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Visionary, Author, CEO, and Super Platinum Sponsor

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For the third time, Make A Way Media is back as a Super Platinum Sponsor for Multicultural Children’s Book Day; an epic online and offline event committed to raising awareness for the importance of diversity in children’s literature!

Deedee Cummings is a therapist, attorney, CEO of Make A Way Media, and author of fifteen diverse books for children. She has a passion for ensuring equality, inclusion, and social justice for the next generation and has made this her life’s work. Since her first book was published, Cummings has been on a mission to help young dreamers see themselves in the pages they read.  [Read more…]

Why Jewish Kidlit Shouldn’t be Offered to ONLY Jewish Children

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{Guest post from Chana Stiefel}

I recently saw a question posed by Multicultural Children’s Book Day that I felt needed a thoughtful response from me.

The question was, “What book-related topics/concerns are you seeing discussed? Where do you feel there are “gaps” in representation when it comes to multicultural books for kids?”

First, I want to say a heartfelt “thank you” to the MCBD team and all of the hard work they are doing to spread the word about diversity in children’s books. When I saw their request for feedback about underrepresented groups, the first thought that came to mind was that I would love to see more Jewish books and Jewish authors and illustrators included in this important conversation. [Read more…]

Where do you see “gaps” in representation?

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It is hard to believe that yet another month has ticked by and our January 28, 2022, event is not far off!

The MCBD Team has been busy as bees planning to make our ninth annual event even better than ever. We are currently matching books to book reviewers thanks to our brand spanking new custom matching software and it is going well! Be sure and watch your email for a Book Matching/Introduction email! [Read more…]