Children's Books About Cuba
Explore 10 handpicked children's books set in and about Cuba, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
All The Way To Havana
Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music
Enchanted Air Two Cultures Two Wings A Memoir
Forest World
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words
Martina The Beautiful Cockroach
The Lightning Dreamer Cubas Greatest Abolitionist
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards))
The Surrender Tree Poems Of Cubas Struggle For Freedom
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Common questions
What ages are these books for?
Of the 10 books here, 3 are for ages 5-9, 1 for ages 8-12 and 6 for ages 11-14.
Where should we start?
Three good first picks are The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle, All The Way To Havana by Margarita Engle and Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle. All 10 books on this page are handpicked, so any of them is a fine place to begin.
Looking for more from the wider region?
All 10 of these books also appear in the broader Caribbean Islands collection, which has 27 books in total.
Are there bilingual, award-winning or folk-tale picks here?
Yes. This collection includes 5 books tagged award-winning by their publishers and 1 folk tale, fairy tale or myth.