DEADLINE EXTENDED! Sign up to be a MCBD2022 Book Reviewer!

 

Sign up to be an MCBD2022 Book Reviewer is now closed

 

**If you tried to sign up when our new software was first launched and couldn’t…WE GOT YOU. Send an email to our admin and we will manually load your information and make sure you are on the book reviewer list.

admin (at) multiculturalchildrensbookday (dot) com.**

 

The option to sign up as a reviewer will close 12/31/21 so please pass the word to anyone you know who would like to receive a free diverse book to review in honor of our 2022 (1/28/22) online celebration.

GO HERE to sign up.

Also, due to shipping costs and time delays, physical copies of books cannot be guaranteed to our overseas reviewers…but we will make digital copies are available to you!

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022 Recap

Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is an online and offline celebration that attracts thousands of supporters, educators, parents, caregivers, book reviewers, and quality authors and publishers who join forces to shine the spotlight on diversity in children and YA literature.

Celebrated annually on the last Friday in January, this global non-profit offers a plethora of free resources, teaching tools, booklists, downloads, and a year-round initiative to get multicultural and diverse books into the hands of young readers. To date, they have donated over 10K books to underserved kids, classrooms, and organizations, and that number continues to climb. To learn more about MCBD, visit them on the web and be follow their official hashtag #ReadYourWorld on social media.

SO…if you love diverse books for kids and have a social media platform to share a review on, we want to give you a FREE diverse kidlit or YA book to review!

Lately, we’ve had many inquiries about “what it takes” to be a book reviewer for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. The main focus behind reviewing a kids’ or YA book in honor of our celebration is to share all of the amazing diverse books, authors, and publishers available with the world.

That being said, the main criteria for being an MCBD reviewer are:

1. Have a love for diversity in children’s literature.
2. Have a place to share a review of the book you are assigned.

The “sharing” part can take many forms and even though sharing on social media and using our official hashtag of #ReadYourWorld is our favorite, reviewers are also welcome to share their reviews on sites like Goodreads, Amazon, and even in offline settings like classrooms, daycares, community gatherings, and libraries.

Here are ways/places for you to share a book review in honor of MCBD2022:

Blogs

Facebook (Pages only-no Facebook profiles)

Twitter (Private Accounts are not Eligible)

Pinterest

Instagram (Private Accounts are not Eligible)

YouTube

TikTok

Amazon

Goodreads

Classroom or Library Read Alouds

With that, we are proud to introduce our new Book Reviewer Sign-Up program and we also encourage book lovers far-n-wide to sign up for a free diverse book to review for our 1/28/22 event!

P.S. Spread the word!!

CLICK THIS LINK TO SIGN UP TO BE A Book Reviewer for MCBD2022! (1/28/22)

January 28, 2022, will mark the 9^th year of Multicultural Children’s Book Day’s (MCBD) quest to get culturally diverse books into the hands of children, parents, teachers, and librarians. As you may know, Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is a non-profit that works with authors to get their books reviewed during our online event and also works to get free diversity children’s books into the hands of young readers.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is an online and offline celebration that attracts thousands of supporters, educators, parents, caregivers, book reviewers, and quality authors and publishers who join forces to shine the spotlight on diversity in children and YA literature. Celebrated annually on the last Friday in January, this global non-profit offers a plethora of free resources, teaching tools, booklists, downloads, and a year-round initiative to get multicultural and diverse books into the hands of young readers. To date, they have donated over 10,000 books to underserved kids, classrooms, and organizations, and that number continues to climb. To learn more about MCBD, visit them on the web and be follow their official hashtag #ReadYourWorld on social media.

Reviewer sign-up deadline is 12/31/21

(NOTE: We will not be shipping out any books for the 2022 online event until Nov/Dec of 2021!

 

GO HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A DIVERSE BOOK TO REVIEW  

 

SUMMARY OF THE Multicultural Children’s Book Day EVENT

FIRST, a giant blog tour —
Readers, parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers are coming together to explore lots of books with diverse content and share their thoughts and feedback via book reviews, book lists, and links.

SECOND, a giant networking event —
This global event connects readers, caregivers, educators, librarians, non-profits, organizations, sponsors, co-hosts, bloggers, and thought leaders so we can all achieve a common goal of raising awareness on the importance of diversity in children’s and YA literature.

THIRD, a virtual book drive —
Through MCBD initiatives like the FREE Diverse Books for Classrooms Project, The Offline Classroom Swag Pack,  and continued outreach to underserved readers, proceeds raised during the course of this online event (and all year-long) go towards getting free multicultural books in locations where they are needed and into the hands of young readers.

Go HERE to read one of our recent blog posts, How to Tap Into the Buzz of a Multicultural Children’s Book Day Celebration.