Foreword : Magical encounters with Latino children's literature / Jamie Campbell Naidoo -- Preface : Our stories matter and we matter / Norma Elia Cantú -- Introduction : The heart and art of Latino/a young people's fiction / Frederick Luis Aldama -- The authors and artists -- Jorge Aguirre -- Malín Alegria -- Monica Brown -- Joe Cepeda -- René Colato Laínez -- Lulu Delacre -- Matt de la Peña -- Christina Diaz Gonzalez -- Angela Dominguez -- Margarita Engle -- Xavier Garza -- Diane Gonzales Bertrand -- Maya Christina Gonzalez -- Raúl Gonzalez III -- Manuel Luis Martinez -- Meg Medina -- Rhode Montijo -- Pat Mora -- Yuyi Morales -- Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Daniel José Older -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Ashley Hope Pérez -- Lila Quintero Weaver -- Cristy C. Road -- Rafael Rosado -- Benjamin Alire Sáenz -- Alex Sanchez -- Francisco Stork -- Carmen Tafolla -- Samuel Teer -- Duncan Tonatiuh -- Jenny Torres Sanchez -- Afterword : We all need chocolate factories and casitas on Mango Street / Belinda G. Acosta
Summary
"This book is an original collection of more than thirty interviews led by Frederick Luis Aldama with Latino/a authors working in the genre." --Back cover