Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Wednesday, January 27th!

official poster by Robert Trujillo

• TWITTER PARTY! Diversity discussion during #ReadYourWorld Twitter Party from 9-10pm EST.

• BOOK GIVEAWAY every 5 minutes during the Twitter Party!

• BLOGGERS BOOK REVIEWS: find links to reviews here (MCCBD blog)

• TEACHERS: Giving away more than 600 diversity books to classrooms provided by the Junior Library Guild. Details here.

• MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOKLIST:  find an extensive list of diversity books and extension activities for kids sorted by country, holiday, ethnicity, genre, and age group here.

PLEASE SUPPORT MCCBD #ReadYourWorld SPONSORS:

Platinum Sponsors:

Story Quest Books. Wisdom Tales Press, Lil’ Libros

Gold Sponsors:

Candlewick Press, Tori Nighthawk: Don’t Judge A Bird By its Feathers

Silver Sponsors:

Lee & Low Books, Chronicle Books, Capstone Young Readers, China Institute.org, Tuttle Publishing, NY Media Works, LLC/KidLit TV

Bronze Sponsors:

Jacqueline Woodson, Pomelo Books, Papa Lemon Books, Goosebottom Books LLC, Author Gleeson Rebello, M.D .,  Shout Mouse Press, Mahvash Shahegh. Live Oak Media

Honorary Sponsor: 

The Junior Library Guild

Author Sponsors:

 Lisa Yee, Joseph Bruchac, Jacqueline Jules, Valerie Tripp, Debbie Dadey, Todd DeBonis, María de Lourdes Victoria, Sherrill Cannon, Pack-n-Go Girls®, D.G. Driver, Janet Balletta, J. J. Parsons, Charlotte Riggle, Miranda Paul, Leza Lowitz, Ann Berlak, Marti Dumas, Carl Gundestrup, Carole P. Roman, Cathleen Burnham, Heidi Smith Hyde, Greg Ransom, Keila Dawson, Stephanie Workman, Gloria D. Gonsalves, Stephen Hodges, Quentin Holmes, Jeaninne Escallier Kato, Karl Beckstrand, Francesca Fost, P.J. LaRue, Francesca Forrest, Diana Lee Santamaria, Terrie Hoops, Cerece Rennie Murphy, Z. Altug, Holiday House Publishing, Maria Dismondy, Michael Smith, Icy Smith, Aphrodyi Antoine, Elsa Takaoka, Erik Niel, Marimba Books, Karen Leggett Abouraya, Shout Mouse Press, KaneMiller EDC Publishing, Shweta Aggarwal, Durga Yael Bernhard, LorRonCo, Heather Goetz, Dania Ramos