Guest post by Judy Martialay Learning a Foreign Language in Elementary School is Important and Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES) is a wonderful boost for all kids. As I mentioned in my past article on MCBD, the world that we need to prepare our children for is filled with multiple languages. Regardless of their career choices...
Guest Post from Author Kathleen Burkinshaw Why does a book about an event that happened 50 plus years ago have anything to do with today? Well, I believe that using historical fiction books for children/young adult readers illuminates a time period and a culture that may only be mentioned briefly in one paragraph of a history textbook....
What happens when you get your wish? That’s the question the students in my library inspired me to answer. I was working as an elementary school librarian in a Title I school in Northern Virginia. Every day, students came in asking for books on superheroes. There were not enough on their reading level to go around....
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is not a traditional holiday of any culture, but rather a day of remembrance designated by the United Nations in 2005. [caption id="attachment_10393" align="alignnone" width="820"] International Holocaust Remembrance Day[/caption] Some have asked why MCBD shifted from a consistent "every January 27th" model to a "last Friday in January" model. We originally innocently thought...
Thank you so much for joining us for our 6th Multicultural Children's Book Day. Please add your link here and feel free to check out the great diversity book reviews. February MCBD2019 Big Giant Linky Inlinkz Link Party Inlinkz Link Party Inlinkz Link Party ...