuinely warm kitchen-and-family story that centers Filipino culture without exoticizing it—the recipe is real, the dialogue is natural, and kids ask to help cook afterward.
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by Juana Martinez-Neal
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 570L · 2018
A genuinely moving name-origin story that makes kids want to ask their own parents about their names—and teaches that identity is a conversation with the past, not something you inherit passively.