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2025 Big Giant Linky

Welcome to Read Your World Day 2025!

Here’s how to celebrate:

  1. Link up your diverse book reviews (at the bottom).
  2. Please check out our Big Giant Linky (at the bottom) and share on social media.
  3. Win diverse book bundles at our Virtual Party, on January 30, 2025!

Please link up your diversity book posts for our  Read Your World Day 2025 Big Giant LINKY!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!  Click here to enter.

Guest post by Tonya Duncan Ellis, 2024 Bronze Sponsor

On June 19, 1865 enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The date, called Freedom Day or Juneteenth, became a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth is a day to celebrate with family picnics, gatherings and pageants, to shop at Black-owned businesses and to reflect on Black history. The ten children’s books below highlight various aspects of Juneteenth.

During last year’s virtual party a topic that came up often was LGBTQIA+ children’s book lists and resources. We listened! In addition to the successful virtual event and IG lives held during Pride Month, we’re happy to share with you now this year’s classroom kit: Creating Inclusive Classrooms: LGBTQIA+ Classroom Kit In this classroom kit, you’ll find...

Guest post by Lerner Publishing Group, 2024 Platinum Sponsor 

Q: Your first two books are cookbooks. What made you veer off to picture book writing?

A:The idea to write for a younger audience blossomed when I was invited to do a cooking demonstration at the 2019 Sharjah Children’s Reading Book Festival in the United Arab Emirates. It was a wonderful experience to cook adobo and  with and for kids whose minds are free from preconceived notions. The children were such an amazing and engaged audience. They were eager to participate, excited to try something new, and brimming with curiosity.