Books and Bananas: It's Multicultural Children's Book Day! #readyourworld

Today is designated as the 2018 Multicultural Children's Book Day.  We've been participating all week reviewing multicultural books from Child's Play.  What exactly is a multicultural book? Event co-creators Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen have created this definition:

Multicultural Children’s books are:

• Books that contain characters of color, as well as characters that represent a minority point of view.
• Books that share ideas, stories, and information about cultures, race, religion, language, and traditions.
• Books that embrace our world, and offer children new ways to connect to a diverse and richer world.

Today for #booksandbananas we read the last three books in the generous box we received.  We started with Clive is a Librarian and Clive is a Nurse, both by Jessica Spanyol.  At first glance they looked like baby board books, so wasn't sure if there would be much to catch my 4 yr old's attention.  But he's currently obsessed with how his heart rate increases when he's exercising, so Clive listening to his own heart with a stethoscope had him talking and talking.

Our final read during #MCBD2018 was Come home with us! illustrated by Annie Kubler and Caroline Formby.  This was a colorful book that gave us insight into the types of homes people have in Brazil, Afghanistan, Japan, Indonesia, Britain, Australia, and Mali, with an underlying theme that "However rich or poor we may be, there is no place like home!"

Thank you Child's Play and the people behind Multicultural Children's Book Day.  We have enjoyed the opportunity and will continue to embrace and encourage others to #readyourworld!
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Curious about Multicultural Children's Book Day? Here's the scoop right from them...and some great opportunities and resources to get involved:

Multicultural Children’s Book Day (1/27/18) is in its 5^th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators. 

Join the conversation and win one of 12-5 book bundles and one Grand Prize Book Bundle (12 books) that will be given away at the party! http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/twitter-party-great-conversations-fun-prizes-chance-readyourworld-1-27-18/

Free Multicultural Books for Teachers: http://bit.ly/1kGZrta

Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians and Educators: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/teacher-classroom-empathy-kit/

Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.