Black Joy is not … dismissing or creating an ‘alternate’ black narrative that ignores the realities of our collective pain; rather, it is about holding the pain and injustice…in tension with the joy we experience. It’s about using that joy as an entry into understanding the oppressive forces we navigate through as a means to…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Introducing #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2024
Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day is thrilled to be introducing our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2024 in conjunction with the Children’s Book Council. This series runs the month of January and many of these book lists will also host book giveaways. Flora Ahn Favorite Books for Middle Grade A Spoonful of Time…
New! Food for the Future Activity and Discussion Guide!
I have a new Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World Discussion and Activity Guide! It’s perfect for educators and parents who want gardening extension activities that can be done indoors. Get it here or here FoodfortheFuture_ActivityPack To examine any book more closely at Indiebound or Amazon, please click on…
12 Wonderful Picture Books Related to Taiwan & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Margaret Chiu Greanias, with a sequel to her list of picture books about Taiwanese characters or by Taiwanese American authors and author-illustrators with 12 wonderful picture books related to Taiwan. Her original list of picture books related to Taiwan is here. We are giving away a copy of How…
Help Us Fund Read Your World Diverse Book Classroom Kits for Teachers!
Our Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day fundraiser has just begun. Help us fight against banned and challenged books by giving teachers a Classroom Kit of diverse children’s books. If we can raise $500 by Giving Tuesday, we are eligible to win $500 from Giving Butter, the platform that we are…
December Multicultural Children’s Book Club: The Ninth Night of Hanukkah
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. December’s event will be held on December 7th and we are celebrating Hanukkah using The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica…
9 Picture Books about Flags & GIVEAWAY!
I was thinking about the banners, Hata-jirushi (旗印), that my ancestors used on the battlefield during medieval Japan. It would have our clan name via the kamon, or logo if you will. The banners would denote the regiments of an army within a particular samurai clan. image from Wikipedia Flags around the world are a…