17 Children's Books by Latinx Authors Worth Adding to Your Kid's Bookshelf

Drum Dream Girl ($18) by Cubana author Margarita Engle is a really interesting children's book inspired by the story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban woman who, in order to pursue her passion, fought against the unwritten rule in her country that girls could not be drummers. It's the empowering tale of a young girl who practices her noisy instrument in secret until at last she's discovered and her talent proves that girls can pound the congas just like boys.