Responsive Reads [https://www.responsivereads.com] is a a website committed to sharing culturally authentic texts.  ​In a recent edition of “Literacy Daily” from ILA, Sharroky Hollie offers educators important steps as they consider choosing authentic texts for their students. The website offers categories of titles and bibliographies of books for various ages of children.
The "We Both Read" books are effective because they engage both children and parents in reading. 
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The concept of the series is simple: each book is specially formatted for a more experienced reader and child to take turns reading aloud alternate pages. The experienced reader’s pages feature higher-level text (at about a 5th-grade reading level), while the child’s pages feature text that matches the child’s reading level.
This shared experience reduces the frustrations of beginning and struggling readers—and makes reading fun!  Children get to practice reading at their skill level and they also have the opportunity to relax and listen as the fluent reading of more complex text is modeled for them. The result is increased comprehension, fluency, and support for their decoding skills, along with increased enthusiasm for reading. 
Also, “We Both Read” books are available in Spanish as well!

Check out these publisher links:
https://treasurebaybooks.com/we-both-read/?v=7516fd43adaa 
https://treasurebaybooks.com/we-both-read-spanishenglish-bilingual/?v=7516fd43adaa 
ILA CHILDREN'S CHOICE READING LIST
Each year, thousands of children, young adults, and educators around the United States select their favorite recently published books for the ILA Choices reading lists. Although Children's Book Week comes to an end today, you can use these lists to promote a love of reading year round.
Cosponsored by the Children's Book Council, Children's Choices is a reading list with a twist: Children themselves evaluate the books and vote for their favorites. This list includes nearly 100 titles for Grades K–6 and vote for their favorite
Quality multicultural literature offers adolescents’ “mirrors and windows” into their worlds.
​The sample bibliography offers award-winning books, digital resources, and well-known publishers of multicultural books for teens.
Click for a list of reading websites compiled by Amber Miller, SWKLiNK Grant Consultant
​ and sites from the Florida Reading Research Center

High Interest/Low Readability Books for
Upper, Elementary, Middle & High School Students

of high interest/low readability books for Upper Elementary, Middle and High School students.

Save Shelf Space for
​Bilingual Books

Here's a great article by Shelley Oakley, one of the editors of the READ & SHINE website, about including bilingual books in your library:  http://www.readandshine.com/2018/09/04/featured-article-save-shelf-space-for-bilingual-books/

Here's a helpful Bibliography of Latino Picture Books
​compiled by Dr. Gayla Lohfink, SWKLiNK Grant
​Reading Consultant
Click the picture for descriptions of a sampling
​ of Bilingual Picture Books