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Author: Valarie Budayr

Read Your World / Articles posted by Valarie Budayr (Page 38)

It makes our team's hearts burst with happiness when we see all of these examples of #ReadYourWorld love. We truly appreciate our supporters showing the world their own commitment to diversity in kids' literature. We appreciate everyone's support and passion! Celebrating ReadYourWorld 2019   Happy #multiculturalchildrensbookday ! #ReadYourWorld #brandonmakesjiaozi https://t.co/pm60cjX6sE pic.twitter.com/MDQi2i1z1n — Eugenia Chu (@chuauthor) January 25, 2019   January 25th...

#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 author Lisa Travis, one of the authors of Pack-n-Go Girls with her list on Multicultural Travel Adventure Books. We are giving away a book bundle of five Pack-n-Go Girls books.

Mystery of the Secret Room (Austria)
Mystery of the Thief in the Night (Mexico)
Mystery of the Golden Temple (Thailand)
Mystery of the Troubled Toucan (Brazil)
Mystery of the Min Min Lights (Australia)

To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom.

Pack and Go Girls Giveaway Multicultural Children's Book Day

Pack-n-Go Girls early chapter book adventures are packed with spooky mysteries, international friendships, and lots of fun and easy multicultural learning. Tour haunted castles in Austria, catch thieves in Mexico, save dolphins and turtles in Brazil, search for lost golden temples in Thailand, and chase aliens in Australia. AND at the same time, inspire kids to embrace adventure, be curious, value what unites us, and celebrate the differences that make us unique. Inspire them to take on our boundaryless world. Check out the Pack-n-Go Girls website for more learning fun and FREE learning activities.

Hard to believe that the 6th annual Multicultural Children's Book Day 2019 is just around the corner. As we scurry and scuttle to make sure everything is in place to make this the best MCBD ev-A, we want to take a moment to remind everyone of the plethora of free resources and downloads that this non-profit...

Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes! Twitter Party Friday, January 25th 9 pm to 10 pm EST Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Register here to WIN!   To say everyone is all a-twitter about the upcoming MCBD2019 Twitter Party is an understatement. Every year, hundreds of parents, teachers, librarians, book reviewers, authors, publishers, and children's organizations show...

Guest post from Patricia Newman with Donna Rosenblum and Mehrdokht Amini

I usually write about nonfiction conservation topics that empower children to act as global citizens. When Donna Rosenblum, Executive Director of Reason2Smile, approached me with an idea for a book about the importance of education, I saw another way to empower young readers to act.

Approximately 262 million children worldwide did not attend school in 2017. Neema’s Reason to Smile illustrator Mehrdokht Amini comes from Iran, a country where access to education is not necessarily a right.

Neema’s Reason to Smile

Donna and Mehrdokht know first-hand the challenges faced by children from extreme poverty or worn-torn countries. I thought you’d like to hear their messages from the front lines.