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Guest Posts

When I was growing up it was either black or white. I’m not sure if there was even authentic Mexican tacos. As far as I was concerned Chinese people only resided in Chinese restaurants or China. Which brings me to my first point, I vividly remember my first crush was a Chinese boy at a restaurant when I was 14 years old. He was the first Asian guy I’d ever seen.

Although I’m from a small town in Ohio, I was lucky because I lived in the city where whites and blacks were pretty integrated. But I didn’t care about that…I was fascinated by anyone that was different. Different defined as neither black nor white. As soon as the new girl moved into town from India I was in her face. I thought she was so pretty. Interestingly enough, her name was Preeti.

Social Justice with  Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Dear Martin

Everyone likes Justyce McAllister. He’s a straight A student headed to Harvard, has great friends, is always willing to help someone out who’s in need, but sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t always turn out the way we expect. After a helping his ex-girlfriend, who looks like she is white, when she’s in trouble, a police officer handcuffs him for attempted assault and keeps him on the ground until his parents and his friend’s father show up and convince the officer to let him go. This traumatic event causes Justyce to reevaluate everything he’s known, the way his friends speak, everything that’s wrong with the world.

Guest post from author, Dani Dixon

Intro from Becky

I love, love, LOVE adult coloring books. And I can tell you from personal experience that coloring books are indeed like potato chips-you can’t have just one. But I did noticed a lack of diverse topics when it came to adding a new book to my collection so imagine my excitement when I found Dani Dixon’s Five Nations Coloring Book announcement. Dani’s portfolio of work that includes diversity is impressive as well and I was thrilled when she said “yes” to my invitation to guest post here on MCBD. Enjoy!

Guest post from Bob Schroeder-LCBC Board of Directors – President Emeritus-Literacy Council of Benton County

 

“It is as important in America today to teach an adult to read as it is to teach a child.” John Corcoran – The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read

The Literacy Council of Benton County in Arkansas

The Literacy Council of Benton County in Arkansas

The Literacy Council of Benton County in Arkansas would like to invite everyone to help support our 11th Annual Scrabble Wars featuring an exclusive Scrabble tournament as well as a silent auction. Our group contains teachers, photographers, librarians, sports fans, clergy, philosophers, professors, lay scientists, theologians, scholars, history aficionados, businessmen, and voracious readers interested in a multitude of subjects, I know the bidding will be fierce.

Winning Book Awards: The Question that Prompted a Discussion

It all started with an excellent question on Facebook.

how to win book awards

In my eight years with SBPRA, my nine rhyming picture books My Little Angel, The Golden Rule, Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My!, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa’s Birthday Gift have received forty-eight 2011-17 International and National awards.   Am I special? I don’t know… As background, I am a former teacher, mother of four and a grandmother of ten, which is one of my proudest achievements!

All of my books are also part of a fund-raising effort: http://sbpra.com/curejm/ for the CureJM Foundation, to help find a cure for Juvenile Myositis, an incurable children’s disease. 50% of the cost of the books is donated to the fundraising cause.  There is also another fundraiser for the I’m Bully Free organization, found at http://sbpra.com/imbullyfree to help kids cope with bullying!  Manner-Man just loves this site!!!