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Author: Valarie Budayr

Read Your World / Articles posted by Valarie Budayr (Page 87)

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Guest Posts
June 23, 2015

Guest Post from D. G. Driver, Author of Cry of the Sea

I was driving to work, mulling about what to write for this guest blog post when an interview with the writing/illustrating team of the picture book The Last Stop on Market Place came on NPR. The author, Matt de la Peña began speaking about diversity: “This book is about diverse characters, but it isn’t about being diverse.” Then illustrator Christian Robinson added that when books focus explicitly on diversity, “there tends to be an element of heaviness — maybe because the history is heavy and serious.”1

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Author Visits, Multicultural Booklist
April 20, 2015

In 2010, Francois left the corporate world in order to pursue his passion to be an author.

The result was the children’s book series “The Junglies” which comprises of 11 books telling stories of the adventures of five jungle animals. “The Junglies” was inspired by Francois’ eldest daughter.

The Junglies Francois Keyser

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Events
April 18, 2015

Wisdom Tales Press and Multicultural Children’s Book Day will sharing a booth at Moms Rock Expo, May 2 &3 at the Minneapolis Convention Center!Moms Rock Expo

Moms Rock! Expo, May 2nd & 3rd, is a weekend of FUN for Moms in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. The event will include Celebrity Mom keynotes, cooking demos, fashion & beauty and SHOPPING! Moms Rock Expo has information on parenting, products, and lots more.

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Author Visits
April 13, 2015

We are so thrilled to have Mitali Perkins today talking to us about her anthology Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices.

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

Mitali Perkins was born in India, immigrated to the United States with her parents and two sisters when she was seven, and studied political science at Stanford University and Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley.

Mitali Perkins author

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Author Visits, Multicultural Booklist
April 8, 2015

Joe Cepeda

Born and raised in East LA, Joe received his BFA in illustration from California State University, Long Beach in 1992 and also studied Engineering at Cornell University. Only months after leaving school, he secured a book contract with a publisher after his first meeting and has been illustrating books ever since.

Joe Cepeda

He is the illustrator of awarding-winning picture books such as What a Truly Cool World and Nappy Hair. His latest book is Swing Sisters.

Swing Sisters by Joe Cepeda

Today, he shares some of books that mean a lot to him … and we asked him to pick a few favorites of his own from among his many titles.

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