If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that July was the hottest month globally in recorded history. The United Nations has warned that the era of global boiling, yes, you read that correctly global boiling was here. It is no longer global warming and this my friends is scary.
At Read Your World, our mission extends beyond promoting diverse and multicultural books; we also seek out books that leave a lasting impact on our young readers, nurturing tomorrow’s adults.
As our tenth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on Thursday, January 26, 2023, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2023 and hope you will once again join our celebration of diversity through children’s books.
During last year’s Twitter party a topic that came up often was children’s mental health as a result (or as a side effect) of the pandemic. This includes but is not limited to anxiety, depression, social isolation, sadness, pandemic fatigue, and mindfulness techniques: in other words, “surviving Covid-19.” We read your Twitter posts and your requests for mental health resources for kids. We listened, and now we’re happy to share with you this year’s classroom kit: Mental Health Support for Stressful Times.
In this classroom kit, you’ll find resources on
Racism is endemic to the United States and many societies, yet we often struggle with how to discuss it with our children. Recent events have made clear the danger of delaying these uncomfortable conversations. We must educate our children about racism so that we can root out this cancer eating away at the vitals of our society OR so they can carry forward the work of creating a more just and equitable society.
Racism is not just about the actions of individuals. Racism plays a significant role in determining the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. These factors affect people’s access to quality housing, education, food, transportation, political power, and other social determinants of health. [Read more…]
WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW!
INTRODUCING MCBD’S World Travel from your Homeschool Table: A Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit for Homeschoolers and Distance Learners. This is a Bonus Kit that we created as a resource for homeschoolers.
As you may already know, we create free, info-packed kits that are packed with diverse booklist suggestions and companion activities to keep kids reading during the school year.
These free kits are usually created for traditional classrooms, but with the uptick of families switching to homeschooling, we wanted something that would benefit this specific group of learners. Here’s a sample of what’s inside:
Diverse Picture Book Recommendations and Activities for Explorers ages 4-12
A Bonus Booklist from our 2020 Activists and Activism Classroom Kit!
Special Homeschool Activities for Young Explorers Courtesy of:
Did you know that MCBD has many other Free Resources and Classroom Kits! It’s true! Our Diversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents page is the motherlode of downloadable/clickable “List of Lists” that are designed to help parents, teachers, and caregivers find the multicultural and diverse book titles for kids that they need.
All of these diverse and multicultural book lists are also broken down into easy-to-find topics and themes. Every blue title linked to more book lists on that topic. Here are some examples of some of our lists that are in high demand right now:
Imagination Soup: Anti-Racist Books for Kids Ages 8 – 12
The Conscious Kid: Critical Conversations
PragmaticMom: White Privilege Books for Kids
Feminist Books for Kids: 9 Children’s Books About Police Brutality
Imagination Soup: Picture Books That Teach Kids About Prejudice, Inclusion, and Kindness
PragmaticMom: How To Teach Kids About Microaggressions
InCulture Parent: 6 Children’s Books to Celebrate Juneteenth
Colours of Us: 37 Children’s Books to help talk about Racism & Discrimination
PragmaticMom: Children’s Books about Skin Color
PragmaticMom: Antiracist Books for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Colours of Us: 150 Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys
AND…you don’t have to be a blogger to review multicultural children’s books for our MCBD2020 (1/29/21) online event. Go here to learn more about how this process works.
You just need to have a love of diversity in children’s literature, have one non-private social media account on Facebook (Pages only-no Facebook profiles), Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or YouTube, and be able to leave an honest Amazon review of your assigned book.
SIGN UP to be an MCBD2021 book reviewer HERE and learn more about what it takes to join the MCBD2021 celebration
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
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As our sixth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 25, 2019, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2019 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books. [Read more…]
