As I type this, I am so proud that Multicultural Children’s Book Day is in its eighth year. Eight years! Time flies when you are loving your work! If you are new to this initiative, Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCBD) is a non-profit initiative that is dedicated to supporting and shining the spotlight on diversity in...
We’re Kendra and Claire-Voe Ocampo, authors of the new LGBTQ children’s picture book, Mighty May Won’t Cry Today. What inspired us to create the book? We were inspired to write Mighty May Won’t Cry Today after our first daughter was born and we began reading her children’s books. We quickly saw that most of them featured a...
Guest post from Janelle Diller The last few months of distance learning have been a challenge. If you're lucky, your kids stayed with the program and will be fine when the new school year starts in September--whatever that looks like in your corner of the world. But if you're typical, well, let's face it. The last...
On June 9, 2020, long-time MCBD supporter and Sponsor, KidLitTV, launched a brand new free, online homeschooling resource that brings together the best video content from around the web created for kids by diverse children's book authors and illustrators. New York, NY: In response to widespread school and library closures, KidLit TV today announced KidLit At Home, a free...
MCBD has been blessed with an amazing connection and relationship with Language Lizard for several years. We are also honored they continue to be a reoccurring Medallion Level Sponsor for our Multicultural Children's Book Day celebrations. This company always presents a high level of professionalism while providing much need products in a huge variety of...
