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Spotlight on a Sponsor
November 24, 2015

Welcome back MCCBD 2016 Silver Sponsor Capstone Young Readers!

Capstone Young Readers

Capstone publishes globally in both fiction and nonfiction children’s books for ages Pre-K to high school in the trade and education markets. Our content comes in a variety of print and digital formats including board books, picture books, interactive books, apps, audio and databases. Our imprints include Capstone Press, Raintree, Capstone Young Readers, Compass Point Books, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window Books and Stone Arch Books.

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Spotlight on a Sponsor
November 18, 2015

We are incredibly excited and honored to welcome our THIRD and final PLATINUM Sponsor for Multicultural Children’s Book Day; Lil’ Libros!

Created by two Latina moms, Lil’ Libros’ mission is to encourage parents to read to their children in English and Spanish at the earliest age! Lil’ Libros is a proud publisher of bilingual baby board books.

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About the Latina Moms

Patty Rodriguez

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Spotlight on a Sponsor
November 14, 2015

We are so excited to announce that Pomelo Books is our very first Bronze Sponsor for MCCBd 2016!

Pomelo Books was founded in 2012 by Sylvia Vardell, Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University, and poet Janet Wong, author of 30 books for children.

Teachers and librarians were clamoring for a quick and easy way to teach poetry, prompting Vardell and Wong to create The Poetry Friday Anthology with its popular “Take 5” mini-lessons for each poem. Today, The Poetry Friday Anthology series features poems by a “Who’s Who” of children’s poetry—with Jack Prelutsky, J. Patrick Lewis, Nikki Grimes, Margarita Engle, Joyce Sidman, Alma Flor Ada, Marilyn Singer, Pat Mora, Joseph Bruchac, Linda Sue Park, and over 100 more—while the Take 5 method has transformed the way poetry is taught in thousands of K-8 classrooms throughout the world.

Poetry Anthology Friday

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Featured, RYW News, RYW Updates
November 10, 2015

As with any event, success is measured by the strength and effectiveness of the team. At MCCBD Headquarters we are happy to report that we do indeed have a very strong team!

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is thankful for its CoHosts. Our CoHosts are a group of select powerhouse bloggers who share the same diversity in children’s literature passions and beliefs. They also assist in extending the reach and spreading the word of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. These 11 blogs will also be host to the wildly-popular book review/blog post link-up the week of 1/27/16. We would appreciate if you could take a few minutes and visit each of these excellent blogs. These women were selected by the MCCBD team because of their true dedication to supporting diversity in children’s literature.
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Author Visits
November 5, 2015

{Guest post from author Stephen Hodges}

When I embarked on the journey four years ago to create a picture book about a little girl with magic hair who was also her best friend, I never realized where it would take me. I was inspired by playing with a loved one’s big poof of curly hair that sat on top of her head. I loved forming it into shapes and I would even make it talk. After quite a bit of cultural and academic research, “The Magic Poof “was born!

The Magic Poof

Picture Books are great, but I’ve always wanted my characters to come to life in a more animated form. I also wanted to take advantage of the access and interactive nature mobile devices.

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Events, Giveaway
November 3, 2015

Winners – Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway

Wondering who won the big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway back in September? The wait is over!

In September KidLit TV launched our first ever Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway! We partnered with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy and Multicultural Children’s Book Day, to give parents, teachers, and librarians a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library. The results are in!

Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of our very first Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway! KidLit TV will be shipping off books to the libraries below, in the name of each winner.

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Giveaway, RYW News
September 15, 2015

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Right on time for back to school, KidLit TV is teaming up with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy and Multicultural Children’s Book Day to give parents, teachers, and librarians a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library.

School libraries play an integral role in the life of students. Many students can cite their school library as a place where a love of reading and learning is fortified. Throughout the country, budgets for school programs are being slashed, school libraries have been heavily hit. Hours for library time are cut in some schools, and non-existent in others. Furthermore, the tight budget impacts a school librarian’s ability to secure funds to purchase new books.

Starting today, September 15th and through September 30th you can enter to win a curated bundle of multicultural books featuring StoryMakers guests and additional kid lit authors.

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RYW News
August 18, 2015

Last year for the 2014 Multicultural Children’s Book Day, we tracked the social media shares of the hosts and co-hosts over just three days. We did not include the social media shares of the 200 bloggers that joined us with their wonderful book reviews. We did not include social media shares made on other days beyond the day before, the day of, and the day after Multicultural Children’s Book Day.

18.9 Million Social Shares Last Year Over Just 3 Days!

We were astounded to find that there were more than 18.9 million social media shares over the three days alone!

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Author Visits
June 27, 2015

MCCBD may officially be over until 2016, but the guest posts and author visits will continue! This week we are welcoming author Maritza Martinez Mejia to share her fun answers to our Q&A and some details about her work.

  1. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet and why?

My favorite letter of the alphabet is “M” since my name contains three Ms

M3 = Maritza Martinez Mejia

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