Rising third-grader Madison Wilson is on a mission to raise money to bring multicultural crayons and construction paper, as well as books with diverse characters, to local schools. So far, she has ...
Are you looking for a read that features a main character that looks like your kid? It can be tough to find multicultural children’s books that feature characters of color that don’t completely ...
"She said, 'Mommy why don't they show brown people in movies and books?'" A 7-year-old girl is determined to get multicultural crayons and books featuring diverse characters into California classrooms ...
Commemorating its 10-year anniversary early next year, nonprofit literacy organization Multicultural Children's Book Day will be opening submissions to donate free children’s books starting September ...
Loriene Roy, President of the American Library Association, suggests the best books for children of color. And finally, speaking of things to do on a weekend, this is a big weekend for the book ...
When Katrina Kerstetter left the United States in 2003 to teach English in South Korea, she told herself she would come back a year later. But life had other plans and the initial year-long endeavor ...
The push from various directions to raise awareness concerning the importance of embracing diversity in children’s books continues with two bloggers, Valarie Budayr of Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen ...
When two moms - both reading advocates - struggled to find books reflecting their own children they decided to do something to make a difference. Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen co-founded the nonprofit ...
Growing up in Texas, Eva Longoria and her sisters loved reading and thought the local library was “the funnest place in the world,” as she put it. Their mother was a teacher, so Longoria was raised to ...
Three Alief ISD elementary schools have received a Little Yellow Library, a custom-designed bookshelf that provides 200 multicultural and bilingual books. The books come from a partnership between ...
Cynthia Shambry is the owner of Elda Reads, a child development program that promotes diversity by providing exposure to multicultural books and services. Elda Reads has a collection of books by Black ...
Are you looking for a read that features a main character that looks like your kid? It can be tough to find multicultural children’s books that feature characters of color that don’t completely ...