Multicultural Books for Kids

“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.” Maria Montessori Promoting peace in the classroom is one of the most important things that we as ed…

Looking for children's picture books that celebrate gender diversity in children and encourage play free from gender role stereotypes? Here are 10 books that normalize diversity of gender identity in children and encourage young readers to play and discover what they like.

Please welcome my guest author today, Sandra Woffington, with a special needs book list. Her book, Evil Speaks: Warriors and Watchers Saga #1, is a middle grade novel that follows teens with disabilities on an epic, mythological adventure. Sandra is a middle school teacher who is passionate about teaching her students not to just tolerate those with differences – but include them. Evil [...]

These 12 children's books all star a character with a disability, and challenge common stereotypes about what it means to be disabled.

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Showing different cultures in picture books had come a long way in the last decade and I love to watch it grow! Check out this list of wonderful multicultural children's books!

These multicultural board books for kids are perfect for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers! A fantastic selection of diverse books for storytime.

Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial era, when white Americans were given legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights while these same rights were denied to other races and minorities. from Wikipedia Today, with the help of Bethany Edwards, founder of Biracial Bookworms, and her daughter Havana, we are tackling a controversial topic that we hope will help [...]

As we continue to educate ourselves about Black history, here are 7 Children's Titles for Juneteenth that are a great introduction to this holiday!

Read more about the history of Ancient Greece with these historical Ancient Greece books for kids, including fiction and non-fiction novels.

Looking for some new inspiration? Check out my 20 Titles for Young Artists a book list of titles for babies to teens, perfect for summer!

I'm extra excited to announce our newest Multicultural Children's Book Day Classroom Kit on Activism and Activists! You can get it here. There's something more ... I illustrated the poster this year! Now, I didn't set out to illustrate anything! I had been working on my drawing skills, taking figure and portrait classes recently. I had actually lined up an incredible [...]

Today my guest author is Laurin Mayeno. She’s an activist mom at OutProudFamilies, and a Huffington Post blogger. Her new children’s book, One of a Kind Like Me/Único como yo (oneofalikeme.com), is illustrated by Robert Liu-Trujillo and translated by Teresa Mlwar. You might recognize Robert Liu-Trujillo's work from his poster for Multicultural Children's Book Day. One of a Kind [...]

Looking to keep your athletes reading this summer? Look no further than these 20 Titles for Young Sports Stars, sure to keep them on their game!

16 Picture Books Featuring Black Characters are just a few of the many creators of color writing books that reflect today's kids!