Welcome to the 2015 Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Valarie and Mia started this day in order to raise awareness for the multicultural picture books that celebrate diversity, and to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries. I am thrilled to be cohosting this event for them this year!
Ways to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day
What You'll Find on This Page
- Visit The Multicultural Children’s Book Day website! You will find our booklists, reading resources and other useful multicultural information.
- Visit the Multicultural Books for Kids Pinterest Board for more reading ideas.
- Watch for the #ReadYourWorld hashtag on social media and share.
- Read some of the books from the Diversity Book Lists and Resources for Educators and Parents section of the site.
- Visit the MCCBD sponsors! Platinum Sponsors: Wisdom Tales Press, Daybreak Press Global Bookshop. Gold Sponsors: Satya House, MulticulturalKids.com, Author Stephen Hodges and the Magic Poof. Silver Sponsors: Junior Library Guild, Capstone Publishing, Lee and Low Books, The Omnibus Publishing. Bronze Sponsors: Double Dutch Dolls, Bliss Group Books, Rainbow Books, Author FeliciaCapers, Chronicle Books, East West Discovery Press.
- Create a Multicultural Children’s Book Day display around the classroom or library.
- Visit The Multicultural Children’s Book Day website on January 27th to view and participate in our huge blogger link-up, multicultural book reviews, giveaways and more!
- Join the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party on Jan 27th at 9:00pm EST. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld to win 10 book packages! This Twitter Party is hosted by Co-Founders Mia Wenjen (@Pragmaticmom) and Valarie Budayr (@JumpIntoaBook1). You can review the Twitter Party Prizes on the MCCBD blog.
Celebrate the World with Multicultural Picture Books
As part of this event, we were the happy recipients of several books from Dedie King’s “I See the Sun” series that takes children around the world through first-person accounts of fictional children from various countries around the world. Children (and adults) learn best when they can make personal connections, and these stories include the common reference of the sun as well as the familiar voice of a child as narrator.
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I think these books are really neat! They provide a nice overview of each country, and the child’s point of view keeps things simple and straightforward. I also like that each book has a bit more information about each country at the back of the book. My favorite thing about these books is the fact that the text is translated into the country’s language. I also appreciate that the series introduces children to some countries and languages that are not commonly found in children’s libraries.
Do you have a blog post featuring a favorite multicultural book? Please link it up here! We are always looking for new diverse books to discover and enjoy!
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
This is beautiful! I love these books. What a wonderful way to teach kids tolerance for other ethnic groups!
I love books that give children a glimpse of life in other countries!
It’s such a great way to “travel” the world!
Thank you so much for joining us as a co-host!! We really appreciate your support!!
I love that you are raising awareness about this!
I really like the inclusion of the countries’ languages. That could help to spark an interest in a child.
I agree! The more exposure kids get, the better.
This looks like a great series. We have had a few “If You Were Me and Live in..” books, and they are also a lot of fun for younger kids.
I need to look for that series.
Great ideas MaryAnne, for celebrating MCCBD and I can’t wait to check out that series, sounds awesome!
I think you would really like this series!
Awesome, I just added a bunch to my reading list!
There are some wonderful books here!
That’s neat they feature less-commonly-known countries.
I really liked that! It is important for kids to learn about all the countries, not just the ones that happen to be featured on the nightly news.
Wow so many great books linked up there.
There really are a lot of great books to read here – I added several to our library list!
Wonderful! We’ve been doing a great big geography study and reading children’s literature from around the world has been a highlight!
What a wonderful thing to include in a geography study!
Oh, I love the idea behind the series. They remind of me of Carole Roman’s If You Were Me and Lived in… Russia, North Korea, Greece, etc. series. Visiting from the MCCBD Linky List! Happy MCCBD! :-)
I definitely need to check out that series – you are the second person to recommend it!
I love this series too! Thank you so much MaryAnne for joining us as a co-host and for your support of Multicultural Children’s Book Day and wonderful review!
Thank you for running this series, Mia!