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Author Visits, Guest Posts, Multicultural Booklist
January 14, 2017

My name is Yvette and I am the author and illustrator of 2 childrens’ books – Gus the Traveler & I Want To Be. As an educator by profession, I have also written short stories, poems & educational papers.

Yvette Pais

I am very happy and thankful to contribute with this post as a guest of MCBD blog.

There are many rich and beautiful multicultural books, all sharing wonderful, meaningful messages, and/or inspirational stories. As a book lover, I have created over the years my own personal home based library. Today I want to share with all of you 5 book suggestions which make up part of my treasured library.

1. Red is Dragon by Roseanne Thong – This beautiful book exposes kids to colors, where they can learn about the Chinese-American culture. This book can’t miss being part of your personal library.

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January 3, 2017

Since the dawn of mankind, humans have had problems dealing with people who are different from them. Despite the Golden Rule in the Bible to treat “the other” as one would treat oneself, relations with others have been a challenge, and interactions have often led to wars, persecutions, and devaluation.

Nowadays, we live and work among people from different cultures, and the world is ever more connected.

How do we prepare our children for good relations in the multicultural, multilingual world?

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January 2, 2017

Queen Girls

Queen Girls is a collection of stories about inspirational women from the past turned into fairy tales. Their mission is to create children’s books that empower girls to follow their dreams and envision them as possible. This is the reason why the stories are based on real women.

‘Often times, classic stories highlight the strength, courage and skills of men while female characters are often stereotyped or one-dimensional. Did you know that 57% of children’s books have male protagonists, while 31% are female?[*1] We believe that we should be telling different stories to our children.’

They also believe in giving back to the community and this is why they stand on a One for One model.  Every time you purchase a book, another will be donated to local and international organizations who are fighting illiteracy and empowering girls.

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Guest Posts
December 19, 2016

Guest post by Susanne Aspley

“First day of school! Who will I meet? Where is my cubby? Where is my seat?”

Susanne Aspley

Parents are often more nervous for the first day of school than the children, especially language immersion school. The following is some helpful advice. 

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December 13, 2016

(Guest post from The Pack-n-Go Girls’ Janelle Diller)

Several years ago I was working on Mystery of the Thief in the Night, our Pack-n-Go Girls adventure about a girl from Seattle who sails to Mexico. Lisa, my business partner, and I had just made a conscious decision to make sure our American characters were as diverse as our international ones. And so I turned to my friend Angela, a first generation Chinese-American woman, for help in creating an Asian American character as the American girl in the story. She helped me, of course, with language and cultural details that I didn’t know. But the most important thing she did for me was to give me perspective. As we were winding down the conversation, she said, “Janelle, I’m so excited that you’re adding a Chinese American girl to your story. I can’t tell you how much it would have meant to me as a child to read a book that had a girl who looked like me in it.”

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