Multicultural Children's Book Day

#ReadYourWorld

MCCBD Recap and Some Really BIG Thank YOUS!

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We did it!

Our second Multicultural Children’s Book Day: #ReadYourWorld {January 27th} was a HUGE success! Over 150+ bloggers , 17 major 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!

2015 Valued Sponsors

MCCBD’s  2015 Sponsors include Platinum Sponsors: Wisdom Tales Press,Daybreak Press Global Bookshop, Gold Sponsors:  Satya House,  MulticulturalKids.com,   Author Stephen Hodges and the Magic Poof, Silver Sponsors: Junior Library Guild,  Capstone Publishing, Lee and Low Books,  The Omnibus Publishing. Bronze Sponsors:Double Dutch Dolls, Bliss Group Books, Snuggle with Picture Books Publishing,  Rainbow Books,   Author FeliciaCapers,   Chronicle Books   Muslim Writers Publishing,East West Discovery Press.

Book Donators

We were blessed with a ton of wonderful authors and publishers who generously donated review copies of books to our bloggers. Immedium Books , Hindi Gym , Author Jewell Parker Rhodes, Author Margo Sorensen, Author Shanequa Davis ,  Tuttle Publishing, Author Bill Pasani,  Author Max Oliver, Author Jacqueline Jules, author Shana Bernabela Author Felicia Capers,  Lee and Low Books, Peachtree Publishers, Author Gladys Barbieri, Author Sherrill Cannon, Author Susanne Aspley, Author Carla Torres, Author Frances Gilbert, Author Bernice Rocque Author Meera Sriram, Author Karl Beckstrand,  Real Street Kidz The Magic Poof, Wisdom Tales Press, Chronicle Books,  Lee & Low Books, Author Stephen Hodges and the Magic Poof Wisdom Tales Press,Daybreak Press Global Bookshop, Gold Sponsors:  Satya House,  MulticulturalKids.com Capstone Publishing

View the details of our highly successful twitter party HERE.

MCCBD Book Reviewers

 Each blogger who participated has their own spin, thoughts, reviews and activities connected to Multicultural Children’s Book Day books, so please take the time visit the below blogs and read their posts. We are proud to say all of our bloggers went above and beyond and were instrumental in making this event a huge success.
 A Book Long Enough·A Field Trip Life  A Green Mouse   A Wrung Sponge· Adalinc To Life   Adventures of Adam  Africa to America · All Done Monkey ·Annie and Aunt   ·Anna McQuinn Artsy Craftsy Mom  · Barbara Ann Mojica ·   Big Hair and Books  Bilingual Eyes·   ·Books, Babies & Bows  Books My Kids Read ·Book Buzz 4 Kids Book Seed Studio · Children’s Books Heal ·  Crafty Moms Share  Critters and Crayons Crystal’s Tiny Treasures·  Creative World of Varya  Discovering The World Through My Son’s Eyes Dad on the Loose  Doodles and Jots·  Edventures with Kids Emme Fandrich·Faith Seeker Kids  · Franticmommy  · GEO Librarian  · Gladys Barbieri · Good Reads With Ronna ·Grammies Gang  · Grogg.org Growing Book by Book  ·How the Sun Rose  I’m Not The Nanny ·Imagiread InCulture Parent Indian American Mom ·Hey Mama His Mama    Java John Z’s Joye Johnson Journeys of the Fabulist· Journey of a Substitute Teacher  ·Kathy’s Cluttered Mind Kelia Dawson · Kids Yoga Stories · Kid World Citizen · Kristi’s Book Nook KTIC Book Reviews  La Cité des Vents·Learn to be a Mom Latina Book Club Learnimg Table Learning in Two Languages Lisa Rose Writes Live Your Poem Look at What You are Seeing  Mama Lady Books · Mama Smiles Marie’s Pastiche·Mindjacked Miss Panda Chinese Mommy Means it·Mombian Monkey Poop ·Moments with Love  Mother Daughter Book Reviews Mother of the World· Mommy Wife & Life ·  · Multicultural Kids Blog ·Muslimah Mommy  · P is for Preschooler  Parenting and Teaching Multiculturally·Pre-K Sharing  Planet Jinxatron Planet Smarty Pants· Randomly Reading ·Reading Authors  Reading Through Life Russian Step By Step·  Si, Se Puede· Simply Bubbly Spifftacular·Spark and Pook Sprout’s Bookshelf · Squishable Baby SJS Writer at Large ·Sock Fairies Stacking Books  Stanley and Katrina ·Something2Offer  Strength of it all  ·Sunrise Learning Labs   · The Educators’ Spin On It  · The Family-Ship Experience · The Good Long Road The Logonauts· ThePink Paper Doll ·The Preschool Toolbox Blog Things to Share and Remember This College Dropout  This Is Mommyhood This Kid Reviews Books Tips-n-Tools for Schools-n-More Someone Maternal Tracy Marchini· Unconventional Librarian Unto Adoption Unite for Literacy·Vidya Sury  Western New Yorker Wise Owl Factory Writing to Connect· · Wrapped in Foil

 

The Results

This wonderful day came to a close as bloggers, publishers and authors converged on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day site for one Big Gigantic Linky Party and Giveaway. To date we have over 200 different suggestions for multicultural titles for kids. Please check out our Link Party and create a new reading list for your family!

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In Conclusion

Our mission for this event was to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries. Thanks to extended media attention, social media and the help of all involved with Multicultural Children’s Book Day, we feel we achieved all of that {and then some!} and we couldn’t be prouder!

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Comments

  1. Alex Baugh says

    Thank you and Mia for all your hard work bringing Multicultural Children’s Book Day together and making it such a success. Looking forward to next year already!

    • ValarieBudayr says

      Thanks so much for your support Alex! We couldn’t have done it without the support of great bloggers like yourself!

    • ValarieBudayr says

      Thank you so much Roshni! We are so happy to have you and will make sure you get our information for next year!

  3. Carolyn Wilhelm says

    Excellent idea, excellent results, and much needed help in the area of multicultural books for kids. Impressive work!