Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
I am thrilled to be part of The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, celebrating with picture book honor winner, The Christmas Mitzvah, written by Jeff Gottesfeld, and illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha. I interview Jeff and Michelle below! The Christmas Mitzvah by Jeff Gottesfeld, and illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha Al Rosen is…
I read this article in Edutopia that asked K-12 teachers to celebrate Black History Month by looking beyond the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement and focusing instead on Black excellence and achievement: FOR STEM LOVERS By now, Katherine Johnson, whose story was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures, may be known to you. She was one…
Thank you so much to Tanya Raukko for interviewing me about Multicultural Children’s Book Day in Medium. An Interview with Mia Wenjen Changing the Game and Bringing Diversity to Bookshelves Through her writing, Mia Wenjen brought more diversity to classrooms and founded the Multicultural Children’s Book Day. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Mia…
To celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day today, I am giving away my book, CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES for free as a PDF download. Download it here: Changing_the_GameDownloadable_Proof (1) If you want a FREE hard copy, I will send you one in exchange for an Amazon review….
In celebration of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, my ebook resource to find the best diverse books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books will be FREE starting January 26th through January 30th at Amazon here. My #OWNVOICES ebook Resource FREE for five days! BEST OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS:…
Please welcome my guest author Margaret Chiu Greanias with her picture book list centered around Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China (ROC), an island approximately 100 miles off the coast of China, also known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or “Mainland China.” Taiwan’s history in brief from Britannica: Prior to the…
Did you know that Multicultural Children’s Book Day has an author interview Instagram Live series? It’s every Wednesday at 3:00 pm EST. We also record each author’s interview in both long format and highlights and post it on our YouTube channel! Finally, Multicultural Children’s Book Day has a new TikTok channel: @multiculturalchildrensbd. I…