Books and Bananas: Yokki and the Parno Gry #readyourworld

Multicultural Children's Book Day is almost here, and our book selections continue to represent the #readyourworld mission of the event.

We are enjoying the hardcover books we received from Child's Play.  Today's choice was Yokki and the Parno Gry by Richard O'Neill & Katharine Quarmby.  We read another of their books earlier this week, Ossiri and the Bala Mengro. I enjoyed this traditional Romani tale.  I thought the story was going above my little guy's head, but as the story progressed and I turned the page to reveal the Parno Gry he gasped and said "it's really REAL?".  

That's the magic of a picture book. The story itself concludes with these perfectly fitting words of wisdom:

"To this day, generations of Yokki's family believe that as long as they value children's imaginations, the Parno Gry will inspire them with new ideas and possibilities - even in their darkest hours, just when they need them most."

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. 

TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual Twitter Party will be held 1/27/18 at 9:00pm.

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.