Acknowledgments -- Part one: Inttroduction -- Evaluating books for bias -- Part two: Authors and their stories: Alma Flor Ada -- Isabel Allende -- Julia Alvarez -- Rudolfo Anaya -- Gloria Anzaldua -- Irene Beltran-Hernandez -- Alberto Blanco -- Maria Cristina Brusca -- Omar Castaneda -- Sandra Cisneros -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Lulu Delacre -- Ofelia Dumas Lachtman -- Lyll Becerra de Jenkins -- Carmen Lomas Garza -- Nicholasa Mohr -- Pat Mora -- Michael Nava -- Luis J. Rodriguez -- Jan Romero Stevens -- Gary Soto -- Leyla Torres -- Gloria Velasquez -- More Latina and Latino voices: Manlio Argueta -- Gioconda Belli -- Pura Belpre -- Ana Castillo -- Denise Chavez -- Maria Garcia -- Richard Garcia -- Diane Gonzales Bertrand -- Juan Felipe Herrera -- Gina Macaluso Rodriguez -- Tomas Rivera -- Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. -- Phyllis Tashlik -- Victor Villasenor -- Helena Maria Viramontes -- Part three: Appendices: Additional Latina and Latino authors -- Optional activities -- Author birthdays -- Holidays and special days -- Resources for children and teenagers: Books -- Magazines -- Audio -- Drama -- Videos -- Posters and picture sets -- Resources for educators, librarians, and parents: Books -- Journals and magazines -- Newletters and newspapers -- Catalogs -- Organizations and centers -- Part four: indexes: Title index -- Illustrator index -- Awards and honors index -- Subject index.