Register for our annual Read Your World Day virtual party here.
Read Your World is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and inclusion, and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
Read Your World was formerly known as Multicultural Children’s Book Day, and while we still celebrate Read Your World Day at the end of January, we coordinate events year round to celebrate diverse children’s books.
Read Your World Day (RYWD) is an online and offline event.
FIRST, a unique opportunity to shine the spotlight on diverse/multicultural books, authors, and publishers.
SECOND, a giant online book reviewing event —
Book appreciators, readers, parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers have the opportunity to explore lots of children’s and YA books with diverse content via online marketing that provides robust visibility for authors and publishers, book reviews, classroom kits, classroom book bundles, contests, giveaways, book lists, activity suggestions, and links.
THIRD, a giant networking event —
An ongoing mission to connect organizers, sponsors, co-hosts, bloggers, and others interested in expanding awareness of, and promotion of multicultural children’s books via our Virtual Party and active Facebook Group.
FOURTH, an offline classroom, library, or gathering place celebration —
A chance for students, educators, and parents to celebrate diversity and multicultural books in the months leading up to, and during, the Read Your World Day celebration that is held on the last Thursday in January.
FIFTH, a year-long literacy-based initiative-
That works tirelessly to provide books to classrooms, organizations, and under-served kids all year long via book donations.
Use hashtag #ReadYourWorld for social media.
From September through December you can participate by:
At the end of January, on RYWD, you can participate by:
Read Your World, Inc. (RYW) co-founder and president Mia Wenjen and board chairperson Jessica Tranchino are thrilled to announce the creation of two, new, annual children’s books prizes, The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards.
There will be two prizes of $1500 each: one for a picture book or graphic novel, and a second for a middle grade or young adult novel, in which the protagonists are intersectional.
These annual cash prizes will be funded by RYW board member, Federico Erebia, and his husband, James J. Jordan, and administered by Read Your World.
Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2024. Learn more about the awards.
Read Your World holds virtual panels and events to celebrate heritage months and special occasions throughout the year. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out about upcoming events. Watch recordings of our past events on our YouTube channel:
Read Your World Celebrates LGBTQIA+
Hispanic Heritage Month: Unique Perspectives on Hispanic/Latinx Children’s Books in Raising Awareness about Climate Change
Read Your World Celebrates Bilingual Child Month
Go behind the scenes with the creators of diverse kidlit and YA!
This weekly series includes interviews with authors, illustrators, and publishers of diverse books for children and teens. We now have an archive of nearly 300 interviews!
Watch the interviews live every week on our Instagram channel. You can also view previous interviews on our YouTube Channel or find them listed alphabetically on our website.
