This year, it is my honor to participate in Multicultural Children's Book Day. The goal of this grassroots initiative is to highlight multicultural books and authors and promote the publishing of diverse books.
Drowning Risk Among Children of Color
I was provided with a copy of Brave in the Water by Stephanie Wildman. What an important book this is for multicultural families. Why? Check out these statistics from StopDrowningNow.org :
- Drowning remains in the top 5 causes of unintentional injury-related death from birth to 5 years old.
- Eighty-seven percent of drowning fatalities happen in home pools or hot tubs for children younger than 5. Most take place in pools owned by family or friends.
- Children 5 to 17 years old are more likely to drown in natural water, such as ponds or lakes.
- Sixty-four percent of African-American, 45 percent of Hispanic/Latino, and 40 percent of Caucasian children have few to no swimming skills.
Picture Book About Conquering Fear
- The Lawley Publishing website lists educational resources and coloring pages to accompany the book.
- You can watch author, Stephanie Wildman, read aloud the book here.
Buy Your Copy Today!
More about Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022 (1/28/22) is in its 9th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators.
MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’
books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves. Read about our
Mission & History HERE.
MCBD 2022 is honored to be
Supported by these Medallion Sponsors!
SUPER PLATINUM: Make A Way Media
PLATINUM: Language
Lizard
GOLD: Barefoot Books, KidLitTV, Candlewick, Capstone, Abrams Books
SILVER:
Pack-n-Go Girls,
Charlotte Riggle, Kimberly Gordon
Biddle
BRONZE: Carole P. Roman, Patrice McLaurin, Dyesha and Triesha McCants/McCants Squared, Redfin.com, Redfin Canada, Redfin Mortgage, Redfin/Title Forward, Create
& Educate, Star Bright Books, Vivian
Kirkfield, Dr.
Eleanor Wint, Kind World
Publishing,
Snowflake Stories, Lisa Wee, SONGJU MA, Melissa Stoller, J.C. Kato and J.C.², Crystel Patterson, Audrey Press, Pragmaticmom, TimTimTom, Wisdom Tales
MCBD 2022 is honored to be
Supported by these Author Sponsors!
Charlene Mosley
(official MCBD2022 Poster Creator)
Illustrator
Isabelle Roxas (Class Kit Poster Creator)
Alva Sachs, Brianna Carter, Ebony Zay Zay, Rita Bhandari, Gwen Jackson,
Lois Petren/The 5 Enchanted
Mermaids, Valerie
Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Josh Funk, Afsaneh Moradian, Eugenia Chu, Maritza Martínez Mejía, Diana Huang, Kathleen Burkinshaw, CultureGroove, Sandra Elaine Scott, Dorena Williamson, Veronica Appleton, Alejandra Domenzain, Lauren Muskovitz and Sandfish Publishing,
Tonya Duncan Ellis, Kimberly Lee, Susan Schaefer Bernardo &
Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher, Nancy
Tupper Ling, Winsome
Hudson-Bingham, Amanda
Hsiung-Blodgett, Sivan Hong, Michael Genhart, Debbie Dadey, Elizabeth Cureton, Stephanie Wildman, Maryann Jacob, Sherri Maret, Rochelle Melander, Dia Mixon, Kiyanda and Benjamin Young, Shereen Rahming, Linda
Thornburg and Katherine Archer, Rebecca
Flansburg and BA Norrgard , Maxine
Schur Natalie McDonald-Perkins
MCBD 2022 is Honored to be Supported by our CoHosts and Global CoHosts!
MCBD 2022 is Honored to be Supported by these Media Partners!
Check out MCBD's Multicultural Books for Kids Pinterest
Board!
FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Diversity
Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents
Homeschool
Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit
FREE Teacher Classroom
Activism and Activists Kit
FREE
Teacher Classroom Empathy Kit
FREE Teacher Classroom
Kindness Kit
FREE Teacher Classroom
Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit
FREE Teacher Classroom Poverty
Kit
FREE
Homeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit
FREE Teacher Classroom Raising
Awareness on Systemic Racism in America Classroom Kit
FREE
Diversity Book for Classrooms Program
Join us on Friday, Jan 29, 2021, at 9 pm EST for the 8th annual
Multicultural Children's Book Day Twitter Party! Be sure and follow MCBD and Make A Way Media on Twitter!
This epically fun and fast-paced hour includes multicultural book discussions, addressing timely issues, diverse book recommendations, & reading ideas.
We will be giving away an 8-Book Bundle every 5 minutes plus Bonus Prizes as
well! *** US and Global participants welcome. **
Follow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join the conversation, connect with
like-minded parts, authors, publishers, educators, organizations, and
librarians. See you all very soon on Twitter!
Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media
and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.
