Local Lending Resources

Classroom Book Sets

CLAS is delighted to provide classroom sets of outstanding Latinx literature curated for children and young adults. These sets come in different sizes and configurations, and they're accessible at no charge. You can borrow them for up to four weeks, The books are housed at CLAS, Marshall Building-Suite 280, 845 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721.  To secure your set, make an advance booking and arrange for in-person pickup.

To request a set, please fill out this form. Please note that we are only able to loan book sets to educators local to Southern Arizona.

A complete annotated bibliography of all book sets is available. 

 

Many of our books have accompanying educator materials included with the set, as indicated by the asterisk (*). We are working collecting and/or creating materials for each book set. The sets will be updated as new materials are made available. 

Children's Books

  • *All the Way to Havana written by Margarita Engle & illustrated by Mike Curato (21 copies) 

  • *Child of the Flower Song People written by Gloria Amescua & illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (25 copies) 

  • *Cultivando a un Artista: La historia de un jardinero paisajista y su hijo written & illustrated by John Parra (25 copies)

  • *Dreamers written & illustrated by Yuyi Morales (25 copies)

  • *Frida Kahlo y Sus Animalitos written by Monica Brown, illustrated by John Parra, & translated by F. Isabel Campoy (12 copies) 

  • *Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son written & illustrated by John Parra (25 copies)

  • *Hear My Voice: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States/Escucha Mi Voz: Los testimonios de los jóvenes detenidos en la frontera sureña de los estados unidos [Bilingual Edition] written by by Warren Binford and Michael Garcia Bochenek (25 copies)

  • *My Two Border Towns written by David Bowles & illustrated by Erika Meza (25 copies) 

  • *Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos written by David Bowles & illustrated by Erika Meza (25 copies)

  • *Separate is Never Equal written & illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh* (25 copies) 

  • *Viva Frida written by Yuyi Morales & photographed by Tim O’Meara (12 copies) 

Novels

  • American Street written by Ibi Zoboi (4 copies)

  • Futebol Nation: The Story of Brazil Through Soccer written by David Goldblatt (4 copies)

  • Raulito: The First Latino Governor of Arizona written by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford (14 copies)

  • The Epic Fail of  Arturo Zamora written by Pablo Cartaya  (4 copies)

  • *The Last Cuentista written by Donna Barba Higuera (26 copies)

  • They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid’s Poems written by David Bowles (26 copies)

Thematic Sets

DVD & Film Library

Our DVD & film library consists of more than 1000 movies, documentaries, and instructional videos related to Latin America. DVDs are free for teachers to checkout in person or via mail. We are updating our lending library to include films for which CLAS has streaming privileges.  All of these are available at no charge. You can borrow them for up to four weeks. The DVDs are housed at CLAS, Marshall Building-Suite 280, 845 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721. To request a film, please fill out this form. Please note that we are only able to loan DVDs to Arizona educators. 

A complete annotated bibliography of all films is available. 

Annotated Bibliography-CLAS Films and DVDs.pdf