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Multicultural Children's Book Club for Oct: Sanctuary Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women

Multicultural Children’s Book Club for Oct: Sanctuary Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women

Posted on September 20, 2023February 21, 2026 by Pragmatic Mom

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.

Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women

October’s event will be held on October 5th and we are highlighting World Homeless Day using Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women by Christine McDonnell, illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylon

 

Multicultural Children's Book Club for Oct: Sanctuary Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women

As always, we will have:

  • Book talk
  • Creative Project
  • Snack ideas related to our theme
  • Surprise guest (popping in at 7:40 pm): author Christine McDonnell and illustrator Victoria Tentler-Krylov!
  • Giveaway (Featured Book and travel-sized women’s toiletries)

I am giving away a “Multicultural Children’s Book Club in a Box” which includes the picture book Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women and travel-sized women’s toiletries.

Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women book club giveaway

Multicultural Children's Book Club

 

We hope you can join us on October 5th at 7 pm EST!

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Multicultural Children’s Book Club
October 5, 2023, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EDT

Join our free event Multicultural Children's Book Club

 

p.s. You can view our past events here.

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Hispanic Heritage Multicultural Children’s Book Club & GIVEAWAY!

Halloween Multicultural Children’s Book Club & GIVEAWAY!

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Multicultural Children’s Book Club & Multicultural Children’s Book Day

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Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Emily D and the Fearful First Day for Autism Awareness Month!

Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Yu and Me Books

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FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE! by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage, Published by Red Comet Press

 Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat

  • California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
  • Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

 

Cover Reveal: Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación

  • ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
  • ⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
  • Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026

 

Cover Reveal for THE TRAVELING TACO by Mia Wenjen Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods

  • California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
  • Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025

 

We Sing From the Heart picture book cover reveal of The Slants Simon Tam

 Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants®  Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

  • ALSC Notable Children’s Book
  • 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
  • Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
  • 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
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  • Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
  • Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
  • Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

 

Cover Reveal: Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

 

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Robert Sae-HengAmazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World

  • ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
  • Junior Library Guild Gold selection
  • Massachusetts Book Award Long List
  • dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
  • Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
  • 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
  • Green Earth Book Award Long List
  • Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
  • Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
  • Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids

cover for Sumo Joe

Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year

Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes by Mia WenjenAmazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

 

Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

 

The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s GuideSigned or Inscribed by Me

 

How To Coach Girls by Mia Wenjen and Alison Foley

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Asian Pacific American HeroesSigned or Inscribed by Me

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