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Recap and Summary of Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018

February 23, 2018 by Rebecca Flansburg

Hard to believe it has been almost 30 days since the mind-blowing awesome 1/27/18 MCBD celebration and we can promise all of you that we are still recovering!

The MCBD team was touched and elevated by the overwhelming support and enthusiasm surrounding our diverse children’s literature online celebration. In the days following the crescendo of the event, and our crazy-fun annual Twitter Party,  we all have spent hours sifting through the amazing thoughts, comments, and requests that were offered up during our on and offline global event. Here is the Summary of Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018.

MCBD will be moving from an “every January 27th” celebration date to a “last Friday in January” focus so we don’t interfere with
International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Just a FYI 🙂

 

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 by the Numbers

 3,210,943,767: Total number of social media share impressions for January 25-28, 2018. Yes…that’s BILLION with a “B.” Yes, we triple checked it.

 3,210,943,767: Total number of social media share impressions for January 25-28, 2018.

One Ba-Jillion: The number of hours spent coordinating, navigating, managing, enjoying, connecting, networking, pitching and problem-solving. Just kidding. It was a lot, but we don’t mind. It’s a labor of love!

21: The number of wonderful book-loving CoHosts who acted as ambassadors for this years’ event

2: The number of times #ReadYourWorld trended on Twitter on 1/27/18

 

Over 600: The number of parents, caregivers, teachers, librarians and young readers read diverse kidlit and YA books in honor of the event. These reviews can be seen on our every growing Big Giant Linky for 2018.

Big Giant Linky

591, 592, 593…: The ever-growing number of multicultural children’s book reviews being added to the Big Giant Linky for 2018

75+: Number of diverse kids’ books given away thanks to the Children’s Book Council (CBC) Book Jam Project.

#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2018, Eight Picture Books with Diverse Family Constellations

29: Number of powerhouse Medallion Level Sponsors

50: Number of amazing Author Sponsors.

83: Number of generous book donators who sent books for classrooms

1734+: Number of classrooms signed up to receive a free book from MCBD.

Author Sponsors, a boatload of generous book donators and many, many authors, teachers, parents, readers, and librarians showed up to read, visit and enjoy the multicultural book titles, discussions and book-related activities!

2500+: Number of downloads for our FREE Classroom Kindness Kit and FREE Classroom Empathy Kit!

Classroom Kindness Kit

Classroom Kindness Kit

Classroom Empathy Kit

Classroom Empathy Kit

The many people and organizations that made the success of the 2018 event possible.

This year we were again blessed with amazing sponsors, reviewers, book donators, and supporters. We want to share a very special Thank you to Honorary Sponsor- The Junior Library Guild for continuing to send books for our classroom project. To date, roughly 1,000 books have been mailed out to classrooms over the last 5 years.

Honorary Sponsor- The Junior Library Guild

2018 MCBD Medallion Sponsors

HONORARY: Children’s Book Council, Junior Library Guild

PLATINUM:Scholastic Book Clubs

GOLD:Audrey Press, Candlewick Press, Loving Lion Books, Second Story Press, Star Bright Books, Worldwide Buddies

SILVER:Capstone Publishing, Author Charlotte Riggle, Child’s Play USA, KidLit TV, Pack-n-Go Girls, Plum Street Press

BRONZE: Carole P. Roman,  Charlesbridge Publishing, Dr. Crystal Bowe, Gokul! World, Green Kids Club, Gwen Jackson, Jacqueline Woodson, Juan J. Guerra, Language Lizard, Lee & Low Books, RhymeTime Storybooks, Sanya Whittaker Gragg, TimTimTom Books, WaterBrook & Multnomah, Wisdom Tales Press

2018 Author Sponsors

Honorary Author Sponsors: Author/Illustrator Aram Kim and Author/Illustrator Juana Medina

Author Janet Balletta, Author Susan Bernardo,  Author Carmen Bernier-Grand, Author Tasheba Berry-McLaren and Space2Launch, Bollywood Groove Books, Author Anne Broyles,  Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Eugenia Chu, Author Lesa Cline-Ransome, Author Medeia Cohan and Shade 7 Publishing, Desi Babies, Author Dani Dixon and Tumble Creek Press, Author Judy Dodge Cummings, Author D.G. Driver, Author Nicole Fenner and Sister Girl Publishing, Debbi Michiko Florence, Author Josh Funk, Author Maria Gianferrari, Author Daphnie Glenn, Globe Smart Kids, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Author Quentin Holmes, Author Esther Iverem, Jennifer Joseph: Alphabet Oddities, Author Kizzie Jones, Author Faith L Justice , Author P.J. LaRue and MysticPrincesses.com, Author Karen Leggett Abouraya, Author Sylvia Liu, Author Sherri Maret, Author Melissa Martin Ph.D., Author Lesli Mitchell, Pinky Mukhi and We Are One, Author Miranda Paul, Author Carlotta Penn Real Dads Read, Author Sandra L. Richards, RealMVPKids Author Andrea Scott, Alva Sachs and Three Wishes Publishing, Shelly Bean the Sports Queen,  Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Gayle H. Swift Author Elsa Takaoka, Author Christine Taylor-Butler, Nicholette Thomas and  MFL Publishing  Author Andrea Y. Wang, Author Jane Whittingham  Author Natasha Yim

 

2018 Multicultural Children’s Book Day CoHosts


 A Crafty Arab, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read , Crafty Moms Share
 , Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes,  The Educators’ Spin On It , Embracing Diversity,Franticmommy, Growing Book by Book , Here Wee Read,   Imagination Soup  Kid World Citizen Â· Mama Smiles Â· Multicultural Kid Blogs , Randomly Reading,  Spanish Playground, The Logonauts, Wise Owl Factory

 

2018 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Participating Bloggers

600+ wonderful bloggers stepped forward and agreed to review multicultural children’s books for our special event.

(Link cloud coming soon!)

 

THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our 2018 event a huge success!

*For Multicultural Children’s Book Day, we hand-tabulated the social media shares of most of the individuals listed above, tracking Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest social media shares only. Additional social media shares on Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn and other social media platforms were not included. Social media share impressions by individuals not listed above were also counted.

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Filed Under: 2018 Book Review Link Up, 2018 CBC Book Jam, 2018 MCBD, MCCBD News Tagged With: Summary of Multicultural Children's Book Day 2018

The 2018 #ReadYourWorld Book Review Linkup!

January 27, 2018 by Rebecca Flansburg

Welcome to our 5th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 #ReadYourWorld Book Review Linkup

Here’s how to celebrate:

  1. Link up your diversity book reviews. DIVERSE CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS ONLY PLEASE. Non-relevant adds will be deleted
  2. Find new books to read for your home or classroom bookshelf by following our #READYOURWORLD hashtag on social media.
  3. Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight! We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9pm to 10pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld.
  4. Buy a copy-support a teacher. Grab your a copy of Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators.
  5. Take a moment to visit all of our amazing Medallion Level and Author Sponsors to discover even more great multicultural books for kids and young adults:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2018 Book Review Link Up, 2018 MCBD, Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: 2018 Book review link up, The 2018 #ReadYourWorld Book Review Linkup

Ideas from Supporters on how to Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018!

January 18, 2018 by Rebecca Flansburg

So many amazing parents, teachers, and librarians have been sharing their plans for MCBD, we just had to pass on this magic to our supporters.

This email from Tam Hixson truly made our eyes leak!

“Just a quick update to let you know what MCBD has inspired in Lake Oswego, Oregon….

Last month we had a Kids Bake Sale with a goal to raise $1000. With the support of several individuals, groups, businesses, and local newspaper, we exceeded our goal and raised $1200. We’ve partnered with the school district librarian and 100% of the proceeds purchased a dozen multicultural books for all of the elementary schools in our district.

[Read more…]

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A Sneak Peek at MCBD’s Twitter Party Questions and Prizes!

January 17, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party on Saturday, Jan 27th from 9:00pm to 10pm EST.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party

Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld to win 13 book packages! Pre-register here for the Twitter Party.

This Twitter Party is hosted by me and my other co-founders Valarie Budayr of Jump Into a Book.

Here are the questions that we will be discussing along with each book bundle prize. We will be giving out the book prizes IN REAL TIME during the Twitter Party. [Read more…]

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Twitter Party! Great conversations, fun prizes and the chance to #ReadYourWorld (1/27/18)

January 11, 2018 by Rebecca Flansburg

Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party

2018 MCBD Twotter Party

Join us on Jan 27th, 9pm EST for 5th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party! We promise it will be a fun and fast-paced hour of great book conversations, sharing of diverse book ideas and lots of prizes. Follow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join the conversation and to also win one of 12-5 book bundles and one Grand Prize Book Bundle (12 books) that will be given away at the party!

We will be giving away Book Bundles every 6 minutes!

Twitter Party Details:

When: Saturday, January 27th

Time: 9 pm to 10 pm EST

Where: On Twitter!

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Sponsored By: Scholastic Reading Clubs

Go HERE to see a sneak preview of the Twitter Party questions, topics, and PRIZES~

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2018 MCBD Tagged With: MCCBD Twitter Party, Twitter Party

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Honorary Sponsor- The Junior Library Guild

Honorary Sponsor- The Junior Library Guild

Special Thanks to Honorary Sponsor The Junior Library Guild for supporting our cause!

Scholastic Book Clubs

Scholastic Book Clubs

Platinum Sponsor!

Loving Lion Books

Loving Lion Books

2018 Gold Sponsor

KidLit Tv

Kidlit TV

2018 Silver Sponsor!

Candlewick Press

Candlewick Press

2018 GOLD Sponsor!

Second Story Press

Second Story Press

2018 GOLD Sponsor!

Author Charlotte Riggle

Author Charlotte Riggle

2018 Gold Sponsor!

2018 GOLD Sponsor Star Bright Books!

2018 GOLD Sponsor Audrey Press Publishing

2018 GOLD Sponsor Audrey Press Publishing

2018 GOLD Sponsor

2018 GOLD Sponsor Worldwide Buddies!

Plum Street Press

Plum Street Press

Silver Sponsor!

Waterbrook Multnomah/ Penquin Random House

Waterbrook Multnomah/ Penquin Random House

2018 Bronze Sponsor!

Author Carole P Roman

Carole P Roman

2018 Bronze Sponsor!

Lee and Low Books

Lee and Low Books

2018 Bronze Sponsor

Author Jacqueline Woodson

Capstone Publishing!

Author Gwen Jackson

Author Gwen Jackson

2018 Bronze Sponsor

The Pack-no-Go Girls

The Pack-no-Go Girls

2018 Bronze Sponsor

Wisdom Tales Press

MCCBD 2015 Platinum Sponsor!

Penguin Random House/ Waterbrook Multnomah

2018 Bronze Sponsor!

Charlesbridge Publishing

Charlesbridge Publishing

2018 Bronze Sponsor

Language Lizard

Language Lizard

2018 Bronze Sponsor

Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito

Juan Guerra

Tim Tim Tom Books

Tim Tim Tom Books

2018 Bronze Sponsor

Gokul! World

Debora Emmert and Rhyme Time

Debora Emmert

Debora Emmert

Child’s Play USA!

Bronze Sponsor!

Author Sanya Gragg

Author sanya gragg

Author Sanya Gragg

Dr. Crystal Bowe

Dr. Crystal Bowe

2018 Bronze Sponsor Dr. Crystal Bowe

Green Kids Club

Green Kids Club

2018 Bronze Sponsor!

Barefoot Books: Step inside a Story

Barefoot Books: Step inside a Story

2018 Bronze Sponsor!

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