I was thinking about the banners, Hata-jirushi (旗印), that my ancestors used on the battlefield during medieval Japan. It would have our clan name via the kamon, or logo if you will. The banners would denote the regiments of an army within a particular samurai clan. image from Wikipedia Flags around the world are a…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Mitali Perkins Hope in the Valley Book Launch at Newtonville Books
Mitali Perkins returns to Newtonville Books, her previous home, with her book launch for her lauded middle-grade book, Hope in the Valley. Here, she’s in conversation with Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton, the editor-in-chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996 to 2021. Mitali reads the first chapter of Hope in the Valley. Q&A with Mitali…
Food for the Future in EdibleBoston! 4 page insert!
Barefoot Books has partnered to create edible for KIDS, a four-page insert that is in EdibleBoston and other cities that are part of the Edible Community magazine series. Here’s a video of the four-page spread for Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. Have you seen this in your city? Please…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club for Nov: Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers
Please join us for our 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. November’s event will be held on November 2nd and we are celebrating Indigenous People’s Month using, illustrated by Julie Flett. …
We Need Photos for our Read Your World Music Video!
Musician Annie Lynn of AnnieBird Music created the Multicultural Children’s Book Day song for us. Her son Alex, a film major, created the videos. The most recent one below has received over 51,000 views so far! Do you want to be in the new video? We are looking for photos of diverse children’s and…
Food for the Future: Sustainable Values in Children’s Books at ALAAC23
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to speak at the ALA Conference 2023 on the Diversity in Publishing stage for Food for the Future. My topic was Sustainable Values in Children’s Books. While only a handful of people attended, the CEO of Barefoot Books, Nancy Traversy, recorded it for me. That’s the extra mile…
FREE Diverse Children’s Books through Read Your World!
Now more than ever, Read Your World celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day needs your help to promote diverse children’s books & get them into the hands of the children that need them! There are three easy ways to get involved: 1) Sign up to be book reviewer for MCBD2024 & get a free diverse children’s/YA…