Andrea Wang and I have an Asian Culture and KidLit series. Today, I am releasing the cover of my debut picture book, Sumo Joe, illustrated by debut picture book illustrator Nat Iwata. I want everyone to meet my awesome illustrator, Nat Iwata, so I have interviewed him below. Asian Culture and KidLit series with…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Blood Feud over YA #BloodHeir
As the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, I feel compelled to write in support of Amélie Wen Zhao. She immigrated to the U.S. at age 18 from China. Chasing her dreams, she wrote while a professional in finance, and won from a YA Pitch on Twitter, a 3 book deal from Delacourt worth in the neighborhood…
Join Us for #DiverseKidLit Linky!
Now that the 6th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day has come to a close, we need to keep the buzz and excitement surrounding diverse kidlit going! If you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, teacher, or librarian looking for amazing diverse kidlit recommends to share with your young readers, you will love this recurring monthly resource…
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
Welcome to our 6th Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Here’s how to celebrate: Link up your diversity book reviews Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight, January 25, 2019! We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9pm to 10pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld. Get your a copy of Read Your World: A Guide…
FREE Diverse Children’s Book Resource!
#ReadYourWorld FREE Book Resource Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators will be FREE during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Jan 23-27, 2019! Other ways to get free diversity books: #ReadYourWorld 2019 Book Jam We have 10 authors who created book lists for our #ReadYourWorld 2019 Book Jam…
Sandra Neil Wallace Confronts an Attack on Children’s Books
I invited my guest author to respond today, Sandra Neil Wallace, on the Wall Street Journal Op Ed piece, “Reading From Left to Left at Barnes & Noble.” The author, Dave Seminara, objected to a book display of Inspiring Books to Empower Young Readers because it was too liberal. He writes: Unless you lock your children in a…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day #ReadYourWorld Twitter Party!
Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes! Twitter Party Friday, January 25th 9 pm to 10 pm EST Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Register here! We will be discussing the state of children’s book publishing and giving away diversity book bundles every six minutes! We invite EVERYONE to join us:…