Multicultural Books for Kids

Thank you to Alexis and Tiffany for hosting me and Nat Iwata on their YouTube Channel, Legit Kid Lit! Legit Kid Lit a video series highlighting kidlit creators sharing stories and being silly. We had so much fun talking about Sumo Joe that it ended up as a two-part series: It was fun to learn that Nat and I have more in common than just being half-Japanese. We have the same type of dog -- a [...]

Ramadan Picture Books

UPDATED APRIL 2021! Teach children to look after our planet with these inspiring multicultural children's books for Earth Day!

A Diverse Picture Book about Tiny Living and BIG Adventures! #diversekidlit #minimalism #tinyhouse

As advocates for helping kids to "see themselves in the pages of a book," MCBD has pulled together a list of nine diverse books for anxious kids.

First, I was attracted to the cover illustration, which I think is great. Then, I was attracted to the title, thinking it was going to be a collection of family history stories (because of the word Ancestor in the title). What it is, however, is a collection of 16 contemporary short stories and two poems that are centered around the University of Michigan powwow that is held each year at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan (except 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19). The stories begin…

It’s National Library Week! Celebrate libraries, books and the love of reading with these inspiring multicultural children’s books!

Lee & Low Books’ Jason Low shares his thoughts on #diversity and the 25th Anniversary of Baseball Saved Us. #READYOURWORLD

Last Day Today! My Kickstarter project is winding down. Today is the last day! I'll be sharing videos of some of the incredible athletes included in my middle-grade picture book anthology during the duration of my funding period. Today is the last day to contribute to my project. I wanted to share Chloe Kim's 2018 Winter Olympics Gold Medal halfpipe run in which she landed [...]

Make this night Moon paper plate and read the children's book Night of the Moon by Hena Khan which helps explain the Moon's phases.

Knight of the Cape (Definitely Dominguita #1) by Terry Catasús Jennings, illustrated by Fatima Anaya Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2021, 144 pages There's a new chapter book series in town and it's all about a girl with a great big imagination. Cuban American Dominguita Melendez loves to read even more than playing with the other kids in her class during recess. Lately, she's been reading Don Quijote, a book her grandmother loves, to feel closer to her abuela who has recently moved to Florida…

Blog post at PragmaticMom : Please welcome my guest author today, Padma Venkatraman, with an extensive list on books for kids and teens to learn about Indian culture. S[..]