I can’t believe that Sumo Joe is releasing today! It feels like I have been talking about Sumo Joe for years and now it’s finally real! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along this journey including authors who have kindly covered Sumo Joe on their blogs: Caroline Starr Rose: Classroom Connections: Sumo Joe…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Sumo Joe Reviewed in Publishers Weekly!
Sumo Joe was reviewed in Publishers Weekly! Sumo Joe Mia Wenjen, illus. by Nat Iwata. Lee & Low, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-62014-802-0 A sister eagerly wakes her big yet gentle older brother, “Sumo Joe.” As the girl leaves, Joe welcomes two friends to “practice sumo!” in “the ring” (pillows in a circle), each wrapped in…
58 Physical and Developmental Challenge Books for Kids
I’m creating the book list for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 Classroom Kit: Understand and celebrate our differences. We’ve replaced our previous title, “Understanding and Celebrating People with Disabilities,” after learning that this isn’t the correct language. I have children’s books and resource links for: ADHD Allergies Anxiety/Separation Anxiety Asthma Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Cancer…
27 Books for Kids about White Privilege
Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial era, when white Americans were given legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights while these same rights were denied to other races and minorities. from Wikipedia Today, with the help of Bethany Edwards, founder of Biracial Bookworms, and her daughter Havana, we are tackling…
#DiverseKidLit Hop!
Happy May! Hard to believe that we are into the 5th month of 2019 already. Where does time go? As the school year winds down for many parents, the focus begins to also shift to how to keep kids reading during the summer months. “Summer slide” is indeed a “thing,” and even Scholastic has acknowledged…
My new eBook: Best #OwnVoices Children’s Books FREE for 5 Days!
As a mom, dedicated kidlit reader, author, and co-founder of the non-profit Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I’ve been on a decade-long journey to discover the best diversity books in children’s literature. With a determination to change the world, one book at a time, I created BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages…
12 Children’s Books about Skin Color
Celebrate diversity with these videos and children’s books about skin color. Combine these books with lessons on skin color and the beauty in all shades. Pulitzer Prize author Alice Walker coined the term “colorism” in 1982 to mean the “prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their color.” It’s a term that…