Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Asian characters in picture books just going about their everyday lives during modern times written by Asians? Yes! Asian joy! Let’s make a list together! Thank you for your suggestions! Asian Pacific American Joy in Picture Books Here’s my contribution: Sumo Joe by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Nat Iwata This is my debut picture book,…
Please welcome my guest today, author Korey Watari, with her debut picture book I Am Able to Shine! She has a list of Japanese American Joy picture books that celebrate joy through creativity! We are giving away 5 copies of I Am Able to Shine! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom….
@GwenBlumberg on Twitter sent me this photo: And here’s one more! I See You See from Richard Jackson & @patrice_barton. It is in good company on display in our book room right next to a fan favorite @pragmaticmom I was thrilled to see Sumo Joe out in the wild of her library! And that…
Please welcome my guest author, Valerie Bolling. We were both on the Equity and Inclusion Committee for NESCBWI. I really enjoyed working with her. She has a steadiness and voice of reason which is always helpful when doing work in diversity and inclusion! Her latest picture book is part of a pair. It’s part of…
Thanks for interviewing me, Andrew Dittmer! Andrew is a children’s fiction author from Sydney, Australia. The interview is here. To examine any book more closely at Indiebound or Amazon, please click on image of book. As an Amazon and IndieBound Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My books: BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity…
Please welcome my guest author today, Hope Lim with her newest picture book, Mommy’s Hometown. Hope has a list that is personal, a group of Korean American picture book creators that have inspired her along her own author journey. We are also giving away a signed copy of Mommy’s Hometown. To enter, please use…
Please join me for our tenth 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. May’s event will be held on May 5th and we are celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month using I…