I spent more time in my kids’ 5th grade classroom because I was the parent coordinator for our PTO Creative Arts and Sciences. I know that there are always shifts in curriculum due to Common Core but leeway, as well, for teachers to cover what they typically have done in the past. My kids studied…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
14 Diversity Picture Books for 4th Grade
Multicultural Children’s Book Day has a new Classroom Reading Challenge in which we gift a FREE diversity hardcover book to teachers who commit to reading four diversity books to their students during the month of January. This program is generously underwritten by the Junior Library Guild. A sample of the books that we will be…
Meet Our Co-Hosts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016!
As with any event, success is measured by the strength and effectiveness of the team. At MCCBD Headquarters we are happy to report that we do indeed have a very strong team! Multicultural Children’s Book Day is thankful for its CoHosts. Our CoHosts are a group of select powerhouse bloggers who share the same diversity…
25 Multicultural Adoption Books for Kids
There is an ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all those who are destined to be together. From The Red Thread by Grace Lin November is National Adoption Awareness Month. To celebrate, I offer a multicultural adoption picture book, middle grade, and young adult list for kids and teens. There is…
Teachers: Earn FREE Diversity Book for Classroom Library
Thank you to Junior Library Guild, the collection development and book review service relied upon by thousands of schools and public libraries, for donating the books for the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge! The Junior Library Guild editorial team reviews more than 3,000 new titles each year, in manuscript or prepublication stage. They have a…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day BLOGGER Sign Up!! Please sign up!
It’s TIME!! Parenting, Children’s Book and Lifestyle Bloggers! We Need YOU! Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016 Blogger Sign-up is OPEN! Get a free diversity book from us. Review it and post by January 27th 2016! Sign up here: Loading… My books: BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is a book that…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Author Sponsorships!
Can you believe that it’s less than 120 days until Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016!?! As time continues to speed forward, the MCCBD planning team continues to create amazing opportunities to get multicultural children’s books into the hands of teachers, librarians, parents and young readers. We are also continuing our quest of shining the spotlight on…