What a whirlwind November has been! From national events like Native American Heritage Month, The Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition Book Review & Giveaway and my week+ adventure doing author appearances at the Frances Hodgson Burnett Sesquicentennial Event, November has been an exciting and “book-filled” month! Here’s a quick recap of the highlights of November.
Native American Heritage Month links and booklists:
November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.
As always, the amazing authors and bloggers have gone above-and-beyond in sharing the best-of-the best in quality Native American booklists, activities and reviews.Go HERE to view some of my top picks along with some great posts from the JIAB archives.
The Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition Book Review & Giveaway
Has it really been 30 years since that magical Christmas tale of a train pulling up into a young boys front yard and hurling him over hill and dale until he reaches the North Pole? To my astonishment, it’s true. Thirty years later, The Polar Express has become a holiday Caldecott Medal-winning classic leaving children all over the world laying quietly in their beds on Christmas Eve, hoping to catch a ride on that magical train. For 30 years author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg has inspired us to “believe.”
In honor of this event, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has released a 30th anniversary edition complete with a new jacket design, expanded interior layout meaning we get to see and experience more goodness, a letter from Chris Van Allsburg, a downloadable recording of the story read by none other than renowned actor Liam Neeson and a gorgeous golden keepsake ornament. AND….I get to give one copy away to one lucky winner thanks to this The Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition Book Review & Giveaway!! Go HERE for details and to enter-to-win.
Author Appearances at Frances HodgsonBurnett Sesquicentennial Event:
You may remember my mention of the upcoming Frances Hodgson Burnett Sesquicentennial Event Celebration. If you read that post you know how excited I was to celebrate an author who has touched my life in so many ways, and also one who is from my home state of Tennessee.
This year the New Market/Knoxville areas are celebrating 150 years since Frances Hodgson Burnett’s moved to the United States in 1865. On hand will be her great grand-daughter Penny Deupree, as well as her great great grandchildren. Penny Deupree, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s great-grand daughter, is coming from her home in Texas to give three free public presentations and display some of Burnett’s personal belongings. You can see all the places I made author appearances here.
As you can imagine, this event was absolutely spectacular and it was such an honor to be invited by Frances Hodgson Burnett’s family! Here are some pictures and highlights from this memorable event:
I was fortunate enough to meet, and spend time with, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s great granddaughter, Penny.
The young readers at the New Market School were some of the many groups that enjoy book extension activities from my book A Year in the Secret Garden.
What were some of your November highlights?
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Attention K-8th Teachers! Get a FREE Diversity Book for Your Class!
2016 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge begins November 1, 2015!
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge is a special project connected to Multicultural Children’s Book Day (1/27/16) that gives classrooms the opportunity to earn a FREE Diversity Book for their class!
Teachers: We want to help you build your classroom library with diverse, inclusive and multicultural books! Here’s how to get a free book through Multicultural Children’s Book Day during the month of January. Teachers and classrooms can also win a Skype author visit with a children’s book author and the drawing will be made from the pool of teachers who signed up before 1/27/16. {author to be announced} This special project is free of charge to all teachers and schools and helps MCCBD achieve their mission of getting multicultural books into the hands of young readers and teachers.
What is it:
The Classroom Reading Challenge is a new project for us but it is a way for teachers to sign up, read up to four multicultural books in their classroom and earn a free multicultural book from us.
All Books are pre-screened and approved by the Junior Library Guild: Having Junior Library Guild on board assures that the free book that classrooms earn from MCCBD is a pre-screened, library-quality book that maps to Common Core. This is a HUGE and exciting benefit for this project.
The MCCBD team would like to take a moment to say a huge “Thank You!” to Junior Library Guild, for allowing us to tap into their collection of library-quality books for kids. Their development and book review service relied upon by thousands of schools and public libraries and we are grateful they are sponsoring Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge by donating the books for the classrooms!
The Junior Library Guild editorial team reviews more than 3,000 new titles each year, in manuscript or prepublication stage. They have a keen sense for finding the best of the best. Over 95 percent of their selections go on to receive awards and/or favorable reviews.
Go HERE to view some of the books that teachers can earn and win as part of our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge and sign your classroom up to earn a few book!!!!
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September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month and my travels across the interwebs this week has turn up soooo many amazing links, posts and resources for parents, teachers and young readers. Enjoy!
33 Latino Middle Grade Chapter Books You Should Know @JumpIntoABook
Top 10: Best Latino American Children’s Books (ages 2-16) @PragmaticMom
Best Books for Latino Heritage Children at Walking by the Way
Why We Need Hispanic Heritage Month-via @MulticulturKids
Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life: A Collection of Resources | Scholastic.com
Favorite children books about Ecuador culture in Spanish @HispanicMama
Children’s Books about Costa Rica via @alldonemonkey
Don’t forget our ginormous Back to School Library Book Bundle Giveaway!
Right on time for back to school, KidLit TV is teaming up with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy and Multicultural Children’s Book Day to give parents, teachers, and librarians a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library.
School libraries play an integral role in the life of students. Many students can cite their school library as a place where a love of reading and learning is fortified. Throughout the country, budgets for school programs are being slashed, school libraries have been heavily hit. Hours for library time are cut in some schools, and non-existent in others. Furthermore, the tight budget impacts a school librarian’s ability to secure funds to purchase new books.
GO HERE to enter to WIN!
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Welcome to Weekend Links! This is my chance to share what I consider some of my my ‘top finds’ that I have discovered over the course of the week. This week there was a plethora of Powerful Book Discussions, Celebrations and Initiatives that I would like to share with our readers. Enjoy!
The Children’s Book Guide has a wonderful article about 100 Most Inspiring Children’s Books –
Three Unmissable Books That Can Help Us Honor Our Past from Pacific Citizen | The National Newspaper of the JACL.
Dr. Greene shared The Importance of Playing, Puttering, and Pretending with our kids.
Kid World Citizen has a great post on “The Danger of a Single Story” and Teaching Kids to Avoid Stereotypes
Quickie Lesson on Slow #Reading Time and Creating a Slow Family Reading Moment
Publishers Weekly reported that First Book, Corporate Partners Make 60,000 Books Available to Children in Need
“In our overprescribed, overstimulated, overscheduled lives, author Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford reminds us about family traditions” at the Smithsonian APA Book Dragon
How Do We #GetKidsReading? A discussion with author James Patterson via Publishers Weekly
Let’s celebrate Children’s Book Week with a Super Spring Sale! I have two of my most popular books on a super special sale until May18th!
The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook: The Simple Step-by-Step guide to creating a Waldorf-inspired #homeschool. And for a limited time, this best-selling book by Donna Ashton, The Waldorf #Homeschool Handbook is now only $17.95 until May18, 2015 ! http://amzn.to/1OhTfoT
Enjoy more month-by-month activities based on the classic children’s tale, The Secret Garden! A Year in the Secret Garden is a delightful children’s book with over 120 pages, with 150 original color illustrations and 48 activities for your family and friends to enjoy, learn, discover and play with together. AND, it’s on sale for a limited time! Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” http://amzn.to/1DTVnuX
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International Children’s Book Day is celebrated every 2 April, inspiring children to pick up a book and get reading!
April the 2nd was chosen to mark this day for young literature lovers as it’s the same date as Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, the author of many famous children’s stories like The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling.
Organised by the International Board on Books For Young People, or IBBY, the aim is to promote books and reading to young people. IBBY was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1953 and today there are 70 National Sections from all parts of the world.
During International Children’s Book Day there will be a number of events held around the world, including writing competitions and talks from famous authors and illustrators.
It’s no secret how much I love children’s book and especially those books celebrating diversity within it’s pages. It just seemed fitting that I ferret out the best booklists I could find on the subject and share them here with you in honor of this important day. AND…I want to give a readers the gift of being able to but their own books so I am also celebrating with this $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!! (more details in a bit).
At All Done Moneky- Children’s Books About Friendship Around the World
The Educators’ Spin On It: Diverse Books in Your Home Library: Parenting Global Kids
A HUGE collection of Multicultural Children’s Book reviews, activities and blog can be found posts on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog!
Giveaway Time! One lucky winner will win a $50 Amazon Gift card to put towards building their own wonderful library!
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
ONE winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift card. Giveaway begins April 2nd-April 10th
- ONE lucky winner will win one Amazon $50 Gift Card
- Must be 18 years or older to enter
- One entry per household.
- Staff and family members of Audrey Press are not eligible.
- Grand Prize winner has 48 hours to claim prize
- Winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter on April 11, 2015
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As a reading and play advocate, I am always looking for fun and innovative ways to shine the spotlight on new children’s literacy and inspire families to pull books off of shelves and stories off of pages.
So early last year, I decided to create a fun guidebook to do just THAT.
To create this Multicultural Books & Activities for Kids, I reached out to some of the brightest bloggers and asked them to pick a book that is meaningful to them, review it and create a fun activity to go along with it. The following is a line-up consisting of not only passionate reading advocates, but some of the most creative writers and bloggers I know.
The result? This guidebook is packed full of 17 great book ideas for kids and offers up not only suggestions to keep young minds reading, but matching activities and extensions inspired by the books. This guide is designed to keep families engaged in the wonder and magic that can be found within the pages of a book and offer suggestions for diversity in children’s literature. The good news is that I am giving this e-book away for FREE! Yes, you heard me; FREE.
Jump Into a Book’s
By Valarie Budayr
Some of the books used in the reviews and activities are:
- Stand Tall, but Read All Around!
{by Shannon Medisky}
- Read Around the World Summer Reading Series
{Guest post from Multicultural Kid Blogs}
- Kid Writing and Biographies: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
{Guest Post from The Unconventional Librarian Pam Margolis}
- Down Under Calling by Margot Finke Book Review and Penpal Activity
{A Multicultural Children’s Book blog post from Jump Into a Book}
- Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
{Guest Post by Sprout’s Bookshelf}
- Read a Book; Travel the World & Make a Wish
{Guest Post from Gladys Elizabeth Barbieri}
- Fiesta Fiasco by Ann Whitford Paul
{Guest Post by Frances from Discovering the World Through Her Son’s Eyes}
- If you were Me and Lived in…by Carole P. Roman
- {Guest Post from Squishable Baby}
- Discovering The Cree Culture in America-Wild Berries by Julia Flett Review & Activity!
{Guest Post from Felicia at Stanley and Katrina}
- TOMB OF SHADOWS (7 Wonders Book III)
{Guest Post from This Kid Reviews Books}
- Cooking with Books: Lucky Birthday Noodles
{Guest Post from Jodie @ Growing Book by Book}
- A Peek into Thailand
{Guest Post from Stephanie Kammeraad of Mama-Lady Books}
- A Chair for My Mother Book Review & Activity
- {Guest Post from Vicki Arnold}
- The Magic Poof Review and Activity
{Guest Post by Stephen Hodges}
- Grandfather Tang’s Story: Storytelling with Tangrams
{Bookjump by Valarie Budayr}
And so much more! Ready for a FREE GIFT that will give your family hours of reading fun and activity? I thought so 
This e-book will only be available for a short time so grab your copy HERE.
Read On!
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