Multicultural Children’s Book Day
January 27
Jump Into a Book and Pragmatic
Mom present another Multicultural Children’s Book
Day as a way of celebrating diversity in children’s books.
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.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day will include book
reviews from noted bloggers all over the world, giveaways and book-related
activities for young readers of all ages. The MCCBD team will also be
partnering with First Book to create a Virtual Book Drive for the event,
and with The Children’s Book Council to offer readers quality resources along with
fun and informative author visits.
Amazing sources of multicultural book ideas,
websites, authors, organizations and other resources to help your family
incorporate diverse books into your reading process.
