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#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

We are so excited to present our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 in conjunction with Children’s Book Council! This year we have 10 amazing authors with unique book lists to share. Each author is also doing a book giveaway!

Please welcome Cynthia Leitich Smith today to kick off our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 with the Children’s Book Council. We are giving away one copy of Cynthia Leitich Smith’s newest young adult book, Hearts Unbroken. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter.

Today’s Native YA writing community is dynamic and on the rise. So is the resulting body of compelling, quality teen literature. Big picture, we’re tackling daily life and fantastical stories of teens grounded in their Indigenous identities and communities. The emphasis skews to modern, contemporary settings and sensibilities, underscoring that we are peoples of living Nations and cultures with a past, present, and future.

We are happy to announce our line up for our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 with Children's Book Council!   Yuyi Morales* Neal Porter Books/Holiday House Book list on Multicultural Stories *She had to drop out due to heavy workload.   Renee Watson Bloomsbury Books Book list on children's and young adult poetry. Katie Yamasaki Holiday House Book list on multicultural families and friendships. Vita Murrow The Quarto Group Book list on...

Please welcome JaNay Brown-Wood with her list of Family and Food Picture Books. We are giving away 3 copies of her book, Grandma's Counting House. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. Family and Food: A Multicultural list for Preschool through 3rd Grade This list features eight titles where family and culture come together around delicious...

Please welcome Sandy Tharp-Thee, Cherokee author of The Apple Tree — A Modern-Day Cherokee Story. She has a list of some of her favorite Native American books and stories for children and the child that lives in all of us. We are giving away 25 copies of The Apple Tree. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom...

Please welcome Jo Meserve Mach, Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier and Mary Birdsell with their list of Books Making the World Better Through Inclusion. Books Making the World Better Through Inclusion 1. Emanuel’s Dream by Lauri Ann Thompson, illustrated by Sean Qualls I love true stories and this true story of Emmanual Ofos Yeboah is so inspiring! Because his mother believes...