I read this article in Edutopia that asked K-12 teachers to celebrate Black History Month by looking beyond the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement and focusing instead on Black excellence and achievement: FOR STEM LOVERS By now, Katherine Johnson, whose story was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures, may be known to you. She was one…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Thank you for interviewing me about Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
Thank you so much to Tanya Raukko for interviewing me about Multicultural Children’s Book Day in Medium. An Interview with Mia Wenjen Changing the Game and Bringing Diversity to Bookshelves Through her writing, Mia Wenjen brought more diversity to classrooms and founded the Multicultural Children’s Book Day. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Mia…
CHANGING THE GAME Free for National Girls and Women in Sports Day
To celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day today, I am giving away my book, CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES for free as a PDF download. Download it here: Changing_the_GameDownloadable_Proof (1) If you want a FREE hard copy, I will send you one in exchange for an Amazon review….
Black Girl Magic: Middle Grade Fantasy with Black girl protagonists & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Lisa Stringfellow. We both served on the Equity and Inclusion Committee for NE SCBWI (and what a crazy time that was!). The best part of the E&I committee was working with the committee members, especially Lisa Stringfellow! She’s awesome! My next door neighbor’s daughter also had Lisa as her…
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022
Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022! Here’s how to celebrate: Link up your diverse book reviews (at the bottom). Please check out our Big Giant Linky (at the bottom) and share on social media. Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight, January 28, 2022. We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9…
My #OWNVOICES ebook is FREE for five days starting TODAY!
In celebration of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, my ebook resource to find the best diverse books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books will be FREE starting January 26th through January 30th at Amazon here. My #OWNVOICES ebook Resource FREE for five days! BEST OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS:…
Picture Books about Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans or from Taiwanese American Creators & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author Margaret Chiu Greanias with her picture book list centered around Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China (ROC), an island approximately 100 miles off the coast of China, also known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or “Mainland China.” Taiwan’s history in brief from Britannica: Prior to the…