Guest Post from Marisela Martinez A group of University of Houston students formed Amaanah Refugee Services over 10 years ago and we at Amaanah are now celebrating our 10-year anniversary as a non-profit this year. We are a post-resettlement service who focus on single-mothers and children through two different programs. The Transformed Program accepts about 30...
Hard to believe it has been almost 30 days since the mind-blowing awesome 1/27/18 MCBD celebration and we can promise all of you that we are still recovering! The MCBD team was touched and elevated by the overwhelming support and enthusiasm surrounding our diverse children’s literature online celebration. In the days following the crescendo of the...
Imagine my delight when I discovered this amazing event that focuses on diversity in children’s literature called, Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Imagine my despair when I discovered I had missed the deadline for the MCBD2018. BUT, the fine folks at Multicultural Children’s Book Day offered me the opportunity to share my story on the MCBD blog...
As always, the 2018MCBD Twitter Party was a ton of fun and a huge success. The discussions and sharing of book titles, lists and resources did not disappoint. Here are the 12 Twitter Party Qs and A’s from this very special hour:
Q1: Share some recent diverse, multicultural and inclusive books that you’ve read with your kids. #ReadYourWorld
Q2: What kinds of diverse characters/themes/topics would you like to see more of in children’s books? #ReadYourWorld
Q3: While the number of children’s books of a diverse nature have gone up in recent years to 28%, those by people of color/Native authors remain at 6%. How do you feel about this?
#ReadYourWorld (Stat from @LEEandLOW http://blog.leeandlow.com/2017/03/30/the-diversity-gap-in-childrens-book-publishing-2017/)
Q4: What is the ONE diversity book that you’d love to see used in the classroom and why? #ReadYourWorld
Q5: Do you have a new (or new to you) diversity author or book discovery that you are excited about? #ReadYourWorld
Q6: Our Classroom Empathy Kit this year focuses on refugees and immigrants. What books are you using at home or in the classroom to teach empathy? #ReadYourWorld https://readyourworld.org/teacher-classroom-empathy-kit/
Q7: Book activities help bring books to life. Has anyone tried the Backpack Activity in our Empathy Kit: What you would pack if you had to flee your country and had 5 minutes to pack? #ReadYourWorld
Q8: Our next Classroom Kit is Poverty in the U.S. Do you think this is a good topic? Why or why not? #ReadYourWorld
Q9: What diverse children’s books would you suggest for our Classroom Kit on Poverty in the U.S.? #ReadYourWorld
Q10: What diversity/multicultural/inclusive topics are you having trouble finding in children’s books? #ReadYourWorld
Q11: What resources do you use to find diverse children’s books? #ReadYourWorld
Q12: From #metoo to #shepersisted to Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech, there is a huge interest in making a better tomorrow for our daughters. What books do you recommend that reflect this movement? #ReadYourWorld
