September 15th marked the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month! This year’s theme is “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together.”September 15–October 15 has been set as time to celebrate Hispanic Americans, their culture, heritage, and diversity for over 50 years! The identifier refers to those from Spain and 19 countries/territories: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El...
Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2024!
Here’s how to celebrate:
Please link up your diversity book posts for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2024 Big Giant LINKY!
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{Guest post from Jackie Bunn and Lois Petren}
Co-founders of The Five Enchanted Mermaids, Jackie Bunn and Lois Petren, have been friends for over 35 years.
This dynamic duo met in Princeton, N.J. back in the early 1980s. In spite of their different backgrounds, the two women hit it off and soon discovered that they had quite a few things in common. Besides a shared love of cooking, travel, working in New York City, and exercise, they were both married, had careers, and each had a couple of children. As the years progressed, Lois and Jackie’s life experiences and geographic locations changed, but the thread of friendship always connected the two across the miles.
The calendar just flipped to December and Multicultural Children's Book Day Headquarters is humming right along! As we gear up for an EPIC 8th year of Multicultural Children's Book Day, we want to remind everyone involved in this vibrant online celebration to share the excitement we work so hard to create far-n-wide. As we always say,...
{guest post from Becky Flansburg} As Project Manager for MCBD, I am blessed with the opportunity to meet emerging authors and work with some pretty impressive peeps on a daily basis. I am also a mom and homeschooler so I am also always on the lookout for innovative and unique offerings that inspire readers and shines...