Please welcome my guest author, Alice Faye Duncan with her picture book list on blues and jazz music! We are giving away five signed copies of Yellow Dog Blues. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. Pictures Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Powwow Day!
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. November’s event will be held on November 3rd and we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month using Powwow Day by Traci Sorell,…
5 Children’s Books to Celebrate Halloween & Día de los Muertos + GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Susie Jaramillo. I know Susie from piles of wonderful bilingual Spanish board books from her Encantos company (which I thought was a publishing company, but it’s actually much more than that). I gifted the Encantos books to my boxing trainer, Rafi, who is Puerto Rican American and he and his…
Picture Books Featuring Outdoor Activities & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Valerie Bolling. I’m excited to watch her career take off as an author. For some of us, the Covid lockdown was a time that stymied our creative output but for Valerie, it was the exact opposite. I’m so proud of her and the amazing books that she has created….
Book Announcement! Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Civil Rights Activist
I am so thrilled to be making a book with Angus Yuen-Killick, founder of Red Comet Press. The incredibly talented Keith Henry Brown will illustrate Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Civil Rights Activist. This middle grade picture book biography is slated to come out in 2024! p.s. Related posts: Highlights…
Sponsorships Open for our 10th Year Celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsorship Would you like to help us celebrate diversity in children’s literature by becoming a Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsor? We love to have you be part of the celebration of diversity in children’s literature! GO HERE to download our Sponsorship Packet and see what your Medallion and Author Sponsorships for…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Leila, the Perfect Witch
Please join us for 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. October’s event will be held on October 6th and we are celebrating Halloween using Leila The Perfect Witch by Flavia Z Drago….