When I first saw the Sign Up for being a Book Reviewer for the Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Celebrating Diversity in Children’s Literature I was immediately drawn to it. The Co-Creators of this unique event are Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom(Read Mia’s Bio here)and Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book/Audrey Press (Read Valarie’s Bio here).
Mia and Valarie hold a shared Mission for Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Celebrating Diversity in Chilren’s Literature
Mission:
Despite census data that shows 37% of the US population consists of people of color, only 10% of children’s books published have diversity content. Using the Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Mia and Valarie are on a mission to change all of that. Their mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these types of books into classrooms and libraries. Another goal of this exciting event is create a compilation of books and favorite reads that will provide not only a new reading list for the winter, but also a way to expose brilliant books to families, teachers, and libraries.
After reading Mia and Valarie’s Mission I knew that to take part in a Day like the Multicultural Children’s Book Day would be something I could be proud to participate in and share with my children.
Book Description:
“Fly away with Granny and count with her from one to ten
as she spins around the world on an unforgettable shopping trip.
Hold on tight!”
My Review:
I was given a copy of My Granny Went to Market A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme Written By Stella Blackstone and Illustrated By Christopher Corr. A soon as we opened the package and saw the beautifully brilliant and lively illustrations I knew this was a book that could not only teach but entertain my children.
To Say Thanks:
I want to take a moment and to say thanks to Barefoot Books Inc. for providing this copy of My Granny Went To Market A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme for review. Barefoot Books, Inc. is a publisher started by a motivated Mom-preneur (read the history here) who has now been going strong as a chidlren’s publisher for 20 years!
Our Sponsors:
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is being supported by our wonderful Sponsors:Wisdom Tales Press, Lee & Low Books,Chronicle Books and Susan Daniel Fayad, author of My Grandfather’s Masbaha.
Wisdom Tales Press has been wonderful enough to offer our Readers a Giveaway for an entire set of Wisdom Tale’s 10 Children’s Books! Please feel free to check out more about thsi great offer on WisdomTalesPress.com and on their Facebook Page.
How You Can Help:
Do you want to help impact the life of a child near you through books? Visit the Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Celebrating Diversity in Children’s Literature Main Page on JumpIntoABook.com.
You can also learn more by visiting our Co-Creators and Sponsors at the following Social Media Links:
Visit My Fellow Multicutural Children’s Book Day Reviewers:
Please visit some of the other Reviewers and see how this day can help spread the knowledge of different cultures to our children through reading…
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12 thoughts on “Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Celebrating Diversity in Children’s Literature”
Thank you so much Mrs. Tee for joining us for Multicultural Children's Book Day! I am so glad that your kids liked their book! That makes me so happy!! I think rhyming books are fun (and so great for learning to read!).
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Thank you for the opportunity! It is always so rewarding and inspiring to see my children learn and get excited about it as it happens 🙂
I always love to hear about good kids' books, and a multicultural perspective is really important to me, since we don't live in a very diverse area. Thanks for the review!
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Hi Sarah! This is really a great book for both…don’t forget to check out a few of the other Reviewers…there are a lot of awesome books out there to help teach cultural diversity through literature…
Thanks so much for coming by 🙂
This looks FANTASTIC. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I love it when books travel around the world- tons of activity ideas pop into my head. The illustrations look so colorful. Yippee!
Christine M.
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Thank You! I am so honored to be a part of something so great! My Kiddies loved feeling like they were \’exploring\’…definitely a way to show them culture through literature.
I *love* that book!! I used to read it in my preschool class! Such a great example of diversity and multiculturalism!! I think Barefoot Books does a good job at that sort of thing.
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Yes, I definitely need to look into more of their titles because this one was great! 😀
Very nice review Tiffany. Thanks so much for sharing! I'm pining this one so that I make sure to get it for my kids. It looks like a great story!
Thanks Lisa, it really was and a great way to sneak a bit of number study in there without them even noticing 🙂
I LOVE when kids start to tell the story with you!
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I do too! It is such a great sign that they are \’getting it\’ and that the story is taking them somewhere in their imaginations! My Granny Went To market has definitely hit the mark!