Soldier for Equality
Jos de la Luz Senz and the Great War

It's not often enough that I get to read and report on books written about Mexicans and/or Mexican Americans in WWI and WWII, but it's not for a lack of heroes, rather it is for a lack of books written about them for kids and teens. So I was really happy to see that Duncan Tonatiuh, one of my favori......more

This picture book pleased me, primarily because it covers territory that has been previously ignored and reminds readers of the irony of men willing to give their lives for a country and freedoms that their own people still did not enjoy. Hand-drawn and digital collage illustrations created in the i......more

How many more stories are out there of people who stood up for what is right? This is a story I was completely unaware of, but needs to be told.......more

This is an excellent book that focuses on the life of one man who helped fight for equality for Mexican Americans. It is filled with historical information about Mexican Americans during the time of World War I, as well as before and after. This book and others like it are important to read and refl......more

Read this to my 11th grade US history classes when teaching about marginalized groups in WWI, and they loved having “story time”. About 60% of my students are Latino, and many are Mexican American and they loved being able to see themselves in this book! My students were a bit concerned about the il......more