How To Celebrate Latinx Heritage With Your Kids All Year Round

MoMo Productions via Getty Images Books are a great way to continue the conversation about Latinx heritage in your everyday life throughout the year. “As a family, reading picture books together ― regardless of everyone’s age ― is a fabulous way to quickly expose your children and yourself to many sorts of Latinx lives,” said David Bowles, author of “My Two Border Towns” and co-founder of #DignidadLiteraria. Tejada added that she’s currently loving books like “Pepe and the Parade” from author Tracey Kyle and illustrator Mirelle Ortega and “Niños de América” by author Francisca Palacios and illustrator Carmen Cardemil for the way they celebrate the different places people come from and teach about cultural traditions. “Tongue-in-cheek, ironic appropriations are not appreciated.” “All kids from communities of color need to see their lives, their families, their communities and their culture as worthy of being included in those media, as important to academic study, as valuable and integral parts of not just personal and school life but of schoolwork and broader national conversations.” - David Bowles, author of “My Two Border Towns” Bring the celebration home. “Buy your kids comics and video games that feature Latinx characters.” PBS is offering a number of resources to honor Latinx heritage, including a video about the origin and purpose of Hispanic Heritage Month in English and Spanish as part of PBS Kids’ “All About the Holidays” series.