Caribbean American Heritage Month

Immerse yourself in the fabric of Caribbean American Heritage Month with Orange County Library System. Celebrate the vibrant culture, spirit and values that have added to our rich history as a nation through recommended readings and events. View all the happenings below.

Caribbean American heritage month

Broughtupsy : a novel / Christina Cooke.

Cooke, Christina, author.

The house of plain truth : a novel / Donna Hemans.

Hemans, Donna, author.

Code noir : Afro-Caribbean stories and recipes / by Lelani Lewis.

Lewis, Lelani, author.

Where was goodbye? / Janice Lynn Mather.

Mather, Janice Lynn, author.

Dominicana : a novel / Angie Cruz.

Cruz, Angie, author.

What storm, what thunder / Myriam J.A. Chancy.

Chancy, Myriam J. A., 1970- author.

The Cubans : ordinary lives in extraordinary times / Anthony DePalma.

DePalma, Anthony, author.

Cover art for Islas : a celebration of tropical cooking : 125 recipes from the Indian

Islas : a celebration of tropical cooking : 125 recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands / Von Diaz photography by Cybelle Codish, Lauren Vied Allen.

Diaz, Von, author.

Island people : the Caribbean and the world / by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua, author.

Sweetness in the skin : a novel / Ishi Robinson.

Robinson, Ishi, author.

It waits in the forest / by Sarah Dass.

Dass, Sarah, author.

The cemetery of untold stories : a novel / Julia Alvarez.

Alvarez, Julia, author.

Anita de Monte laughs last : a novel / Xochitl Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977- author.

The book of Jose : a memoir / Fat Joe with Shaheem Reid.

Fat Joe, author.

When we were birds : a novel / Ayanna Lloyd Banwo.

Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd, author.

Love me as I am / Garcelle Beauvais with Nicole E. Smith.

Beauvais, Garcelle, 1966- author.

Saga boy : my life of Blackness and becoming / Antonio Michael Downing.

Downing, Antonio Michael, 1975- author.

Are we ever our own : stories / Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes.

Fuentes, Gabrielle Lucille, author.

Providential / poems by Colin Channer.

Channer, Colin, author.

I’ll give you a reason : stories / Annell López.

López, Annell, author.

Hungry ghosts : a novel / Kevin Jared Hosein.

Hosein, Kevin Jared, author.

My modern Caribbean kitchen : 70 fresh takes on island favorites / Julius The Chef Jackson.

Jackson, Julius, 1987- author.

A taste of the tropics : traditional & innovative cooking from the Pacific & Caribbean / Jay Solomon.

Solomon, Jay.

Featured Upcoming Events

Caribbean Cruisin’

Registration Required

Thursday August 22 11:00am

North Orange Branch (Meeting Room)

Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Storytime

Welcome onboard! Preschoolers will set sail for a cruise around the Caribbean. We will share multicultural stories and songs from each port of call. Recommended for ages 3-5.

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