Multicultural Children's Book Day

#ReadYourWorld

Readers and Teachers Celebrating ReadYourWorld 2019!

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It makes our team’s hearts burst with happiness when we see all of these examples of #ReadYourWorld love. We truly appreciate our supporters showing the world their own commitment to diversity in kids’ literature. We appreciate everyone’s support and passion!

Celebrating ReadYourWorld 2019

 

Even classrooms in Greece got involved!

The MCBD2019 Diverse Book Link Up is OPEN #ReadYourWorld

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Welcome to our 6th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Here’s how to celebrate:

  1. Link up your diversity book reviews below.
  2. Join us tonight at our 6th annual Twitter Party! Follow @McChildsBookDay to join in on the diverse book discussions, discover new titles and authors and for a chance to win one of our twelve book bundles. Party time is 9 pm to 10 pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld.
  3. Get your copy of our diverse kidlit book recommend-packed ebook, Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators. It’s FREE today through January 31st!
  4. We want to extend a huge THANK YOU to all of the Sponsors, Authors, Publishers, Organizations, Book Reviewers, Book Donators, Parents, Caregivers, Educators and Librarians who devote their time and energy to helping us to achieve our mission of getting multicultural children’s and YA books into the hands of readers. We appreciate you!

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Multicultural Travel Adventure Books & 5 Book Bundle GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith
We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome author Lisa Travis, one of the authors of Pack-n-Go Girls with her list on Multicultural Travel Adventure Books. We are giving away a book bundle of five Pack-n-Go Girls books.

Mystery of the Secret Room (Austria)
Mystery of the Thief in the Night (Mexico)
Mystery of the Golden Temple (Thailand)
Mystery of the Troubled Toucan (Brazil)
Mystery of the Min Min Lights (Australia)

To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom.

Pack and Go Girls Giveaway Multicultural Children's Book Day

Pack-n-Go Girls early chapter book adventures are packed with spooky mysteries, international friendships, and lots of fun and easy multicultural learning. Tour haunted castles in Austria, catch thieves in Mexico, save dolphins and turtles in Brazil, search for lost golden temples in Thailand, and chase aliens in Australia. AND at the same time, inspire kids to embrace adventure, be curious, value what unites us, and celebrate the differences that make us unique. Inspire them to take on our boundaryless world. Check out the Pack-n-Go Girls website for more learning fun and FREE learning activities.

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LGBTQIA+ Books Bridging The Gap of “Other” & 3 Galley GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome e.E. Charlton-Trujillo with her list of LGBTQIA+ Books Bridging The Gap of “Other” We are giving away 3 galleys of her book, Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom.

The books on this list celebrate the beautiful and sometimes challenging experience of being LGBTQIA+ while exploring universal themes of adolescence. Diverse books that address the intersectionality of race, orientation, class, gender, ability, neurodiversity, and religion (to name a few) allow readers to continue conversations around how we think about and look at those often perceived as “different.” That is the magic of story. It gives us heart and humor, grief and sadness — it gives us a safe place to realize that within our differences is a shared core of humanity.

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Fabulous Freebies for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019

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Hard to believe that the 6th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 is just around the corner. As we scurry and scuttle to make sure everything is in place to make this the best MCBD ev-A, we want to take a moment to remind everyone of the plethora of free resources and downloads that this non-profit offers.

#ReadYourWorld FREE Book Resource

Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educatorswill be FREE during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Jan 23-27, 2019!

 

MCBD Music Video!

This first-ever #ReadYourWorld YouTube video is a great tool for classrooms and homeschool. See how books and familiar faces YOU can spot!

Thank you to Annie Lynn and Walt Wilcezewski for donating their time and expertise to create our first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!!!

Please support Annie Lynn on her website and YouTube channel!

Special thanks to the kids for their vocals on this song:  Havana Chapman-Edwards, Will, Hailey, and Amanda!

Thank you to Matthew Winner who submitted photos of his students holding books covering their faces.

Thank you to everyone who contributed photos!

And finally, thank you to everyone who supports Multicultural Children’s Book Day! You are all helping children see themselves reflected in the pages of a book.

Big Giant LinkUp of Diverse Book Reviews and Recommends

2018 LinkUp

2017 Linkup

2016 Linkup

 

Gallery of Our Free Posters

Thank you to these talented illustrators (and they are all authors as well!) for donating their time to create a poster on behalf of Multicultural Children’s Book Day!

Downloadable Classroom Poverty Kit 2019

Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate | Understanding Poverty in America

Understanding Poverty in America

This Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 Poverty Classroom Kit is filled with books, activities, discussion questions, resources, and a free classroom poster to help students understand that Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate. Go here for more details. 

FREE Classroom Empathy Kit is ready to download and share!

Now more than ever, a message of hope, compassion, empathy, and understanding is needed.

Now more than ever, children need to see themselves reflected in the pages of the books they read. Readers of all ages need to be able to “read their world” to both see themselves, and those are who different, whether by culture, religion, sexual orientation, special needs or ethnicity.

Now more than ever, we need to come together as a nation of beautifully diverse people.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is proud to offer our free Classroom Empathy Kit to help encourage discovery, hope, acceptance, and exploration through the pages of diverse children’s literature. Go HERE to learn more.

Diversity Book Lists and Activities for Teachers and Parents

Diversity booklists for teachers

This is List of Lists so you can find the books you need. Every blue title is a link to more book lists on that topic. Topics include book recommends broken down by country/geographic area, religion, cultures, traditions/holidays/special needs, ethnicity.

Find more diversity, multicultural, and inclusive books on our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Pinterest Board. Follow on Pinterest to get daily updates.

FREE Classroom Kindness Kit is ready to download and share!

Our Kindness Classroom Kit contains:

~ Diverse Kindness Book List for ages 4 -12

~ Classroom Kindness Activities

~ “Be a Hero Be Kind” Kindness Poster

~ Multicultural Children’s Book Day Poster

Watch for the #ReadYourWorld hashtag on social media and share

List of our CoHosts- https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/co-hosts/

Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MulticulturalChildrensBookDay

Our Twitter https://twitter.com/MCChildsBookDay

Our Instagram Account:  https://www.instagram.com/readyourworldmcbd/

Our Facebook Group {please join!}: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259709034187671/

Mark Your Calendars!

2019 MCBD Twitter Party

Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!

Twitter Party

Friday, January 25th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Register here!

 

As our sixth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 25, 2019, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2019 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books.

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Magical LGBTQ YA Books & 3 Galley GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome Amy Rose Capetta with her list of Magical LGBTQ Books. We are giving away 3 galleys of her book, The Lost Coast. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom.

Magical LGBTQ Books

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The “Kids Get It” list of big topic books done with unusual grace & 5 Book GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome Katie Yamazaki today with her list of The “Kids Get It” list of big topic books done with unusual grace. We are giving away 5 copies of her picture book, Fish for Jimmy. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter.

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MCBD Twitter Party 2019: Great Questions and Lots of Prizes!

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Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!

Twitter Party

Friday, January 25th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Register here to WIN!

 

To say everyone is all a-twitter about the upcoming MCBD2019 Twitter Party is an understatement.

Every year, hundreds of parents, teachers, librarians, book reviewers, authors, publishers, and children’s organizations show up to follow @McChildsBookDay on Twitter and win LOTS of diverse books for kids.

This year, on 1-25-19, it will be no different!

As usual, Twitter Party cohosts and co-founders Mia Wenjen and Valarie Budayr will sharing questions to initiate discussions about the state of children’s book publishing, what is lacking in kidlit diversity, and asking for books recommends from attendees while giving away diversity book bundles every 5 minutes!

This year we have a very special Sponsor for our Twitter Party. Thank you to Deirdre Cummings for sponsoring our Twitter Party! Deirdre “Deedee” Cummings is the founder of Make A Way Media and a therapist, attorney, author, and mom!

She is also the author nine diverse children’s books including Heart, My Trip to the Beach, If a Caterpillar Can Fly, Why Can’t I?, My Dad’s Job, Love Is…,Think of It Like This!, Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess and I Want To Be a Bennett Belle. Her newest book, Like Rain Water, is a beautiful and inspiring story about hope and compassion towards yourself and towards others.

Her newest book, Like Rain Water, is a diverse therapeutic book for kids ages 10 and up. Like Rain Water is a beautiful and inspiring story about hope and compassion towards yourself and towards others. Therapist, attorney, author, and mom Deirdre “Deedee” Cummings passes down lessons learned from her mother.

Win 1 of 12 Diversity Children’s Book Bundles! 100+ Book GIVEAWAY

How do you join the Twitter party? Just use hashtag #ReadYourWorld to find us. When you tweet, use the hashtag so everyone can find you! Register here to win.

#ReadYourWorld Twitter Party Book Tote Giveaway

2019 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party and Book Bundle GIVEAWAYS

Each book bundle will include this book tote courtesy of Capstone Publishing!

Question 1 (9:00 pm): What are your and your children’s favorite diversity authors, illustrators, and books?

Win Book Bundle #1 (Courtesy of Scholastic)

The Serpents Secret: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond by Sayantani Dasgupta

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes

Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh

We’ve Got The Whole World in our Hands by Rafael Lopez

 

Question 2 (9:05 pm): One new controversy in children’s book publishing is who should write from a minority point of view? What do you think of the #OwnVoices diversity movement in children’s book publishing?

Win Book Bundle #2 (Courtesy of Real MVP Kids and their Help Me Understand™ and Help Me Become Series™

Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon

Blake Rewires the Failure Circuit

Sarah Sizes Up the Insecure Ant

Miriam Lassoes the Worry Whirlwind

Stand Down Bullies

Question 3 (9:10 pm): What diversity topics in children’s books do you wish there were more books on?

Win Book Bundle #3

Dragon Dancer by Joyce Chng and Jeremy Pailler from Lantana Publishing

I Am Famous by Tara Luebbe ad Becky Cattie

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell

Neema’s Reason to Smile by Patricia Newman

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros

Question 4 (9:15 pm): What diversity children’s books, authors, and illustrators do you think deserve more recognition? Let’s give them a shout out!

Win Book Bundle #4 (Courtesy of Chickasaw Press)

Little Loksi by Trey Hays

Mission to Space by John Herrington

Chula the Fox by Anthony Perry

C is for Chickasaw Coloring Book by Wiley Barnes

C is for Chickasaw by Wiley Barnes

Good Night, Trilobite by Steve Vanlandingham

Question 5 (9:20 pm): Our Classroom Kit this year is about poverty. What are your favorite children’s books on this topic?

Win Book Bundle #5 (Courtesy of Candlewick Press)

Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

A Gift from Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz

Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera

This is My Eye: A New York Story by Neela Vaswani

The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer

Question 6 (9:25 pm): What do you hope diversity and multicultural books will teach your children?

Win Book Bundle #6 (YA and Advanced Middle Grade Books)

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

Zora & Me: The Cursed Ground by T. R. Simon

Begone the Raggedy Witches by Celine Kiernan

Jake Lucid Dreamer by David J. Naiman

Out of the Pocket by B.E. Stanfel

Question 7 (9:30 pm): What genre of children’s books do you think lacks the most diversity? (board books, picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, graphic novels, poetry, nonfiction, etc.)

Win Book Bundle #7 (Courtesy of Capstone Publishing)

Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi

Definitely Daphne by Tami Charles

Being You by Alexs Pate

Unstoppable by Art Coulson

A Different Pond by Bao Phi

Question 8 (9:35 pm): What is your pet peeve about children’s books in general? (Mine is that I’m tired of bears in caves themed picture books.)

Win Book Bundle #8

What Can a Citizen Do by Dave Eggers

Catherine’s Pascha by Charlotte Riggle

A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina

Teach Us Your Name by Huda Essa

Let ‘Er Buck by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Question 9 (9:40 pm): What reading goals do you have for your kids this year?

Win Book Bundle #9

K is for Kindergarten by Erin Dealey

Origami Peace Cranes: Friendships Take Flight by Sue DiCicco (Donated by Tuttle Publishing)

One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul

First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great by Sandra Neil Wallace

Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang

Question 10 (9:45 pm): What foreign languages need better representation in children’s books?

Win Book Bundle #10 (Board Books)

Talk With Me! by Teri Kaminski Peterson

CeCe & Roxy: How We Came to Be by Pascha Adamo

Beautiful Rainbow World by Suzee Ramirez and Lynne Raspet

Book Bundle #11

Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams by Gwen Jackson

Milky Way by Mamta Nainy (Published by Yali Books)

Farmer Falgu Goes to the Kumbh Mela by Chitra Soundar

Jamie is Jamie: A Book About Being Yourself and Playing Your Way by Afsaneh Moradian

Alex Asks About Auntie’s Airplane Day: An Adoption Story by Carolyn Wilhelm

 

Bundle #12 (Courtesy of Plum Street Press and the Jaden Toussaint series).

Jaden Toussaint the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time

Jaden Toussaint Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion

Jaden Toussaint Episode 3: The Muffin Wars

Jaden Toussaint Episode 4: Attack of the Swamp Thing

Jaden Toussaint Episode 5: Mission Star-Power

 

GRAND PRIZE BUNDLE!

ABC Adoption and ME by Gayle H. Swift and Casey A. Swift

Rani Saves Diwali by Anita Badhwar

The Shadow in the Moon by Christina Matula

Being Bilingual is Fun! By Claudia Schwalm

Rebels and Revolutions by Judy Dodge Cummings

Journey to Winter Camp from Inhabit Education

Ta-DA! By Kathy Ellen David (Published by Chronicle Books)

Biographies for Young Readers: Virginia Hamilton by Julie Rubini

Pavel and the Tree Army by Heidi Smith Hyde (published by Kar-Ben Publishing)

Mama, Mama, Do You Know What I Like? By Justine Villanueva

Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Ocean by Janet Balletta

Rice and Rocks by Sandra L. Richardson

BONUS PRIZES!

THANK YOU Platinum Sponsor Make A Way Media for adding all sorts of amazing prizing to our Party!

1) Make  Way Media Prize Bundle #1
All 9 books including their newest release, Like Rain Water
1 butterfly bag
2 travel mini colored pencil sets
1 medium Make A Way Media Find Beauty long sleeve comfy shirt
2) Small Prize Bundle #2:
Kayla book and Kayla pin
3) Smaller prize #3:
 

If A Caterpillar Can Fly coloring book, butterfly pin and travel mini colored pencil set

12 Capstone Publishing 2019 #ReadingIsForEveryone book bags!

These durable and roomy 17”x18” Book Bags are perfect for stashing all of your diverse books. Prizing supplied by Medallion Level Sponsor for MCBD2019, Capstone Publishing.

2 Gift Bags from Soulful Sydney

Soulful Sydney Explores Diversity is a delightful children’s that is a collaboration between two grandmothers and a young Muslim girl who was inspired to create a book with a powerful message about kindness and inclusion. Each Soulful Sydney Gift Bag includes a Soulful Sydney picture book, a Max the Dog soft plush toy.

Set of FIVE Pack-n-Go Girls easy-reader chapter books!

5 Book Pack includes:
Mystery of the Secret Room (Austria)
Mystery of the Thief in the Night (Mexico)
Mystery of the Golden Temple (Thailand)
Mystery of the Troubled Toucan (Brazil)
Mystery of the Min Min Lights (Australia)

AGAIN…here are the Twitter Party details and don’t forget to follow @McChildsBookDay on Twitter!

Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!

Twitter Party

Friday, January 25th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Register here!

2019 MCBD Twitter Party

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Eight Essential Children’s Books to Build Empathy About Immigration & 10 Book GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome Mariana Llanos with her list of Eight Essential Children’s Books to Build Empathy About Immigration. We are giving away 10 copies of her book, Luca’s Bridge/El puente de Luca. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. 

Why do people emigrate? This is a question that doesn’t get asked and answered quite enough. Nevertheless, in the current climate people are quick to judge those who chose to leave their homes behind. I’m an immigrant, and as such, I am proud to represent all those millions of people who work tirelessly to build a better future for themselves and their families.

I’m thankful for this opportunity to share some of the books I consider essential to fight prejudice and intolerance. I came across most of these titles when I was researching for my new book Luca’s Bridge/El Puente de Luca (Penny Candy Books, 2019). These books are all wonderful in their own right, but together they make a powerful statement of empathy: build bridges of words, tear the walls of ignorance.

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Diverse Trailblazers: On the Quest of Self-Discovery & 10 Book GIVEAWAY!

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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome Vita Murrow with her list of Diverse Trailblazers: On the Quest of Self-Discovery children’s books. We are giving away 10 copies of her book, Power to the Princess. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter below.

Diverse Trailblazers: On the Quest of Self-Discovery

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