Multicultural Children’s Book Day is coming up on January 27, 2018. Wondering how to participate? Here’s how: 1. Link up your diversity children’s book reviews. I’ll have a post with a linky on January 27th and you can add your link there. The review can be on a blog post, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or YouTube….
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Children’s Books with Characters in Wheelchairs
Read these children’s books with characters in wheelchairs! A fantastic selection of characters with physical disabilities and special needs. My 15-year-old daughter, PickyKidPix, has been working for a year to get our dog to pass the therapy dog test through Pets and People. Her goal is to do library dog volunteer work with him. She…
27 LGBTQ+ Books for Kids to Understand Transgender
In searching for LGBTQ books for kids and teens, I realized how many different permutations a child might encounter and tried to find books for all different kinds of LGBTQ families. Personally, I found the concept of Gender Fluidity to be the most confusing, so I’ve included Rick Riordan’s Magnus Chase series which does a…
#DiverseKitLit Favorites
Our theme for #DiverseKidLit in April is Favorites. Please consider sharing diverse books and resources that support love and families. (As always, the theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) My favorite books have an appreciating family theme: We Are Family by Patricia Hegarty, illustrated by Ryan Wheatcroft This jubilant rhyming…
Join Us for Read an eBook Week!
March 5-11 is Read an eBook Week! First conceived by author Rita Toews more than nine years ago as a response to the stagnant acceptance of electronic reading, Read An E-Book Week has slowly built a strong international following among digitally published authors and readers alike. This year’s event, which began March 5th and carried through…
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
Welcome to our 4th 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! 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 to Multicultural Children’s…
FREE ebook to Find Diverse Books for Kids
Starting Thursday, January 26th, through Tuesday, January 31st, our Multicultural Children’s Book Day ebook will be FREE on Amazon! Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators is a “Best Of” list of diversity books lists for children contributed by 20 bloggers and 2 authors: Alex Baugh of Randomly Reading Amanda…