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MCCBD2016 Recap and some big Thank You’s

February 11, 2016 by Valarie Budayr

We did it!

Our third Multicultural Children’s Book Day: #ReadYourWorld {January 27th} was a HUGE success again!! Over 170+ bloggers ,  21 major sponsors, over 70 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!

Here are some highlights from our 2016 event, but first, some thoughts from the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Team

Valarie Budayr (Co-founder):

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I never imagined that I’d ever be a part of a global awareness project that benefits children to the tune of millions of people. It’s an incredible gift to be able to give back via a project which has everyone participating at their highest good. It’s also truly incredible that this event has achieved that while not singling anyone out for their differences, but celebrating them as an integral and cornerstone part of our community. We’ve created this incredible moment which validates and gratifies those who need to be seen and heard while connecting the world to each other through books.

Mia Wenjen (Co-founder):

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I am so grateful to everyone who participated in our third year of Multicultural Children’s Book Day! With each year, I learn so much about what parents are looking for in diversity books which helps me blog. I think that we are slowly making a difference just by raising awareness, making mindful purchases to support the change that we want to see, and just by being a part of a community that is committed wanting to see diversity in our world reflected in the books that we read our children. Thank you all so much! 
Becky Flansburg (MCCBD Project Manager):
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MCCBD is the kind of work that is massively exhausting…but massively rewarding! I am simply honored and blessed to be part of this amazing initiative.
Our Sponsors were da BOMB and MCCBD2016 would not have had the strength, reach and credibility it had if it wasn’t for our Medallion Level Sponsors! Please view our Medallion Level Sponsors and their works HERE.

96 Million Social Media Impressions

for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016!

Multicultural Children's Book Day 2016 Stats

2016 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Hosts & CoHosts

With our Hosts and Co-Hosts, our social media reach was 29,203,106 during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day!

Hosts

Jump Into a Book · PragmaticMom

CoHosts
All Done Monkey
· Crafty Moms Share · The Educators’ Spin On It · Growing Book by Book · · Imagination Soup · InCultureParent · Kid World Citizen · Mama Smiles · Multicultural Kid Blogs · Spanish Playground

2016 Multicultural Children’s Day Supporters

We were thrilled to have publishers and bloggers support Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016. Combined with our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party, we had an additional social media share reach of 64,189,025.

Platinum Sponsors

Lil’ Libros · Story Quest Books · Wisdom Tales Press

Gold Sponsors

Bharat Babies · Candlewick Press · Tori Nighthawk: Don’t Judge A Bird By its Feathers

Silver Sponsors

Capstone Young Readers · China Institute.org · Chronicle Books · Lee & Low Books · New York Media Works/KidLit TV · Tuttle Publishing

Bronze Sponsors

Gleeson Rebello, M.D · Goosebottom Books · Jacqueline Woodson · LiveOak Media · Mahvash Shahegh · Papa Lemon Books · Pomelo Books · Shout Mouse Press

The Junior Library Guild is a honorary Sponsor for MCCBD2016 as well for their generous donation of 200 hardcover, library-quality, multicultural books for our Classroom Reading Challenge.

2016 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Author Sponsors

Our Author Sponsors also shared Multicultural Children’s Book Day during the week with their social media share reach of 1,674,669.

Karen Leggett Abouraya · Shweta Aggarwal · Bridgette R. Alexander · Z. Altug · Jeff Anderson · Aphrodyi Antoine · Elizabeth Atkinson· Janet Balletta · Karl Beckstrand · Ann Berlak · Durga Yael Bernhard · Joseph Bruchac · Cathleen Burnham · Isabel Campoy · Sherrill Cannon · Debbie Dadey · Keila Dawson · Todd DeBonis · Maria Dismondy · D.G. Driver · Firoozeh Dumas · Marti Dumas · EDC Publishing · Margarita Engle · Zetta Elliot · Francesca Forrest · Francesca Fost · DuEwa Frazier · Heather Goetz · Gloria D. Gonsalves · Carl Gundestrup · Bruce Hale · Patrick Hill · Effie Hill · Stephen Hodges · Holiday House Publishing · Quentin Holmes · Terrie Hoops · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers · Heidi Smith Hyde · Jacqueline Jules · KaneMiller · Jeaninne Escallier Kato · Carol Klein · Irena Kobald · P.J. LaRue · LorRonCo · Leza Lowitz · Marimba Books · Cerece Rennie Murphy · Erik Niel · Daryl OConnell · Pack-n-Go Girls® · J. J. Parsons · Miranda Paul · Charlotte Riggle · Dania Ramos · Greg Ransom · Sandra L. Richards · Carole P. Roman · Susan Ross · Kala Sambasivan · Diana Lee Santamaria ·Dania Santana · Scavenger Hunt Adventures · Shout Mouse Press · Icy Smith · Michael Smith · Sherri Graves Smith · Blythe Stanfel · Sarah J. Stevenson · Gayle Swift · Elsa Takaoka · Richard Torrey · Valerie Tripp · María de Lourdes Victoria · Stephanie Workman · Ben Woodard · Year of the Cat Books · Lisa Yee

 

2016 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Participating Bloggers

{2016} 180+ wonderful bloggers stepped forward and agreed to review multicultural children’s books for our special event. They shared on their social media which totaled a social media share reach of 1,102,308.

学习Sprachen – Let’s Learn Languages Together! · 20SecondsWithMC · A Backwards Story · A Book with Bea · A Family Lives Here · A Field Trip Life · A Hallelujah Place · A Trill Leader · Adalinc to Life · Adventures in Mommydom · All Done Monkey · An Unconventional Librarian · Aspired Living · Author Maritza M Mejia · Bambini Travel · Barbara Ann Mojica’s Blog · Bicultural Mama · Big Hair and Books · Bilingual Avenue · Bloggin’ ’bout Books · Book Buzz for Kids · Books, Babies, and Bows · Blooming Hearts and Minds · BookCurious · Bookin’ with Sunny · Booksagogogogogo · Books My Kids Read · BooksYALove · Busy Boys Brigade · ByCatarina · Caffeinated Book Reviewer · Castle View Academy · Children’s Books Heal · Consumer Psyche · Cooking with Languages · Crafty Moms Share · Crazy Little Family Adventure · Charlotte’s Library · Childress Ink · Classically Homeschooling · Cocoa Kids Collection Books · Creative Family Fun · Creative World of Varya · Curling Up With A Good Book · Deals and Free · Destiny Fall Book Reviews · Discovering The World Through My Son’s Eyes · Doodles, doodles everywhere · The Domestic Buzz · Electively Paige · Elizabeth O Dulemba · Emily’s Reading Room · Epañolita…¡sobre la marcha! · Eva Varga · Evelyne Holingue · Ever Ready · Everead · Everything Children’s Literature · Family Bookshelf · Family Life in Spain · The Family-Ship Experience · Finding Wonderland · Forever, For Always No Matter What · From Tots to Teens · Fun Things To Do In Central Mass · Genuine Jenn · Geo Librarian · Gladys Elizabeth · Geek Club Books · GeezerChick · Globe Trottin’ Kids · The Good Long Road · Good Reads With Ronna · Greatly Blessed · GROG · Growing Intentional Families Together · Hanna Cheda · HapaMam · Heart of Deborah · The Heart of Michelle · Here Wee Read · The Hiding Spot · Imairead · InCultureParent · Indian American Mom · Irene Latham · Java John Z’s · Jen Stratton & Team Possible · The Jenny Evolution · Kathy’s Cluttered Mind · Kelly’s Classroom · Keep On Winking · Kid Lit TV · Kristi’s Book Nook · La Clase de Sra.DuFault · La Cité des Vents · Lavender Inspiration · Learning in Two Languages · Learning Table · Life at the Table · Life, Learning, Homeschool · Literally Lynne Marie · Live To Read ~Krystal · Living Ideas · The Logonauts · Looking Glass Review · Louisiana Book News · Maria de Lourdes Victoria · Maria Dismondy · Married Filing Jointly · McBookWords · Melibelle in Tokyo · Mind, Body, Babies · Mindjacked · Minerva Reads · Mirrors Windows Doors · Miss Panda Chinese · The Miss Rumphius Effect · Mom. Teacher. Writer. · The Mommy Factor · Mommy Wife & Life · Mother in the Mix · Mother of the World · Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading · Mrs. Wright Writes · Multicultural Kid Blogs · My Little Poppies · Navigating the Gender Gap · Never Too Old for Pictures · One Girl, Two Cities · Orange Marmalade Books · Our Broken Road · Parental Ideas · ParentTeacherConf · Parenting and Teaching Multiculturally · Petula Writes · PictureBooksReview · Pint Size Gourmets · Play Dough & Popsicles · The Positive Black Woman · Prairie Alphabet · Primer at the Episcopal · Raising a Trilingual Child · Raising Little Superheroes · Randomly Reading · Read It Real Good · Readerbuzz · Reading Authors · Red Shutters · Schools ‘N More · Seattle Amie Ryan · SJS Writer at Large · Simone’s Blog- Depicting The Writer In You · Simply Complicated · Something2Offer · Spark and Pook · Squishable Baby · Stacking Books · Starts At Eight · Storytime Books · Strength of it All · Teach Beside Me · Teresa Verduzco · There’s Just One Mommy · This Kid Reviews Books · This Library Love · Tracy Marchini · Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles · The Weaving Ideas · Wise Owl Factory · Wrapped in Foil · Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon · Writing to Connect

 

Our total social media share reach for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016 was an astounding 96,169,108. Yes, that’s right! 96 Million Social Media Impressions! Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Be sure and check out our 250+ multicultural book review blogger link-up for 2016!

2016 book review link up

 

*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 shares by individuals not listed above were also not counted.

THANK YOU to Platinum Sponsor Jo Ann Kairys from StoryQuest Books who made several wonderful videos for the event.

Twitter Party! Once again our 1/27 Twitter party was a ton of fun and it prompted many very, very good discussions on multicultural books that kept going long after the party ended! View some of the highlights here:

 

Press Release Results:

From our MCCBD Event Release:
  • 1,122,241 Impressions  with 65,048 opens
From our Classroom Sign-up Press Release
  • 172,467 impressions
  • 1862 opens
 Here is a link to all of the publications these releases showed in.
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Overall, this event was once again a HUGE success. THANK YOU to everyone who offered support in the way of donations, books, reviews, tweets and word of mouth. None of this would be possible without everyone’s support.

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Comments

  1. Vidya Sury says

    February 12, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Amazing event! I enjoyed being a part of it. Thank you Valerie, Mia and Becky!

    • ValarieBudayr says

      February 15, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      We are so grateful for your support Vidya! Thank you so much!

  2. Sarah Stevenson says

    February 22, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Thank you so much for organizing such a wonderful event! I enjoyed being able to participate both as an author and blogger. You guys rock.

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