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2026 Read Your World Online Auction is LIVE! Help Us Change the World One Book At a Time! Go here to view our auction. p.s. Related posts: Native American Children’s Authors Virtual Panel Read Your World’s AAPI Virtual Panel Join Us for FREE Read Your World Black History Month Panel Read Your…
Read Your World is a nonprofit that promotes literacy through diverse books. We are based in Newton, MA, and run the Newton Children’s Book Festival Please PREVIEW items here. Our auction runs from May 4th to May 15th. It’s not too late to donate! Unsure what to donate? Here are some suggestions: artwork, services,…
Our Read Your World Online Auction is next month, and we’re seeking your support to raise funds to continue the work we do, including: Themed Classroom Kits, such as our Bilingual IG Live Interviews with KidLit creators Book donations for teachers Booklist resource to help readers find the diverse books they need Unsure what to…
This year, Read Your World’s Giving Tuesday will support a Title 1 Elementary School in Waltham, MA. Imagine an elementary school that can’t have a book fair simply because the students are low income. Research has shown that owning books, especially books that reflect the reader, improves literacy rates. Our fundraiser will donate over 500…
Read Your World’s Fight Back Fundraiser: Supporting Banned Books Week We’re joining forces to spread the word on Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025) and fighting back! With as little as $4 (the cost of a donut) or $25 (the cost of a takeout dinner), you can help us! Every dollar you donate goes directly…
My daughter’s start-up, Beam, has created a printed book called Eating The Whole Fish. It encourages people to support sustainable seafood systems through introducing underloved species, visual studies, and local narratives. Eating the Whole Fish, a 200-page book about rethinking seafood culture in Rhode Island—and beyond. It’s part interviews, part how-to guide, part recipe book….
Together, we can change the world one book at a time. Read Your World, formerly known as Multicultural Children’s Book Day, is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and inclusion, and to get more of these books into the hands of readers including children, teachers, librarians,…