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What’s in Our Dream Basket? Raising Awareness for Global Education

January 8, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

Guest post from Patricia Newman with Donna Rosenblum and Mehrdokht Amini

I usually write about nonfiction conservation topics that empower children to act as global citizens. When Donna Rosenblum, Executive Director of Reason2Smile, approached me with an idea for a book about the importance of education, I saw another way to empower young readers to act.

Approximately 262 million children worldwide did not attend school in 2017. Neema’s Reason to Smile illustrator Mehrdokht Amini comes from Iran, a country where access to education is not necessarily a right.

Neema’s Reason to Smile

Donna and Mehrdokht know first-hand the challenges faced by children from extreme poverty or worn-torn countries. I thought you’d like to hear their messages from the front lines. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Author Visits, diversity in children’s books, Guest Posts, Teacher Tools Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, book review, Children's Book Author, diverse books, diverse picture books, diverserkidlit, MCCBD Sponsor, Multicultural Author, Multicultural Children's Book Authors, Neema’s Reason to Smile, Raising Awareness for Global Education

On My Desk | #ReadYourWorld Kidlit Books (1/6/19)

January 6, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

SO..what in the world is “On My Desk” anyway?

This series got started because, with my role as Project Manager, I get to enjoy the avalanche of amazing multicultural books for kids that are donated to our project.  A good chunk of the year my office looks like a small bookstore and I love every second of it.

Being appreciative of every book that crosses my desk, I wanted to find a fun way to share those books with the loyal folks who show up here to read every week and support this non-profit. In that moment, On My Desk | #ReadYourWorld Kidlit Books for 2019 was born! It’s my way of sharing some amazing titles that don’t always get the attention they deserve.

So even though MCBD2019 hasn’t occurred yet (1/25/19), I am LOVING all of the amazing books all these wonderful multicultural books for kids that I am discovering every time I open the mail.

Here’s what the Mailman Book Fairy brought me this week: [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Book review, On My Desk Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, book review, Children's Book Author, diverse picture books, diverserkidlit, on my desk

KidLit TV: Inspiring Children to Read and Learn

January 5, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

One of the best resources to explore the world of children’s literature with kids AND adults is none other than KidLit TV. Julie Gribble, a two Emmy Award nominee, a multi-award-winning writer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and producer, founded KidLit TV to help inspire children to learn and read. She has assembled an all-star team of diverse award-winning writers, illustrators, teachers, filmmakers, and reading specialists who work together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

The diverse KidLit TV team also supports the We Need Diverse Books and Multicultural Children’s Book Day initiatives by encouraging the children’s literature community to create more books that reflect the diversity of our society.

KidLitTV creates fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

Award-Winning Children’s Literature Resource

KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. KLTV is available in over 600,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Author Visits, diversity in children’s books, Guest Posts Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, Children's Literature Resource, KidLit TV, KidLitTv Read Alouds, MCBD Sponsor, STORYMAKERS

Announcing first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!!

January 3, 2019 by Mia Wenjen

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! [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld Music Video, #ReadYourWorld Theme Song, Announcing first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!!, Havana Chapman-Edwards, MULTICULTURAL BOOK DAY children's song, MULTICULTURAL BOOK DAY music video, MULTICULTURAL BOOK DAY THEME SONG, The MCBD Theme Song by Annie Lynn & Walt Wilczewski

The RealGirls Revolution | Creating an Alternative to Stereptypes

December 28, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Guest post from Terri Birnbaum -co-founder of The RealGirls Revolution

Over the course of six years, and with the immense talent of many artists, and partnerships with some amazing organizations, a collection of illustrated girls became a 50-page coloring book we titled, RealGirls. Our story began when my daughter, Lydia, was eight, she and I were sewing clothes for her Barbies and had trouble making the dresses fit well on their tiny waists.

In frustration, I said, “Why don’t they just make real girls?” And with that, we began our long journey producing a book that celebrates girls’ unique and beautiful differences.

First, I reached out to community groups, student associations, art galleries, and college art programs, to meet with artists who were equally passionate about creating an alternative to the limited, and highly stereotyped, princesses and dolls that saturate our mainstream popular culture. Artists identified things they felt weren’t represented, and created girls that incorporated those qualities, or sketched friends or family members they felt embodied those qualities. They also used the opportunity to invest their artwork with visual messages addressing things that were important to them like, socioeconomic concerns, education, and cultural identity. One artist created a girl with a huge smile, understated clothing, and books in her arms, another created a girl wearing a traditional, culturally-specific scarf. These are just two examples of how artists chose to communicate pride in education and cultural identity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Author Visits, Book review Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, Multicultural Author, The RealGirls Revolution

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