Sonoma County Reads - Read-alikes
Fall 2004 - The House on Mango Street
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Read-alike List - Suggested books for children and
teens
E - picture books
| Ada | I love Saturdays y Domingos | |
| Altman | Amelia's road | |
| Bunting | A days work | |
| Cazet | Born in the gravy | |
| Ciavonne | Carlos, light the farolito | |
| Cowley | Gracias, the Thanksgiving turkey | |
| Czernecki | The hummingbird's gift | |
| Dorros | Abuela | |
| Dorros | Isla | |
| Elya | Home at last | |
| English | Speak English for us, Marisól | |
| Freschet | Beto and the bone dance | |
| Gollub | Twenty-five Mixtec cats | |
| Havill | Treasure nap | |
| Lopez | The birthday swap | |
| Mora | Birthday basket for Tia | |
| Mora | Pablo's tree | |
| Mora | Rainbow tulip | |
| Mora | Tomás and the library lady | |
| O'Neil | Estela's swap | |
| Perez | First day in grapes | |
| Politi | Three stalks of corn | |
| Rosa-Casanova | Mama Provi and the pot of rice | |
| Ryan | Mice and beans | |
| Slate | Secret stars | |
| Soto | Big bushy mustache | |
| Soto | Too many tamales |
(Many of the above books are also in Spanish) 
Bilingual E - shelved with Libros en Español
| Ada | Gathering the sun | |
| Anzaldua | Friends from the other side | |
| Bertrand | The last doll | |
| Bertrand | Sip, slurp, soup,soup caldo, caldo | |
| Cisneros | Hairs - Pelitos | |
| Colon-Vila | Salsa | |
| Cruz | Chicano Christmas story | |
| DeAnda | Kikirikí | |
| Dominguez | The perfect piñata | |
| Dorros | Radio man | |
| Galindo | Icy watermelon | |
| Gonzalez | Soledad sigh-sighs | |
| Hazen | Adiós! Hola! | |
| Herrera | Calling the dove | |
| Herrera | Grandma and me at the flea | |
| Herrera | Super cilantro girl | |
| Lachtman | Big enough | |
| Lachtman | Pepita takes time | |
| Luenn | A gift for Abuelita | |
| Miller | Just like home | |
| Perez | My very own room | |
| Pío Peep, traditional rhymes | ||
| Reiser | Tortillas and lullabies | |
| ER Pomerantz | The outside dog |
![[Pio Peep cover]](/chilprograms/images/piopeep.jpg)
First Chapter Fiction
| Montes | Who's that girl? | |
| Soto | The skirt |
J Fiction - children's fiction section
| Ada | My name is Maria Isabel | |
| DeAnda | The immortal rooster | |
| Delacre | Salsa stories | |
| Hurwitz | Class president | |
| Jennings | Faith and the electric dogs | |
| Jimenez | Breaking through | |
| Jimenez | The circuit | |
| Johnston | Any small goodness | |
| Marsden | Mama had to work on Christmas | |
| Mazzio | The one who came back | |
| Mikaelsen | Sparrow Hawk Red | |
| Ortiz | An island like you | |
| Rice | Crazy loco: stories | |
| Ryan | Esperanza rising | |
| Saldana | The Jumping tree | |
| Soto | Baseball in April | |
| Soto | Crazy weekend | |
| Soto | Off and running | |
| Stanek | I speak English for my mom | |
| Stanley | Elena | |
| Talbert | Star of Luís | |
| Taylor | Maria, A Christmas story |
Bilingual Fiction - Libros en Español
| Baca | Chiles for Benito | |
| Rodriguez | It doesn't have to be this way |
For Teens - shelved in Young Adult
section 
| Bertrand | Sweet fifteen | |
| Draper | Romiette and Julio | |
| Griffin | The music thief | |
| Hernandez | Whitebread competition | |
| Jimenez | The circuit | |
| Martinez | Parrot in the oven: mi vida | |
| Ortiz | An island like you | |
| Rice | Crazy loco: stories | |
| Saldana | Finding our way | |
| Soto | Afterlife | |
| Soto | Buried onions | |
| Soto | Jesse | |
| Soto | Petty crimes | |
| Where | Where angels glide at dawn |
Non-Fiction
| J305.23 | Voices from the fields: children of migrant farmers | |
| J305.5 Brimner | A migrant family | |
| J331.5 Hoyt-Goldsmith | Migrant worker: a boy from the Rio Grande valley | |
| J394.2 Hoyt-Goldsmith | Day of the Dead | |
| J394.26 Hoyt-Goldsmith | Las Posadas | |
| J395.24 Hoyt-Goldsmith | Celebrating a Quinceañera | |
| J395.24 Lankford | Quinceañera: a Latina's journey to womanhood | |
| J371.97 Howlett | I'm new here | |
| J398 | Jade and Iron: Latin American tales from two cultures | |
| J398.2 Gerson | Fiesta Feminina: celebrating women in Mexican folklore | |
| J398.2 Gonzalez | Señor Cat's romance and other favorite stories | |
| J398.2 | Horse hooves and chicken feet | |
| J398.2 Madrigal | The eagle and the rainbow | |
| J398.2 Mora | Juan Tuza and the magic pouch | |
| J629.8 Parr | Lowriders | |
| J784.4 Delacre | Arroz con leche | |
| J784.4 | Las Navidades | |
| J811 Pomerantz | The tamarindo puppy | |
| J811 Soto | Canto familiar | |
| J811 Soto | Neighborhood odes | |
| J920 Morey | Famous Mexican Americans | |
| J973.04 | Kids explore America's Hispanic heritage | |
| J979.4 Ancona | Barrio: Jose's neighborhood | |
| J979.4 Brown | Hello amigos | |
| JB Ada | Under the royal palms | |
| JB Baez Heller | Joan Baez: singer with a cause | |
| JB Chavez Cedeño | Cesar Chavez: Labor leader | |
| JB Chavez Collins | Farmworker's friend | |
| JB Chavez Krull | Harvesting hope | |
| JB Chavez Soto | Cesar Chavez: a hero for everyone | |
| JB Cisneros Simon | Evelyn Cisneros, prima ballerina | |
| JB Kahlo Garza | Frida Kahlo | |
| JB Kahlo Turner | Frida Kahlo | |
| JB Lopez Furman | Jennifer Lopez | |
| JB Rivera Hargrove | Diego Rivera: Mexican muralist | |
| JB Rivera Neimark | Diego Rivera: artist of the people | |
| JB Rivera Venezia | Diego Rivera |
Bilingual Non-Fiction - Libros en Español
| J394.2 | Piñatas and paper flowers | |
| J398.2 Ada | Mediopollito - Half-Chicken | |
| J398.2 Garcia | My aunt Otilia's spirits | |
| J398.2 Hayes | El Cucuy! a bogeyman cuento | |
| J398.2 Hayes | Day it snowed tortillas | |
| J398.2 Hayes | Little gold star: A Cinderella cuento | |
| J398.2 Hayes | Pájaro Verde - the green bird | |
| J398.2 Hayes | Watch out for clever women | |
| J398.8 | Tortillitas para mamá | |
| J398.9 | Shake it Morena! | |
| J784.6 Orozco | De Colores | |
| J784.6 Orozco | Diez deditos | |
| J784.6 Orozco | Fiestas | |
| J808.81 Hayes | Tell me a cuento | |
| J811 Alarcon | From the bellybutton of the moon | |
| J811 Herrera | Laughing out loud, I fly! | |
| J811 Johnston | My Mexico | |
| J979.4 | California's Hispanic roots for kids |