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…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
8 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….
5 Middle Grade Books with Refugee Themes & Signed GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome Alma P. Dobbs back with her sequel to the award-winning debut, Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna. She posted previously on Middle Grade Books with Refugee Themes so I’m pleased to be building on this list. The Other Side of the River by Alma P. Dobbs This is the sequel to Barefoot Dreams…
8 Picture Books with Blended Families & 2 Book GIVEAWAY!
Today, we are celebrating the start of Hispanic Heritage Month with my friend and author, Cindy Rodriguez. We served on the same committee for equity and inclusion for NESCBWI and she’s awesome! I’m thrilled today to be part of her blog tour for her latest picture book, Three Pockets Full: A Story of Love, Family,…