Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017

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MCBD2017

 

Welcome to our 4th Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Here’s how to celebrate:

 

1. Link up your diversity book reviews

2. Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight!

We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9pm to 10pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld.

3. Get your a copy of Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators.

It’s FREE today through January 31st!

 
Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children's Books for Parents and Educators


Book Reviewers: Please link up your book reviews here. We have set up FOUR linkys so you can add your blog review based whether your review is on a BLOG, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, or YOUTUBE.

 

Please add here:

1) BLOGGERS: Reviewers who posted on their blog, Link Up Your BLOG Posts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Here:

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2) INSTAGRAM: Reviewers who posted on Instagram, Link Up Your INSTAGRAM Posts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Here:

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3) FACEBOOK: Reviewers who posted on Facebook, Link Up Your FACEBOOK Posts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Here:

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4) YOUTUBE: Reviewers who made a video on YouTube, Link Up Your YOUTUBE Posts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Here:

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Join us tonight at the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party!
We are giving away 12 diversity children’s book bundles; one every six minutes.

 
Multicultural Children's Book Day Twitter Party

January 27th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Please RSVP for Twitter Party below

All winners need to be signed up so that we can send you your book bundle.

You can see the question and book bundle prizes here.

 

 


Did you know that we published an ebook this year?!

Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children's Books for Parents and Educators

 

Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators

edited by Mia Wenjen with contributors:

Alex Baugh of Randomly Reading

Amanda Boyarshinov of The Educators’ Spin On It

Valarie Budayr of Jump Into a Book

Katie Meadows of Youth Literature Reviews

Erica Clark of What Do We Do All Day?

Rebecca Flansburg of Frantic Mommy

Anna Geiger of The Measured Mom

Svenja Gernand of Colours of Us

Michelle Goetzl of Books My Kids Read

Jennifer Hughes of The Jenny Evolution

MaryAnne Kochenderfer of Mama Smiles

Marie-Claude Leroux of Marie Pastiche

Katie Logonauts of The Logonauts

Stephanie Meade of InCulture Parent

Leanna Guillén Mora of All Done Monkey

Becky Morales of Kid World Citizen

Carrie Pericola of Crafty Moms Share

Jodie Rodriguez of Growing Book by Book

Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup

Mia Wenjen of PragmaticMom

and authors…

Uma Krishnaswami

Elsa Marston


 

Finally, did you get our free Classroom Kindness Kit? It includes Be a Hero Be Kind poster by Jarrett Krosoczka, a diversity kindness book list for ages 2 to 12, and classroom kindness activities.

 


Need help finding a diverse book for your kids or classroom? Check out

Diversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents

Our Diverse World Book Lists for Kids (this is a general book list)

It’s also broken out by country/geographic area:

Our Diverse World: Africa

Our Diverse World: Asia

Our Diverse World: China

Our Diverse World: Japan

Our Diverse World: Korea

Our Diverse World: India

Our Diverse World: Armenia

Our Diverse World: Australia

Our Diverse World: Latin America

Our Diverse World: Mexico

Our Diverse World: Middle East

Our Diverse World: Scandinavia


Diversity in Children’s Books Presented as Every Day (this is a book list)

Books on World Religions for Kids (this is a book list)

It’s also broken out by holiday and/or religion.

Diverse Thanksgiving Books for Kids

Diverse Christmas Books for Kids

Muslim Books for Kids

Jewish Books for Kids

Hindu Books for Kids

Buddhist Books for Kids

Confucianism & Taoism Books for Kids

Baha’i Books for Kids

Day of the Dead Books for Kids

Las Posadas Books for Kids


Seeing Yourself in Children’s Books

Special Needs Books for Kids

LGBT Book Lists for Kids of All Ages

African American Books for Kids of All Ages

American Indian Books for Kids of All Ages

Asian American Books for Kids of All Ages

Hispanic American Books for Kids of All Ages


Diversity Books By Genre

Diverse Board Books

Diverse Picture Books

Diverse Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books

Diverse Chapter Books

Diverse Biography Picture Books

Diverse Graphic Novels

Diverse Fantasy and Science Fiction for Kids

If You Like This: Read This Diversity Book for Kids

Bilingual Books for Kids


General Diversity Book Lists (this is a book list)

Thank you so much for joining us for our 4th Multicultural Children’s Book Day!!

Find more diversity, multicultural, and inclusive books on our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Pinterest Board.

Follow on Pinterest to get daily updates.




 

2 Responses

  1. Mia Wenjen
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    Thank you so much for all your support Svenja!! We really appreciate all the good work you do on your blog and for co-hosting and contributing to our ebook!

    • Colours of Us
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      It’s an absolute pleasure! I love being part of MCBD!

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