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Please join us on January 27th as we celebrate multicultural, diverse and inclusive books for kids for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. To help us with our mission to get diversity books into the hands of children, we are giving away a TON of books.

Please join us for our Twitter party where we will be discussing children’s books and giving away packages of diversity books for kids every 5 minutes!

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party

Win Packages of Diversity Books for Kids

Wednesday, January 27th

9:00 pm -10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

We will be discussing:

Q1: What diverse, multicultural and inclusive books are you reading with your kids? #ReadYourWorld

Q2: What diversity/multicultural/inclusive topics are you having trouble finding? #ReadYourWorld

Q3: How do you feel about mixed race characters in books? Are there enough? #ReadYourWorld

Q4: Would you read a book about a race or culture that isn’t yours or your child’s? Would you buy this book? #ReadYourWorld

Q5: Are there certain diverse characters that you see too much of … say studious Asian Americans? #ReadYourWorld

Q6: What diverse characters would you like to see? (I’d love to see an Asian American in a dance picture book!) #ReadYourWorld

Q7: Do you follow KidLit awards that are specific to an ethnicity like the (Pura) Belpré Medal? #ReadYourWorld

Q8: With racist political rhetoric in the media, how do you teach your kids compassion and understanding towards Muslims (or any other group)? #ReadYourWorld

Q9: Who are your favorite authors of a diverse nature? #ReadYourWorld

Q10: What are your favorite diversity books? #ReadYourWorld

Q11: Do you have a new author discovery that you are excited about? #ReadYourWorld

Q12: If you were to buy one children’s book of a diverse nature, what would it be about? #ReadYourWorld

12 Diversity Book Bundle Prizes, 1 Prize handed Out Every 5 Minutes!

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Grand Prize Diversity Book Bundle

Thank you to all the authors and publishers who donated books! They are noted next to each book.

• Quickest Kid In Clarksville-Chronicle Books
• Mystery of the Thief in the Night-Pack-n-Go-Girls
• The Peace Tree-Lee and Low
• Sunbelievable-StoryQuest
• Hands Around the Library-Karen Leggett and Susan Roth
• Never Say a Mean Word Again– Wisdom Tales
• Just Like Me Climbing a Tree-Wisdom Tales
• Don’t Judge a Bird by it’s Feathers-Tori Nighthawk
• Poetry Friday Anthology-Pomelo Books
• Call Me Tree– Lee and Low
• Hoodie Hero– Shout Mouse Press
• In The Forbidden City-The China Institute

Q1 Prize: Diversity Picture Books, Ages 4-8

• I wonder, I wonder-Valerie Christopher
• Centipede Dragon-Alice Y Chen
• Kai and the Magic Jacket-Tricia Chinn Campbell
• Sade & the Golden Shoe-Shahara Ruth

Q2 Prize: Diversity Advanced Picture Books, Ages 6-9

• Papa Lemons Little Wanderers-Lehman Riley
• Indonesian Children’s Favorite Stories-Joan Suyenaga
• The Green Musician-Mahvash Shahegh
• The Remembering Day-Pat Mora
• Francisco’s Kites-Alicia Z Klepeis

Q3 Prize: Diversity Picture Books, Ages 4-8

Q7: Diversity Young Adult, Ages 12 and up

• Anahita’s Woven Riddle-Meghan Nutall Sayres
• Patalosh-Z. Altug
• Chronicles from the Chateau Moines-Evelyn Holingue

Q8: Diversity Advanced Picture Books, Ages 6-9

• Mystery of the Golden Temple-(Pack-n-Go Girls)
• Ellis and the Magic Mirror-Cerece Murphy
• Favorite Indonesian Stories-Tuttle Books
• The Legend of Robert Cofresi-Janet Balletta
• Once Upon a Time in Japan-Tuttle Books

Q9: Diversity Picture Books, Ages 4-8

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September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month and my travels across the interwebs this week has turn up soooo many amazing links, posts and resources for parents, teachers and young readers. Enjoy!

33 Latino Middle Grade Chapter Books You Should Know  @JumpIntoABook

Top 10: Best Latino American Children’s Books (ages 2-16)  @PragmaticMom

Best Books for Latino Heritage Children at Walking by the Way

Why We Need Hispanic Heritage Month-via @MulticulturKids

Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life: A Collection of Resources | Scholastic.com

Favorite children books about Ecuador culture in Spanish @HispanicMama

Children’s Books about Costa Rica via @alldonemonkey

Don’t forget our ginormous Back to School Library Book Bundle Giveaway!

Right on time for back to school, KidLit TV is teaming up with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy and Multicultural Children’s Book Day to give parents, teachers, and librarians a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library.

School libraries play an integral role in the life of students. Many students can cite their school library as a place where a love of reading and learning is fortified. Throughout the country, budgets for school programs are being slashed, school libraries have been heavily hit. Hours for library time are cut in some schools, and non-existent in others. Furthermore, the tight budget impacts a school librarian’s ability to secure funds to purchase new books.

GO HERE to enter to WIN!

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