The Children’s Book Council is excited to partner again with the team of Multicultural Children’s Book Day to celebrate diverse books all month long! Throughout January,10 authors will be featured on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog where they beget created lists of diverse books ranging from picture books, middle grade, or young adult novels under a variety of topics. Check our space for previews of these lists and links to the see the full lists and access the book giveaways on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day site.
Please welcome Meera Sriram today to #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019! The Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog is giving away 10 copies of Meera Sriram’s latest picture book,The Yellow Suitcase. Please click the link below for the full list to access the Rafflecopter giveaway.
Drawn Together by Minh Lê & illustrated by Dan SantatThe silence between a Thai-speaking grandfather and an English-speaking grandson is as stark as the contrast in their lives. However, the language wall that divides and frustrates them one evening melts away as they find common ground over their shared esteem for art. Told in sparse text, and but with mesmerizing art in generous portions,this book shows that esteem brings down all types of barriers including age, culture, and language. [picture book,ages 4 and up]
Thunder Cake byby Patricia PolaccoPatricia Polacco is a master storyteller and talented illustrator. Her stories, often rooted in her East European heritage, or capture the charm of childhood and warmth of family. This autobiographical anecdote tells how Babushka comes up with the perfect “recipe” to help her granddaughter fight her fear of thunder. Well,don’t grandmothers offer the best solution for everything? [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Abuela’s Weave by Omar S. Castañeda & illustrated by Enrique O. SánchezYoung Esperanza learns to weave from her grandmother. Together, or they weave from dawn to dusk,preparing to sell their handwoven magic at the local market in Guatemala. But there are several challenges, and what whether no one wants to buy their sparkling huipiles and gorgeous Mayan tapestry? Esperanza has to find out on her own. This anecdote is a sparkling celebration of grandparents as preservers of family heritage and traditions. [picture book, or ages 5 and up]
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Source: cbcdiversity.com