Hispanic Heritage Month is more than about los famosos singing and dancing on television and a few brown looking faces and names being stirred in between your regularly scheduled programming. The Association of American Publishers has published on its website a Latino Recommended Reading List. The list has books for adults and children in English and Spanish. Some books are by Latino authors, others are on Latino subjects or can be useful to Latinos regardless of the primary language used.

Hispanic Heritage is also a great opportunity for Latinos to support publishing houses that specialize in the publication and support of Latino authors. Two such houses worth checking out are Curbstone Press and Arte Público Press.