Love Family written by Norah Barrett Cooper, illustrated by Joelle Nelson Disclosure: I received a free copy from Loving Lion Books, Sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 Love Family is a new diverse picture book from Loving Lion Books that … Read More
Join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party 2018! We promise it will be a fun and fast-paced hour of great book conversations, sharing of diverse book ideas and lots of prizes! Follow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join … Read More
UPDATED NOVEMBER 2021! Talking to children and teenagers about racism and discrimination is as necessary as it is uncomfortable for most parents and educators (especially white ones). Necessary because racial bias in children starts as early as age … Read More
STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) has been an important part of the school curriculum for many years now. More recently, art has been added in order to emphasize the importance of creative thinking, and so STEM became … Read More
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama XIV UPDATED NOVEMBER 2018! Kindness and empathy are two of the most important social skills we can teach our children. Now more than ever, … Read More
Earlier this month, uncontrollable wildfires raged through our small South African town for several days, resulting in huge devastation and trauma for humans as well as animals. In amongst all the chaos, the whole community rallied together to … Read More
Recently I came across a wonderful UK initiative called Make a Noise in Libraries. It was started by RNIB, a charity for people with sight loss, and aims at making libraries more accessible and inclusive for visually impaired readers. This … Read More
After the more serious topics of my two previous lists (5 Multicultural Picture Books about Mental Illness & 9 Multicultural Children’s Books about Autism), I thought it’s time for something more lighthearted, so I went on a search for laugh … Read More
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! I’ve searched the internet high and low for multicultural picture books about mental illness but was disappointed to find only a few (interestingly, most of them are older ones, written in the 90’s). … Read More
UPDATED APRIL 2021! April is Autism Awareness Month! Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) include a wide range of conditions characterized by difficulties with social interactions, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviour. These multicultural children’s books about autism … Read More