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Author Visit | African Diaspora within the Americas!

November 10, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

Guest Post by author C.Nichole

Growing up, we were taught about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The history textbooks made it, and still make it seem, as Americans of African descent only have a history that starts at slavery. And then after that, it teaches about all the struggles through Jim Crow, civil rights movements, etc. but never about the people as a whole, no cultural references. I am an American of African descent. As a child, I can’t recall knowing that people of African descent were in North and South America anywhere other than the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. I didn’t know until about my mid 20’s that the term “African Diaspora” even existed, which is people of African descent that don’t live on or weren’t born on the African continent. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2021 MCBD, Author Visits, Guest Posts Tagged With: Author Visit | African Diaspora within the Americas!, books about African Diaspora

Surrounded by Superheroes: Diverse Book Celebrations from MCBD2021

February 7, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

We did it! Another wildly successful Multicultural Children’s Book Day is complete. Once again, 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 camaraderie, comments, reviews, classroom celebrations, and touching kudos that were offered up during our on and offline global event. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2021 MCBD, Book review, MCCBD News, Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, book review, Children's Book Author, diverse picture books, diverserkidlit, Multicultural Author, Multicultural Books for kids, Multicultural Children's Book Day, multicultural children's book publisher

2021 Big Giant Linky

January 29, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021! Here’s how to celebrate:

  1. Link up your diverse book reviews (at the bottom).
  2. Please check out our Big Giant Linky (at the bottom) and share on social media.
  3. Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight, January 29, 2021! We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9 pm to 10 pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld.

Please link up your diversity book posts for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 Big Giant LINKY!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

[Read more…]

Filed Under: 2021 MCBD Tagged With: 2021 Big Giant Linky

The MCBD2021 Music Video is READY!

January 25, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

A huge THANK YOU goes out to Annie Lynn. Walt and Alex Wilczewski for donating their time and expertise to create our newest Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video for 2021!

GO HERE to watch on YouTube.

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! [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2021 MCBD Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld Music Video, Alex Wilczewski, Annie Lynn & Walt Wilczewski, MULTICULTURAL BOOK DAY music video

Where’s My Book? And the Next Steps for MCBD2021 Book Reviewers

January 24, 2021 by Valarie Budayr

“Where’s my diverse book?”

“My book review is ready, what now?”

We are getting a lot of these types of questions lately and we TOTALLY get it. So here is some info that will help everyone navigate both: [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2021 MCBD, Book review, How to get involved in Multicultural Children's Book Day Tagged With: book review, book reviewer guidelines, Diverse Book Reviewers, MCBD Book reviewers

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