{"id":9819,"date":"2021-01-26T04:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/?p=9819"},"modified":"2021-01-26T04:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:44:30","slug":"multicultural-childrens-book-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/read\/multicultural-childrens-book-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\nMulticultural Children\u2019s Book Day<\/a> 2021 (1\/29\/21) is in its 8th<\/sup> year! This non-profit children\u2019s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen<\/strong><\/a>; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those book into the hands of young readers and educators.\nEight years in, MCBD\u2019s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids\u2019 books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues. Read about our Mission & History HERE.<\/strong><\/a>\n\n\"\"\n

MCBD 2021 is honored to be <\/u>Supported by these <\/u>Medallion Sponsors!<\/u><\/h3>\nFOUNDER\u2019S CIRCLE<\/strong>: Mia Wenjen (Prgamaticmom<\/a><\/strong>) and Valarie Budayr\u2019s (Audreypress.com<\/a><\/strong>)\n\nPlatinum Sponsors<\/strong>: Language Lizard Bilingual Books in 50+ Languages<\/a>, Author Deedee Cummings and Make A Way Media<\/a><\/strong>\n\nGold Sponsors: Barefoot Books<\/a>, Candlewick Press<\/a>, Capstone<\/a>,\u00a0 Hoopoe Books<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0 KidLitTV<\/strong><\/a>, Peachtree Publishing Company Inc.<\/strong><\/a>\n\nSilver Sponsors: Charlotte Riggle<\/a>, Connecticut Association of School Librarians<\/a>, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle<\/a><\/strong>, Pack-N-Go Girls<\/strong><\/a>\n\nBronze Sponsors: Agatha Rodi and\u00a0AMELIE is IMPRESSED!<\/em><\/a>, Barnes Brothers Books<\/a>, Create and Educate Solutions, LLC<\/a>, Dreambuilt Books<\/a>, Dyesha and Triesha McCants\/McCants Squared<\/a>, Redfin Real Estate<\/a>, Snowflake Stories<\/a>, Star Bright Books<\/a>, TimTimTom Bilingual Personalized Books<\/a>, Author Vivian Kirkfield<\/a>, Wisdom Tales Press<\/a>, My Well Read Child<\/a><\/strong>\n \n

MCBD 2021 is honored to be <\/u>Supported by these <\/u>Author Sponsors!<\/u><\/h3>\nPoster Artist: Nat Iwata<\/a><\/strong>\n\nAuthors: Author Afsaneh Moradian<\/a>, Author Alva Sachs & Three Wishes Publishing Company<\/a>, Author Angeliki Stamatopoulou-Pedersen<\/a>, Author Anna Olswanger<\/a>, Author Casey Bell\u00a0<\/a>, Author Claudine Norden<\/a>, Author Debbie Dadey<\/a>, Author Diana Huang & Intrepids<\/a>,\u00a0 Author Eugenia Chu & Brandon goes to Beijing<\/a>, Green Kids Club<\/a>, \u00a0Author Gwen Jackson<\/a>, Author Janet Balletta<\/a>, Author Josh Funk<\/a>, Author Julia Inserro<\/a>, Karter Johnson & Popcorn and Books<\/a>, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw & The Last Cherry Blossom<\/a>, Author Keila Dawson<\/a>, Maya\/Neel Adventures with Culture Groove<\/a>, Author Mia Wenjen<\/a>, Michael Genhart<\/a>, Nancy Tupper Ling<\/a>, Author Natalie Murray<\/a>, Natalie McDonald-Perkins<\/a>, Author Natasha Yim<\/a>, Author Phe Lang and Me On The Page Publishing,<\/a> Sandra Elaine Scott<\/a>, Author Shoumi Sen & From The Toddler Diaries<\/a>, SISSY GOES TINY<\/em> by Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard<\/a>, Susan Schaefer Bernardo & Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher<\/a>,\u00a0 Tales of the Five Enchanted Mermaids<\/a>, Author Theresa Mackiewicz<\/a>, Tonya Duncan and the\u00a0Sophie Washington Book Series<\/a>, Author Toshia Stelivan<\/a>, Valerie Williams-Sanchez & The Cocoa Kids Collection Books\u00a9<\/a>, Author Vanessa Womack, MBA<\/a>, Author Veronica Appleton & the Journey to Appleville book series<\/a><\/strong>\n

MCBD 2021 is Honored to be Supported by our CoHosts and Global CoHosts<\/a>!<\/u><\/h3>\n

MCBD 2021 is Honored to be Supported by these Media Partners!<\/a><\/u><\/h3>\n

Check out MCBD’s Multicultural Books for Kids Pinterest Board<\/a>!<\/h3>\n\"\"\n

FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children\u2019s Book Day<\/strong><\/h2>\nDiversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents<\/strong><\/a>\n\nHomeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Teacher Classroom Activism and Activists Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Teacher Classroom Empathy Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Teacher Classroom Kindness Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Teacher Classroom Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Teacher Classroom Poverty Kit<\/strong><\/a>\n\nGallery of Our Free Posters<\/strong><\/a>\n\nFREE Diversity Book for Classrooms Program<\/strong><\/a>\n

TWITTER PARTY! Register here<\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\"\"\n\nJoin us on Friday, Jan 29, 2021, at 9 pm EST for the 8th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party!\nThis epically fun and fast-paced hour includes multicultural book discussions, addressing timely issues, diverse book recommendations, & reading ideas.\nWe will be giving away an 8-Book Bundle every 5 minutes plus Bonus Prizes as well! *** US and Global participants welcome. **\nFollow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join the conversation, connect with like-minded parts, authors, publishers, educators, organizations, and librarians. See you all very soon on Twitter!\nHashtag:<\/u><\/strong> Don\u2019t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for\/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld<\/strong>.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Multicultural Children\u2019s Book Day 2021 (1\/29\/21) is in its 8th year! This non-profit children\u2019s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those book into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[318,43,373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}