Even though Lois Petren wrote Hi, I’m Jenny with three to
seven-year-old children in mind, there are several essential vocabulary
words and concepts in the book you may need to review ahead of time. Being
able to understand these words and concepts will help them fully enjoy the
story.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is in its 9th 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 books into the hands of young readers and educators.
MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’
books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves.
MCBD 2022 is honored to be supported by these medallion sponsors:
Super Platinum:
Make A Way Media
Platinum:
Language Lizard
Gold:
Barefoot Books,
KidLitTV,
Candlewick,
Capstone,
Abrams Books
Silver:
Pack-n-Go Girls,
Charlotte Riggle,
Kimberly Gordon Biddle
Bronze:
Carole P. Roman,
Patrice McLaurin,
Dyesha and Triesha McCants/McCants Squared,
Redfin.com,
Redfin Canada,
Redfin Mortgage,
Redfin/Title Forward,
Create & Educate,
Star Bright Books,
Vivian Kirkfield,
Dr. Eleanor Wint,
Kind World Publishing,
Snowflake Stories,
Lisa Wee,
SONGJU MA,
Melissa Stoller,
J.C. Kato and J.C.²,
Crystel Patterson,
Audrey Press,
Pragmaticmom,
TimTimTom,
Wisdom Tales
MCBD 2022 is honored to be supported by these author sponsors:
Alva Sachs, Brianna Carter, Ebony Zay Zay, Rita Bhandari, Gwen Jackson,
Lois Petren/The 5 Enchanted Mermaids, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and
Valorena Publishing, Josh Funk, Afsaneh Moradian, Eugenia Chu, Maritza
Martínez Mejía, Diana Huang, Kathleen Burkinshaw, CultureGroove, Sandra
Elaine Scott, Dorena Williamson, Veronica Appleton, Alejandra Domenzain,
Lauren Muskovitz and Sandfish Publishing, Tonya Duncan Ellis, Kimberly
Lee, Susan Schaefer Bernardo & Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher, Nancy
Tupper Ling, Winsome Hudson-Bingham, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Sivan Hong,
Michael Genhart, Debbie Dadey, Elizabeth Cureton, Stephanie Wildman,
Maryann Jacob, Sherri Maret, Rochelle Melander, Dia Mixon, Kiyanda and
Benjamin Young, Shereen Rahming, Linda Thornburg and Katherine Archer,
Rebecca Flansburg and BA Norrgard , Maxine Schur Natalie McDonald-Perkins
FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children’s Book Day
The Multicultural Children’s Book Day website provides free access to
educational resources for teachers and parents. Some of the resources
include:
- Diversity Book Lists & Activities
- Homeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit
- Teacher Classroom Activism and Activists Kit
- Teacher Classroom Empathy Kit
- Teacher Classroom Kindness Kit
- Teacher Classroom Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit
- Teacher Classroom Poverty Kit
- Homeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit
-
Teacher Classroom Raising Awareness on Systemic Racism in America
Classroom Kit - Posters
- Diversity Book for Classrooms Program
- Click here to see the full list of free resources.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party! Be sure and follow
MCBD
and
Make A Way Media
on Twitter!
This epically fun and fast-paced hour includes multicultural book
discussions, addressing timely issues, diverse book recommendations, &
reading ideas.
We will be giving away an 8-Book Bundle every 5
minutes plus Bonus Prizes as well! *** US and Global participants welcome.
**
Follow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join the
conversation, and connect with like-minded parts, authors, publishers,
educators, organizations, and librarians. See you all very soon on Twitter!
