How Does Multicultural Children’s Book Day Work?
Hi! How does multicultural children’s book day work? Do you want us to send a book? Please tell me more:)
This was a question that popped into my email last week and my first thought was, “what a great question!”
For those who are unfamiliar with the diversity in children’s literacy initiative known as Multicultural Children’s Book Day, the MCBD website has a plethora of who’s, where’s, and whys.
Within the website, you can see our Mission & History, what we consider a multicultural book, our timelines, and much more. MCBD is a year-round non-profit diversity in children’s literacy initiative but once a year we have a whopping huge online celebration that shines the spotlight on diverse books, authors, and publishers.
This online celebration includes the sharing of book reviews, offline parties, and displays that are dedicated to multicultural books, fun giveaways, important discussions, collaborations, connections, a crazy-fun Twitter Party on 1/28/22, and the creation of The Big Giant Linky that lives on the MCBD site forever as a resource (go here and scroll down to see 2021’s Linky).
Assigning diverse books to reviewers to read and share on social media is a big part of the event as well and this blog post explains it better.
SUMMARY OF MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY 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 Twitter Party and very active MCBD 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 Multicultural Children’s Book Day celebration that occurs on the last Friday 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.
MCBD does not review books, so to speak. BUT we do have different opportunities available for authors to shine the spotlight on their diverse books and even unique ways to collaborate with us. Some are paid options, some are not. Here are some ideas:
Do you have a love of diversity in children’s literature? Are you willing to share a diverse children’s book review online in honor of our 1/28/22 celebration? If yes, we’d love it if you added your name to the list to be an MCBD2022 Book Reviewer!
CLICK THIS LINK Diverse Children and YA Book Reviewers -We need you for MCBD2022! (1/28/22)
January 28, 2022, will mark the 9th 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.
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!
AND, you don’t have to be a blogger (though we love our bloggers!) to review multicultural children’s books for our MCBD2022 online event. You just need to have a love of diversity in children’s literature and be willing to share on your social media platforms such as:
Facebook (Pages only-no Facebook profiles)
Twitter (Private Accounts are not Eligible)
Instagram (Private Accounts are not Eligible)
YouTube
TikTok
Amazon
Goodreads
Reviewer sign-up deadline is 12/15/21
(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
More Free Options for Diverse Book Promotion
1. We encourage authors and publishers to join the private MCBD Facebook Group. This group is a nice mix of parents, book reviewers, teachers, and authors, so you will be able to connect with like-minded people!
2. We are always looking for quality, diverse book-related guest posts on the MCBD blog. We would love to know more about your author’s journey, why you wrote your new book, and more about the book itself. Reach out to admin@multiculturalchildrensbookday.com to request a copy of our guest blogger guidelines.
3. We are tentatively planning some Facebook Lives during December and January in honor of MCBD2022 so that could be an opportunity for you as well.
We believe that ALL authors have something unique and wonderful with their work. We believe that ALL authors deserve to be able to shout the news of their book from the rooftops!
So let us know if we can work together in some fashion and, as always, do not hesitate to ask if there are any details that we can clarify for you.
#ReadYourWorld!
Medallion and Author level Sponsorships for MCBD2022 are OPEN!
{DON’T DELAY! The sooner you lock in your spot, the more time we have to promote you!}
Sponsorship is a great way to support our non-profit initiative while tapping into some amazing visibility and exposure for authors and publishers of diverse board books, picture books, chapter books, and YA.
January 28, 2022, will mark the 9th year of Multicultural Children’s Book Day’s (MCBD) quest to get culturally diverse books into the hands of children, parents, teachers, and librarians.
GO HERE to download our Sponsorship Packet and see what your Platinum or Author Sponsorship for 2022 will include.
“MCBD has been an ally to an author like me. Long before everyone was talking about the need to be an ally. Not all of us protest or speak up in the same way. When looking for a way to help- a way to make a real systemic difference- consider joining Multicultural Children’s Book Day’s initiative to shine the spotlight on deserving authors and publishers so their books can ultimately get into the hands of readers and on school and home bookshelves. Multicultural Children’s Book Day is in it for the long haul because they know they need to make strategic and lasting changes to the children’s book industry.”~Author Deedee Cummings
Other Ways to Support This Non-Profit
Donate Books
Are you a publisher or an author of multicultural books for children? Would you like to donate a book for Multicultural Children’s Book Day? These books will ultimately end up in the hands of deserving teachers, librarians, parents, and young readers!
These donated books will be gifted to young readers, parents, and educators. There is no guarantee your donated book will be reviewed during the event but we always acknowledge our book donators and support them as much as possible.
Go HERE to Learn More.
Social Media SHOUT-OUTS (no limit) $39.00
Our Social Media Shout Out option is available 365 days a year and is a great way to shine the spotlight on your favorite diverse children’s or YA book or even your own works. Go here for more details and how you can tap into our robust social media presence and following.
Visit our Blog
Follow the #ReadYourWorld hashtag on social media
**Direct all questions and inquiries to admin@multiculturalchildrensbookday.com**