Alienum phaedrum torquatos nec eu, vis detraxit periculis ex, nihil expetendis in mei. Mei an pericula euripidis, hinc partem.

Author: Valarie Budayr

Read Your World / Articles posted by Valarie Budayr (Page 12)

{Guest Post by Jesse Lewis, Music Producer, and Sound Director, at TA-DA! Language Productions}

Sound and music is a point of entry for the next generation. Just like food and diverse books, music carries language and culture for kids.

So, I noticed that when music comes on, she stops everything and stares far away.

That thousand-yard stare is usually one I see in our 4-month-old right before the diaper… uh, right before he looks at me and grins…

Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021! Here’s how to celebrate:

  1. Link up your diverse book reviews (at the bottom).
  2. Please check out our Big Giant Linky (at the bottom) and share on social media.
  3. Win diversity book bundles at our Twitter Party tonight, January 29, 2021! We’re giving away 100+ children’s books from 9 pm to 10 pm EST. RSVP here. Use hashtag: #ReadYourWorld.

Please link up your diversity book posts for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 Big Giant LINKY!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

A huge THANK YOU goes out to Annie Lynn. Walt and Alex Wilczewski for donating their time and expertise to create our newest Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video for 2021!

GO HERE to watch on YouTube.

Please support Annie Lynn on her website and YouTube channel!

Special thanks to the kids for their vocals on this song:  Havana Chapman-Edwards, Will, Hailey, and Amanda!

“Where’s my diverse book?”

“My book review is ready, what now?”

We are getting a lot of these types of questions lately and we TOTALLY get it. So here is some info that will help everyone navigate both:

Guest Post by Tacardra B. Rountree  It was my Junior year of high school and I was given an assignment in my Literature Class to write a poem about myself starting with the words, I Am. During that time, I had fallen in love with the poetry of Maya Angelou, especially the poem, “Phenomenal Woman.”I probably...