I’m thrilled to be on Nerdacity Podcast to talk about Multicultural Children’s Book Day with DuEwa Frazier! Listen to it here. Ep. 12 DuEwa interviews Mia Wenjen – author, book blogger, and co-founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Mia discusses the purpose of Multicultural Children’s Book Day and the impact its had over the years for readers, teachers, parents, authors,…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
6 Great Diverse Children’s Books from Peachtree Publishing
Today, I’m thrilled to feature recently published books from Peachtree Publishing in anticipation of Multicultural Children’s Book Day coming up on January 31, 2021. This is my diverse book review post that I will be featuring for our celebration and adding to our 2021 Giant Linky. I’m starting with an Unboxing Video where I visit…
Are Slant Eyes Racist? Portraying Asians in Children’s Books
“[Asians] are not a monolithic group. There’s nothing in our DNA that binds all Asian-Americans together. No group identifiable by race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion is unanimous in terms of how they approach justice, even if they share the same values. We’re far more diverse than stereotypes allows.” from Slanted: How An Asian American…
Why Jewish Stories Matter
Please welcome my guest author today, Erica S. Perl, with Why Jewish Stories Matter. I met Erica years ago when she visited Wellesley Books for her picture book, Chicken Butt. My dear friend Lynn Melville had the most interesting neighbors and Erica S. Perl was one of her Cambridge neighbors back in days before she…
15 #OwnVoices Books about Autism
Please welcome my guest author, Adriana White. I had created a post on special needs children’s books about ten years ago when I started this blog that was really out of date and she saw my post on Twitter and was kind enough to help me out by gently educating me: Adriana White, MLIS @Adriana_Edu…
10 Children’s Books with Arab American Culture
Please welcome my guest author today, Cathy Camper, with her list of children’s books featuring Arab American Culture. I first met Cathy Camper through Multicultural Children’s Book Day because her graphic novel series illustrated by Raul the Third, Low Riders in Space, was widely read and enjoyed by our reviewers. I didn’t realize that Cathy…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 Poster Reveal!
I’m thrilled to announce that the 2021 Multicultural Children’s Book Day poster was created by Nat Iwata. It’s free and downloadable! Our entire gallery of posters is here. Nat Iwata also the illustrator for Sumo Joe! Learn more about Nat Iwata on his website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is an…