If You Were Me and Lived In… by Carole P. Roman
This series is a great introduction to other countries. I reviewed the Italy and South Korea books. They both followed a similar format, giving general information about each country. Pronunciations for words were included throughout the book as well as in a glossary in the back. These books are just the right size for a read-aloud. The illustrations feature multicultural children. In some cases, the drawn illustrations are collaged with photographs. Overall, this is a good series to introduce a new countries to children ages 5 to 10. I received this book as a gift from the author to review for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7th year! This non-profit children’s 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 the hands of young readers and educators. Seven years in, MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues. #ReadYourWorld
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 This sweet picture book shares the joy and fun of Holi with even the youngest of readers. The rhyming text tells the story of Holi through the eyes of young Riya. She tells the story of Prahlad and his devotion to Vishnu which inspired the holiday. She also shares the traditions and celebrations of her family and friends throughout the day. The bright illustrations capture the color and joy of the holiday. It is helpful for young readers that a dictionary is included, however a pronunciation guide would have been a nice addition. Overall, this is a fun book to share with young children.
I received this book as a gift from the author to review for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7th year! This non-profit children’s 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 the hands of young readers and educators. Seven years in, MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues. #ReadYourWorld #ownvoices For two weeks at the end of May, everyone in our Wiley Family read Nim's Island by Wendy Orr. Huge shout out to the Wiley PTA for purchasing the books for us. This was our first time to do a One Book program and I'm so glad they supported us in our new adventure.  Prior to the kickoff, I put every book into a bag along with a bookmark with the reading schedule, discussion questions, and a map of Nim's Island. I delivered them to the teachers on the first day we were to begin reading. The teachers opened them and revealed the book after their classes watched the introduction video.  I incorporated some Nim's Island STEM into our Monday Makerspace Club. We built tin foil boats and tried to see how many pennies they would hold. We also made our own Lego Islands. Mrs. Rose, our art teacher, had students make maps and they also painted animals from the Galapagos (where Nim's Island is possibly located).
 Along with a daily slideshow and trivia question, many teachers took it upon themselves to incorporate Nim's Island activities into their class. Mrs. Owens' class made clay islands, Mrs. Thompson's class made paper turtles, and several teachers used PebbleGo to research animals and beaches.  We also had a couple of dress up days. When we read about the tourists coming to the island, teachers and students dressed like tourists. We also had a day where we dressed like explorers. We concluded the fun with a Nim's Island themed Field Day. Our PE coach, Mr. Schisler created many fun activities with a tropical twist. Here were a couple of my favorites.
Based on teacher surveys, this program was a huge success. Teachers and students really enjoyed sharing the book together. Now I just need to think of a book for next year!
 Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day! To celebrate, I am reviewing Dawson’s Pajama Drama by Constance Ogilvie. Every morning when Dawson wakes up, his pajamas are missing. He has many excuses as to where his pajamas go, but the truth will make young readers chuckle. The cute rhyming text will make this a fun book to read aloud with any child. Thank you to the author for sharing this book with me. #ReadYourWorld
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th 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 homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators. MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on boardMedallion Level Sponsors Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org. Super Platinum: Make A Way MediaGOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV, Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press, SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls, BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift, T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on boardHonorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini, Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Claudia Schwam, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLCWe’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts HERE. Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts A Crafty Arab, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup, Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual @McChildsBookDay Twitter Party will be held 1/25/19 at 9:00pm.E.S.T. TONS of prizes and book bundles will be given away during the party. GO HERE for more details. We will be giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!Twitter Party Details:When: Friday, January 25th Time: 9 pm to 10 pm EST Where: On Twitter! Follow McChildsBookDay to participate Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Sponsored By: Make A Way Media FREE RESOURCES From MCBD 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  Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day! To celebrate, I am reviewing Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams by Gwen Jackson. Lump Lump is a bear cub who is not keen on the idea of hibernation until he hears about the Blanket of Dreams. A sweet story about kindness follows. The story is inspired by Navajo culture and I really enjoyed that the illustration of the Blanket of Dreams is based on the work of Barbara Teller Ornelas, a fifth-generation Navajo weaver. While it doesn’t seem that Jackson is indigenous herself, she did consult with various experts on Navajo culture when writing the book. This is a sweet tale that would be great to read aloud before bedtime. Thank you to the author for sharing this book with me. #ReadYourWorld
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th 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 homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators. MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on boardMedallion Level Sponsors Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org. Super Platinum: Make A Way MediaGOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV, Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press, SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls, BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift, T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on boardHonorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini, Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Claudia Schwam, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts HERE. Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts A Crafty Arab, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup, Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual @McChildsBookDay Twitter Party will be held 1/25/19 at 9:00pm.E.S.T. TONS of prizes and book bundles will be given away during the party. GO HERE for more details. We will be giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!Twitter Party Details:When: Friday, January 25th Time: 9 pm to 10 pm EST Where: On Twitter! Follow McChildsBookDay to participate Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Sponsored By: Make A Way Media FREE RESOURCES From MCBD 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. SC and WS created a display to showcase the books that are related to the UN Global Goal #9 - Industry, Innovation, & Infrastructure. Here is what they have to say about their work: "We didn’t know that much about our goal except that it had something to do with technology & buildings. We like our display because it is big it is unique and because no one has done our global goal before! And guess what, we do not not like our display at all! The thing that most people notice about our display is how many books are on it and all the tech that people take for granted!" I think this book is very interesting and hilarious. The book is about a pigeon that doesn't want to take a bath. The flies stat following him, but then they left because they thought that he smelt bad. My favorite part of the book was when the flies started following him and then they flew away. I recommend this book to anyone who likes picture books and likes drawings. ~Review by KEM  This book holds many epic stories of gods and goddesses, titans and monsters!! These stories start with Geae (Mother Earth ) and ending with the story of Helen (the lethal beauty). My personal favorite part of the book the story of Hermes, but guess what? I'm not telling why! (hee hee) I think this book is great for people who are interested in Greek Mythology. ~Review by WS This book is extraordinary. It holds secrets you never knew, a new world only unexplored by you, stories so real you are inside along with others who have read before you. My favorite part of the book is the part when they talk about Poseidon the god of the sea and earthquakes. This book contains facts about Gaia, Uranus, Cronus, Zeus and more. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Greek Mythology and bad pictures. ~Review by SC  |
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