Julia de Burgos is known as Puerto Rico’s most famous Latina poet. She was born on February 17, 1914, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and died on July 6, 1953, in Harlem, New York. She was a teacher, writer, and civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers. Also known asRead More →
José Campeche is Puerto Rico’s first and most significant painter of the 18th-century. He was born on January 6, 1751, to Tomás Campeche a freed-slave who purchased his freedom and to María Jordán originally from the Canary Islands. Of Afro-Caribbean descent, Campeche learned his father’s trade of decorator and gilder asRead More →
The first book that I purchased on our beloved coquí was Everywhere Coquis!/¡En dondequiera coquies! by Nancy Hooper. I read this book to my son’s preschool class during the Week of the Young Child celebration at his school. It was perfect for the little ones because they all loved repeating theRead More →
Are you looking for a one-stop resource for everything on Puerto Rico for kids? From printable fun facts, books, plus resources in both English and Spanish? Look no further! Come read all about it on Spanish Playground: Puerto Rico Facts for Kids in Spanish and English Read More →
As a Puerto Rican, pasteles are ingrained in my heart! Then I was introduced to the tamales… Read More →
**Update: On 2/2022 I’ve added more books to this list and it is now over 100 books!! My son is also a teenager but we love books about Puerto Rico. So I’ll continuously update this post. This post was originally written in 2016 with 54 books listed. As ofRead More →