Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Update: I met with the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and they are cataloging the #MeToo movement as part of their archives collection. I alerted the manager of special projects for the #MeToo movement to include what is happening in children’s book publishing. So while the School Library Journal has chosen…
Our Multicultural Children’s Book Day poster for 2023 is by author and illustrator Lisa Wee. Read more about her amazing work here. Click on the image below or click here to get your MCBD 2023 #ReadYourWorld poster. p.s. Related posts: A New Strategy for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Thank you for interviewing me about Multicultural Children’s…
Our FREE Teacher Classroom Kit Mental Health Support for Stressful Times is available at Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Click HERE or click on the image below: Thank you to Led Bradshaw for creating the poster! Watch his interview on Multicultural Children’s Book Day Ig Live series here. All of our Classroom Kits…
Please welcome my guest author today, Adriana Hernández Bergstrom, with her list of Diverse Foodie Picture Books from 2022! Abuelita and I Make Flan by Adriana Hernández Bergstrom Anita wants to make flan for her abuelo’s birthday but she accidentally breaks abuela’s serving plate from Cuba. How will she serve her grandfather’s special dessert…
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to present at Barefoot Books about my author journey and my nonprofit, Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Thank you to everyone at Barefoot Books including such a lovely and engaging audience! This is the slide deck: And this is the panel of Barefoot Books authors that I had…
I’m thrilled to announce that I have a new picture book coming out through Barefoot Books spring of 2023! Robert Sae-Heng is the illustrator. Lisa Rosinsky and Autumn Allen are the editors. Lary Rosenblatt at 22MediaWorks represented me. Jess Lomas at Inkling Illustration represented the illustrator. Picture Book Announcement! Food for the Future: Sustainable…
Please welcome my guest author today, Antony Perry, Danielle Greendeer, and Alexis Bunten; all the authors of Keepunmuk, a Thanksgiving picture book from the perspective of the Native Americans that we all need in our libraries! They are sharing their Top 5 Books to Read Alongside Keepunumuk for Thanksgiving. Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Citizen, Hawk…
I was at Vanderbilt University for USBBY so I gave myself a tour of the college. The university and its graduate programs stretch across three main streets in a long rectangle. It’s a pretty school with a defined campus that wanders into restaurants and amenities nearby yet distinctly a separate and defined campus. Here’s the…
