This theoretical article based on published literature provides an overview of Mexican American culture and selected Mexican American children's literature that accurately portrays that culture. More specifically, the article focuses on three related topics. First, the article discusses the availability of multicultural literature, evaluation of multicultural literature, and the need for cultural understanding when using multicultural literature. Second, the article explores Mexican American culture through an examination of ideological, social, and material/technical patterns. Third, the article investigates Mexican American children's literature, including topics such as under-representation, content analysis, foundational understandings for development and use of Mexican American children's literature, oral tradition, and 41 selected titles for accurately portraying Mexican American culture. Contains 132 references. (Author/RS)