We are so excited to announce our 2nd Multicultural Children’s Book Day January 27th, 2015 because we’ve added …
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Blogger Co-Hosts
We are excited to add our amazing Co-Hosts to help spread the word about diversity books for kids:
InCultural Parent
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Non-Profit Collaborators
We’re also partnering with First Book to be able to offer a Virtual Book Drive that will help donate multicultural children’s books through their channels during the week of the event. We want to help get diversity books into the hands of kids who most need it and now we have a way to do it!
We are collaborating with Children’s Book Council to highlight wonderful diversity books and authors on an ongoing basis all year.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsors
Our Platinum sponsor is back from last year, Wisdom Tales Press!
We have a new Platinum sponsor, Daybreak Press Global Bookshop & Gathering Space.
We have three new Gold sponsors: Satya House, Multicultural Kids, and Stephen Hodges of The Magic Poof!
Three Silver Sponsors: Lee and Low Books, Omnibus Publishing, Capstone Publishing and Junior Library Guild!
We have eight Bronze sponsors: Rainbow Books, Felicia Capers of Enough of Frankie Already!, Chronicle Books for Lowriders in Space, Muslim Writers Publishing, Bliss Group Books, Double Dutch Dolls, author Richa Jha, and East West Discovery Press.
Author Sponsors include:
Beautiful Rainbow World by Suzee Ramirez
Lulu and the Very Big Meanies by Mac McGooshie, illustrated by
Real Street Kidz Multicultural Children’s Book Series by Quentin Holmes
My Fingerpaint Masterpiece by Sherill Cannon
The Garden of My Imaan from Peachtree Publishers
Made by Raffi by Craig Pomranz illustrations by Margaret Chamberlain
Multicultural Children’s Book Day New Website
And did I mention that we have a new Multicultural Children’s Book Day website as a year round resource to help parents, teachers, librarians and kids find the perfect diversity books they are seeking?!
Bloggers: Sign Up To Review Book for Multicultural Children’s Book Day
So what’s next? We need YOU! Sign up to receive a multicultural children’s book to review and blog on here:
p.s. Related Posts:
Raising Money for First Book at Multicultural Children’s Book Day … We Need Your Help!
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Welcome to the 46th Kid Lit Blog Hop where we continue to develop a dynamic and engaged community of children’s books bloggers, authors, publishers, and publicists. So, you are always more than welcome to join us by popping in a post and hopping around to meet some of your fellow Kid Lit bloggers and authors!
We are pleased to be welcoming a few co-hosts this week: Stanley & Katrina, who have just released their latest book, The Observations of the Obstreperous Animals (Stanley & Katrina Book 2) and Rebecca, the author behind the book blog, A Book Long Enough. Welcome to Stanley & Katrina and Rebecca!
Happy Hopping everyone and enjoy the Hop!
Kid Lit Blog Hop Rules *Please Read*
1. We ask that you kindly follow your hosts. You can follow us any way you choose (Email, GFC, Twitter, Facebook, G+, Pinterest, etc.), but we’ve added our preferences below. If you could just give us a quick “follow” or “like” that would be much appreciated! Make sure to leave us a message if you are following us (i.e., on Twitter or Facebook or on our websites) and we will be sure to follow you back. Thanks! 🙂
Hostesses:
Renee @ Mother Daughter Book Reviews Facebook * Twitter
Jaymie @ Snacks for Max Twitter * Facebook
Katie @ Youth Literature Reviews Twitter * Facebook
Julie Grasso, Author/ Blogger Twitter * Facebook
Cheryl Carpinello, Author / Blogger Twitter * Facebook
Reshama @ Stacking Books Twitter * Facebook
Stacie @ BeachBoundBooks Twitter * Facebook
Mia @ Pragmatic Mom Twitter * Facebook
Maria@ Music Teaching and Parenting Twitter * Facebook
Co-Hosts:
Stanley & Katrina, Pawthors Twitter * Facebook
Rebecca @ A Book Long Enough Pinterest * Facebook
2. Link up any Kid Lit related post. This can be a link to a children’s book review, a discussion about children’s literature/literacy, or a post on a recently-read children’s book or one that you love from your childhood.
* Don’t link directly to your blog, it must be a specific post.*
* For Authors, we prefer you to link to your blog if you have one. Please link unique posts each time ~ no repeats please. *
* Make sure you include an image relevant to the POST (e.g., book cover), not your blog button or photo of yourself.*
* Feel free to link more than one post.*
3. Please visit AT LEAST the TWO LINKS directly ahead of your own and leave them some love in the form of a comment. We are trying to build a community of bloggers, readers, parents, authors, and others who are as passionate about children’s literature as we are so please CONNECT and follow any or all of the blogs that interest you!
4. If you like, grab the button above and put it somewhere on your blog, preferably the post you’re linking up. If you’d prefer, you can just add a text link back to this Hop so that others can find it and check out all these great book links!
5. It would really help us get the word out about the Kid Lit Blog Hop if you would be so kind as to tweet, share, and spread the word about the Hop!
Interested in co-hosting the Kid Lit Blog Hop? If you’ve joined us before, you are welcome to join us again! Please email renee @ motherdaughterbookreviews (dot) com and put Co-Hosting Blog Hop in the subject line.
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My books:
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
Amazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Scholastic / Signed or Inscribed by Me
This sounds fun and what a great way to build awareness!
Thanks so much Ann! I hope you can join us again!
Can’t wait to join the fun again this year!
Hi Barbara,
Yay! Thanks so much for joining us again!!!
Thanks so much for the opportunity again this year!
Hi Lisa,
I’m so glad you will joining us again!! Thank you!
So excited to participate again this year. We are all signed up and thrilled to see this on the #KidLitBlogHop. Thanks for hosting the hop – off to tweet some more about this. 🙂
Hi Cool Mom,
Thanks so much for joining us again!! We are thrilled to have you and congrats on your new book!!!
I am looking forward to this!
Hi MaryAnne,
Thanks so much for joining us again!
Thanks for sharing this opportunity on the Kid Lit Blog Hop.
Thanks so much Cheryl!
Mia, you know I adore your blog. This is such a fantastic initiative. 🙂 I’ve signed up and look forward to being a part of this.
I also added my link to the Kid lit Blog Hop – thanks so much!
Hugs and love and may you have a fantastic week ahead!
Hi Vidya,
First of all, THANK YOU so much for all your Twitter support for my posts! Big hugs! I’m so glad you are joining us for Multicultural Children’s Book Day! And thank you also for adding your link to the Kid Lit Blog Hop! A million thank yous!!!
So happy to see that you are hosting this event again this year to raise awareness! Looking forward to seeing all the books that will be reviewed and shared as well.
We are so thrilled to have The Educators’ Spin on It as one of our co-hosts. Our deepest apologies again for our administrative error in failing to add you to our database!! I’ve updated my post and we’ll be doubly sure to loop you into everything. So sorry again Kim and Amanda!
Hi Kim,
We are so thrilled to have The Educators’ Spin on It as one of our co-hosts! Thank you so much for joining us! We love your spin on things!!!
I’m excited to be joining in again this year. Tweeting! Thanks for sharing in the Kid Lit Blog Hop!
Hi Renee,
We are so thrilled you are joining us again! Thank you!!
Signed up! Thanks, Mia! Looking forward to this!
Hi Tricia,
Yay! Thank you for joining us!!