MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S BOOK DAY!
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents, and educators.
MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on board
Medallion Level Sponsors Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org. Super Platinum: Make A Way Media GOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV, Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press, SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls, BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift, T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on board
Honorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini, Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Claudia Schwam, Lori DeMonia, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC
We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts HERE.
Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts
A Crafty Arab, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup, Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground MY REVIEWS
ABOUT THE BOOK
Hidden on every phone is a magical app that only children can see. With this app, children around the world can request the help of a magical helper whenever they’re in need. It doesn’t matter what the problem is - bullying, making friends, monsters… anything. Just one click of a button and poof! Feyi Fay is there.
There’s a mysterious woman wearing red heels in Tom’s living room. They call her Madam Koi Koi. She doesn’t like it when kids don’t stay asleep at night so she lurks around waiting for them to break the rule. And if she finds even one eye open, it won’t be fun.
Tom is frightened so he calls Feyi Fay for help. Using her wit and her magic cowry bead, Feyi must help Tom face his fears so he can sleep peacefully at night once again. Will she be successful or will Tom’s bedtime be forever ruined by the thought of Madam Koi Koi?
REVIEW
This fairly simple and short book follows the adventure of a young kuzooly who lives in the clouds among her people. An app on her cell phone calls her when her help is needed. In this story she visits a six-year-old boy who is afraid he's about to have ice cream and all fun torn away from him by Madam Koi Koi. With Feyi's help he faces his fears. The book has lots of cute illustrations and is basic enough for young chapter book readers. For older readers, however, the book is likely to be a bit disappointing in it's lack of depth and character development.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In front of her
followers, Daphne is a hilarious, on-the-rise vlog star. But at school
Daphne is the ever-skeptical Annabelle Louis, seventh-grade super geek
and perennial new kid. To cope with her mom's upcoming military
assignment in Afghanistan and her start at a brand new middle school,
Annabelle's parents send her to a therapist. Dr. Varma insists Annabelle
try stepping out of her comfort zone, hoping it will give her the
confidence to make friends, which she'll definitely need once Mom is
gone. Luckily there is one part of the assignment Annabelle DOES
enjoy--her vlog, Daphne Doesn't, in which she appears undercover and
gives hilarious takes on activities she thinks are a waste of time. She
is great at entertaining her online fans, yet her classmates don't know
she exists. Can Annabelle keep up the double life forever?
REVIEW
For young middle grade readers who enjoy stories of friendship, modern technology, and school this makes for a fun read. The multicultural elements don't play a huge role, except Annabelle's experiences as an army brat where she learned multiple languages and was home schooled. Her background makes the idea of returning to public school terrifying for her. And things don't go well. At the suggestion of her therapist, Annabelle turns to her passion for movie making to find her way through her challenges at school. But she doesn't expect her vlog to go viral and force her to lie to the people around her. Annabelle has to decide just how long she can maintain her anonymity and still be herself. The book addressed contemporary themes nicely and is beautifully put together. A great choice for 5th-6th grade readers who are fascinated by internet fame.
TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media!
TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media!
MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual Twitter Party will be held 1/25/19 at 9:00pm.E.S.T. TONS of prizes and book bundles will be given away during the party. GO HERE for more details.FREE RESOURCES From MCBD Free Multicultural Books for Teachers: https://wp.me/P5tVud-1H Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians, and Educators: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/teacher-classroom-empathy-kit/
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