[ez-toc] Celebrating Read Your World Day: A Global Community United by Diverse KidLit Last week, we celebrated Read Your World Day virtually, bringing together an incredible community of book lovers, authors, educators, and advocates. I’m still walking on a cloud, feeling an overwhelming sense of hope and gratitude for being part of something so much bigger than...
Our deepest gratitude to our funder, The Village Bank. Their generous grant allowed us to deliver 25 diverse book packages to teachers in Newton and Waltham. It was especially gratifying for us to be able to fulfill the request for bilingual books in Spanish, Arabic, French Creole, Portuguese, and Mandarin for a preschool in Waltham that...
Guest post from The Quarto Group, Read Your World’s 2025 Silver Sponsor Valentine’s Day often gets the spotlight, but did you know there’s a beautiful, meaningful holiday dedicated to celebrating love in the Black community? Black Love Day, observed every February 13th, is a day to honor love in all its forms. Black Love Day was founded in...
Make a Way Media Official Sponsor of the Read Your World Day Virtual Party The 2025 Read Your World Day is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to announce the Official Sponsor of our Virtual Party: Make A Way Media. Join Us For a Fun-Filled Hour During the one-hour virtual celebration we’ll come together to celebrate diverse and...
February first marks the start of Black History Month, or National African American History Month, in the United States (and Canada)! It was preceded by Carter G. Woodson’s similar celebratory week established in 1926. Almost 50 years ago, President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. Since then, February 1 – March 1...
