This was my first time to visit Barefoot Books Headquarters in their new office space in Concord. I had visited their office when they were in Sommerville years ago, and their store in Concord so it was fun for me to see their evolution. This new office space is gorgeous and filled with special touches…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Multicultural Children’s Book Club & Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Please join me for our ninth 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. January’s event will be held on January 6th and we are celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day using Watercress by Andrea…
#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2022
Multicultural Children’s Book Day and Children’s Book Council are teaming up again to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2022. It will run during the month of January on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog. This year, we have eight wonderful authors participating. Each author will present a book list and many will also do…
CHANGING THE GAME book on Twinkl!
I’m thrilled that Twinkl has featured Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes! The article is here. p.s. Related posts: Readers’ Favorite reviews CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES CHANGING THE GAME books are here! CHANGING THE GAME at Newtonville Books! CHANGING THE GAME at Multicultural Bookstore & Gifts My first…
Andrew Jackson Murdered His Native American General: Things They Don’t Teach You in History Books
“If the plantation owners of the South, Jackson’s people, were to have the land they wanted to grow more cotton, the Choctaws had to move,” I said. “And if you, Chief Pushmataha, were so against this move, you must be gone, out of the way.” from When A Ghost Talks, Listen by Tim Tingle …
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Interfaith Picture Book
Please join me 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 2nd and we are celebrating Interfaith Holidays using The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol…
Sumo Joe at the Japanese American National Museum
Sometimes you just gotta ask! (Me asking): Please consider my SUMO JOE picture book … Hello Japanese American National Museum store manager, My name is Mia Wenjen and I’m the author of a rhyming picture book SUMO JOE. I am half Japanese American and wrote it to show that sumo is not a sport…