This presentation outlines the findings of a study on the visual representation of spirituality and religion in Latinx-themed picturebooks illustrated by Latinx artists and published in the US from 1932 to 2026. It specifically examines how their illustrators strategically place iconic religious images into their visual narratives, creating well-rounded, believable Latinx protagonists and settings. Although most of these picturebooks are not religious-themed or focused, the incorporation of tangible and familiar faith-based visual references, when examined as a whole, can be seen to have established a 90+-year visual legacy of the faith traditions, spiritual beliefs, and values of Latinxs living across the United States.
