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Author: Valarie Budayr

Read Your World / Articles posted by Valarie Budayr (Page 68)

KidLit TV is not only a returning sponsor of MCBD, they are the proud winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award!

Parent's Choice Gold Award Winner

Kidlit TV is a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award winning filmmakers all working together to bring great books to kids! Their mission is to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! Giving away Book Bundles every 6 minutes!

Twitter Party

Friday, January 27th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

We will be discussing the state of children’s book publishing and giving away diversity book bundles every six minutes! We invite EVERYONE to join us: authors, publishers, parents, caregivers, librarians, KidLit lovers. You don’t have to be an author or publisher sponsor to join us! Let’s talk about our favorite multicultural and diverse children’s books, authors, and illustrators!

How do you join the Twitter party? Just use hashtag #ReadYourWorld to find us. When you tweet, use the hashtag so everyone can find you!

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Multicultural Children's Book Day Twitter Party

Please welcome author Stephanie Campisi who presents eight diverse picture books about belonging and friendship. The below list of picture books touches on themes of belonging, friendship, identity, and sense of self–all topics explored in my debut picture book The Ugly Dumpling. Diversity Picture Books About Belonging and Friendship The Empty Pot by Demi A gentle, quiet picture book...

Welcome Gold Sponsor and long-time MCBD supporter, Carole P. Roman! Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 for her first book, award winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons. Using an imaginary game she played with her grandson as a base, Captain No Beard was born."Captain No Beard-...

Please welcome Nestlé Smarties Prize for Children's Literature and Nestlé Smarties Prize for Children's Literature winner SF Said. His book, Phoenix, which won an IBBY International Honour List for writing can be described as the Brit version of Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming. Today, he shares his favorite diverse YA and chapter books. We are also giving...