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The Clock is Ticking! MCBD 2017 Sponsorship Opportunities coming to a close January 1

December 4, 2016 by Valarie Budayr

The prep for the upcoming Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 (1/27/17) is humming right along! In case you’ve missed all the details, Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom are teaming up for the fourth year to raise awareness on the ongoing need to include kid’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.

Despite census data that shows 37% of the US population consists of people of color, only 10% of children’s books published have diversity content. Using the Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday, the MCBD Team are on a mission to change all of that. This event has also proven to be an excellent way to compile a list of diverse children’s book titles and reviews for parents, grandparents, educators and librarians to use all year-long.

For the MCBD 2017 event, we have been very blessed to already have some amazing Sponsors in place. Our very first Platinum Sponsor, Scholastic, has signed on and we are beyond thrilled to have their support. Other Medallion Level Sponsors include heavy-hitters like Author Carole P. Roman, Audrey Press, KidLitTV, Capstone Young Readers, Author Gayle Swift, Wisdom Tales Press, Lee& Low Books, The Pack-n-Go Girls, Live Oak Media, Author Charlotte Riggle and Chronicle Books. If you know of someone interested in Sponsorship details, have them go HERE for the scoop.

Scholastic

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Filed Under: MCCBD News, MCCBD Updates Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, An Interview with Multicultural Children's Author Margarita Engle!, MCCBD Sponsor, Multicultural Books for kids, Multicultural Children's Book Authors, Multicultural Children's Book Day, multicultural children's book publisher

A Visit with Isabel Campoy-Author of Maybe Something Beautiful

May 27, 2016 by Valarie Budayr

F. ISABEL CAMPOY is an author who crossed our path during our last MCCBD 2016 event. Her books are vibrant, sweet and clevel and we love the fact that many are in Spanish as well. We especially loved her book Maybe Something Beautiful.

Maybe Something Beautiful is the triumph of a community against the darker forces of social decay.  Mira, the protagonist, decides one day to paste her drawing of a sun on one of the dark walls of an alley on her way back from school, just to bring brightness to the smiles of her neighbors. The force of that sun’s attraction transformed those streets and the lives of their neighbors, forever.

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Filed Under: Author Visits Tagged With: An Interview with Multicultural Children's Author Margarita Engle!, Isabel Campoy, Multicultural Author

Spotlight on a Sponsor: The Magic Poof!

January 10, 2015 by Valarie Budayr

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Stephen Hodges, author The Magic Poof, is one of our valued GOLD Sponsors for MCCBD 2015! The Magic Poof is a picture book series about a little girl with magic hair that is also her best friend.

“The Poof, a great ball of curly hair sits on top of Ange-Marie’s head. His magical and mischievous nature will LITERALLY pull her and her friends into new adventures! No world is off limits, and everything is possible with the Power of the Poof!”

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Filed Under: Spotlight on a Sponsor Tagged With: An Interview with Multicultural Children's Author Margarita Engle!, Multicultural Books for kids, Spotlight on a Sponsor, The Magic Poof

An Interview with Multicultural Children’s Author Margarita Engle!

December 22, 2014 by Valarie Budayr

We are so excited to talk to Margarita Engle today for our Multicultural Children’s Book Author spotlight series!

Margarita Engle

Question 1: What is your favorite letter of the alphabet and why?

That’s such a fascinating question!  It makes me feel four years old.  I will admit that I love M because it looks like mountains.  On the other hand, even though S is not my favorite letter, I somehow end up with many book titles that begin with S images, such as Surrender Tree, Summer Birds, Silver People…

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Filed Under: Author Visits Tagged With: An Interview with Multicultural Children's Author Margarita Engle!, Margarita Engle, Silver People

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