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Author Visits
January 23, 2015

Multicultural Children's Book Day Spotlight

We are thrilled to welcome yet another author to our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Shining the Light on Inclusive Authors & Illustrators series! This week we are welcoming Tracey Baptiste, author of The Jumbies (Algonquin Young Readers, 4/28/14, Ages 8-12). THE JUMBIES (coming Spring 2015)

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Caribbean island lore melds with adventure and touches of horror in The Jumbies, a tale about Corinne La Mer, a girl who on All Hallow’s Eve accidentally draws a monstrous jumbie out of the forest, sparking a very personal war that only she can stop – a war made even more difficult once she discovers her own dark truth. tracey b

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Spotlight on a Sponsor
January 22, 2015

The MCCBD team is so excited to welcome yet another amazing and unique Bronze Sponsor; Double Dutch Dolls!

Double Dutch Dolls
An innovative Marietta, GA based company, Double Dutch Dolls launched in March 2014 their fresh, exciting line of unique multicultural books and dolls. Double Dutch Dolls is designed to be fresh and fun targeting girls ages 6-13 and encourages young girls to be beautiful, brilliant and brave through characters they can relate to. Known as the ‘Double Dutch Dolls’, the 6 stylish and smart characters, including twin sisters ‘Kaila and Zaria Bradley’, along with their friends Sascha, Alainna, Trinity and Kadence navigate the ups and downs of middle school friendships, peer pressure, homework and fun. The product line includes a book series, line of 18” fashion dolls, and accessories for today’s girl.

Double Dutch Dolls
Double Dutch Dolls, LLC designs, manufacturers and licenses product under the Double Dutch Dolls brand. The company’s current product line includes a multicultural book series, line of 18”fashion dolls and accessories for girls.
Based on the fictional lives of 14-year-old identical twins Kaila and Zaria Bradley and their four friends, each character in the line is smart, beautiful, and stylish. Designed to showcase the amazing ethnic diversity of African-American, Hispanic, Biracial and Multiracial girls.

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Author Visits
January 20, 2015

Multicultural Children's Book Day Spotlight

We are very excited to welcome yet another author to our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Shining the Light on Inclusive Authors & Illustrators series! Today we are welcoming author Tonya Bolden and her latest book, Capital Days: Michael Shiner’s Journal and the Growth of Our Nation’s Capital

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Spotlight on a Sponsor
January 19, 2015

We are thrilled to have East West Discovery Press as a Bronze Sponsor for MCCBD!
East West Discovery Press
East West Discovery Press is a publisher and distributor of K-12 multicultural & bilingual books in 50 + languages including Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, etc. We can customize book lists based on thematic units, reading levels and languages.

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