National Hispanic Heritage Latinx Heritage Month is a time for "paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society." It runs from September 15-October 15. This was a particularly exciting year for children's books, as Donna Barba Higuera was the first person to win both the Newbery Medal and the Pura Belpré Award. Read her Newbery speech and profile from our July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine ALA Awards special issue.

• Newbery centennial "After the Call" pieces by Donna Barba Higuera, Meg Medina, Erin Entrada Kelly, and Matt de la Peña from the May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine special issue
• Yuyi Morales's Zena Sutherland Lecture from the September/October 2022 Horn Book Magazine
• May/June 2021 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: The Pura Belpré Award at 25
• Picture books for National Caribbean American Heritage Month 2022 and Latinx-centered science fiction and fantasy from Notes from the Horn Book
• New Talks with Roger interviews with:

  • Christina Diaz Gonzalez

  • Julian Randall

• Publishers' Previews with:

  • Andrea Beatriz Arango

  • Vincent Tirado

  • Stephen Briseño

  • Victor Piñeiro

  • Ruth Behar

  • Mark Oshiro

  • Karla Arenas Valenti

• Día 2022

• Read and watch Elizabeth Acevedo's 2020 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor Speech for Clap When You Land

• Yiddish Book Center: "Geographies of the Soul" with Marjorie Agosín and Ruth Behar

Here are many more interviews, recommended books, and articles from the Horn Book archives to help you celebrate "the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America."