Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Jason Reynolds
March 9, 2015
Please welcome Jason Reynolds today who will be answering a few questions on his latest book, A Boy in the Black Suit.
Please welcome Jason Reynolds today who will be answering a few questions on his latest book, A Boy in the Black Suit.
This is a really great presentation by Ms. YingLing titled #WeNeedDiverseBooks: Hashtag activism and the importance of diversity in children’s literature.
Ms. YingLing says, ‘I should have credited Mitali Perkins for the phrase “Are books windows or mirrors?”‘ in reference to Mitali Perkins’ post.
MCCBD may officially be over until 2016, but the guest posts and author visits will continue! This week we are welcoming Eric Dean Seaton. Eric Dean is a TV Director (NBC, TBS, Disney & Nickelodeon, BET, etc.) and Creator of the The Legend of the Mantamaji series; A three-book graphic novel series whose sweeping tale of magic and mystery, heroes and villains, has a fresh look, a modern setting-and an ancient beat.
Our second Multicultural Children’s Book Day: #ReadYourWorld {January 27th} was a HUGE success! Over 150+ bloggers , 17 major sponsors, a boatload of generous book donators and many, many authors, teachers, parents, readers and librarians showed up to read, visit and enjoy the multicultural book titles, discussions and book-related activities!
Guest Post from Katia Senff-Director of Publishing, FarFaria
Recently, the lack of diverse books in children’s publishing has been making headlines. A dismal 10% of books published in 2012 contained multicultural content. Yet, 37% of the US population is made up of people of color.[1] A change in children’s publishing is long overdue and publishers like FarFaria are striving to challenge the status quo.
At FarFaria, we take deliberate steps to ensure that our books are as diverse as the children who read them. Because of our own multicultural backgrounds, many of our books explore traditions from around the world, as well as the diversity within our own country. As a result, our books contain a great range of characters.