Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
#ReadYourWorld FREE Book Resource Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators will be FREE during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Jan 23-27, 2019! Other ways to get free diversity books: #ReadYourWorld 2019 Book Jam We have 10 authors who created book lists for our #ReadYourWorld 2019 Book Jam…
I invited my guest author to respond today, Sandra Neil Wallace, on the Wall Street Journal Op Ed piece, “Reading From Left to Left at Barnes & Noble.” The author, Dave Seminara, objected to a book display of Inspiring Books to Empower Young Readers because it was too liberal. He writes: Unless you lock your children in a…
Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes! Twitter Party Friday, January 25th 9 pm to 10 pm EST Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Register here! We will be discussing the state of children’s book publishing and giving away diversity book bundles every six minutes! We invite EVERYONE to join us:…
Welcome to the first #DiverseKidLit of 2019! If you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, teacher, or librarian looking for amazing diverse KidLit recommends to share with your young readers, you will love this recurring monthly resource of diverse book reviews. If you are a book reviewer, please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book…
Thank you to Annie Lynn and Walt Wilcezewski for donating their time and expertise to create our first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!!! Special thanks to the kids for their vocals on this song: Havana Chapman-Edwards, Will, Hailey, and Amanda! Thank you to everyone who contributed photos! And finally, thank…
Did you know that picture book authors and illustrators do not communicate until the project is completed? I think it’s to give the illustrator some creative space to bring the words to life. No one likes to be micromanaged by someone else’s vision. My debut picture book, SUMO JOE, with illustrator Nat Iwata is not…
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of…