Season 1 Episodes

In "Chola Salvation”, author Estella Gonzalez draws upon her experiences living in East LA to vividly bring her characters to life. Add in a dose of magic realism and soon the reader is cheering for the underdogs in this engaging debut young adult novel. Visit https://www.eastloswriter.com to order her book.

Jessica Payne is the executive director of Kids Need to Read, an organization that provides books to schools and libraries across the country. Visit kidsneedtoread.org to request books for your school or library, or to make a donation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latino-book-chat/message

Author and illustrator Juliet Menéndez chats about her first book Latinitas and the inspiration behind this amazing project. Latinitas in an anthology of short stories about influential Latinas making history in Latina America and the United States.

Episode 04. In the novel Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub, a young hero battles an Aztec dragon as he searches for his identity and destiny. Rudy Garcia delights readers in this epic journey. Order your copy from any Indie bookstore. Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub is in stock at Bookbar Denver, Tattered Cover, and Broadway Book Mall. In San Antonio, at Guadalupe Cultural Center Bookstore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latino-book-chat/message

A conversation with librarian Laura Castillo about the many services offer by public libraries to the general population and especially the Latino community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latino-book-chat/message

Children’s book author René Colato Laínez chats about his most recent book releases. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latino-book-chat/message

Author Holly Ayala chats about her first children’s book ABC El Salvador, an alphabet book portraying the culture, traditions, and geography of El Salvador. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latino-book-chat/message