In celebration of Multicultural Children's Book Day Kristi's Book Nook is sharing books from Tu Books and Lee & Low Books.
Click on the links below to learn more about MCBD, the co-hosts and the Twitter Party details.
Multicultural
Children’s Book Day 2018 (1/27/18) is in its 5th 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.
Title: Family Poems
for Everyday of the Week
Author: Francisco X. Alarcon
Illustrations: Maya Christina Gonzalez
Publisher: Children’s
Book Press
ISBN: 9780892392759
Review:
Through the eyes of a child
these poems written in English and Spanish share the likes and the dislikes of
the seven days of the week. Monday’s make this child feel like a dragon and a
porcupine until someone offers a friendly hello. On Tuesday maybe, some other
child is looking up at Mars in the night sky. Wednesday’s the family celebrates
the Roman god of trade. Or it could be the worst day because the day moves so
slow. On Thursday a celebration takes place on Alcatraz Island the Indigenous
People’s Sunrise Gathering. Friday is a friendly day while getting ready for
the weekend. On Saturday siblings offer to wash cars for friends and neighbors.
Sunday is time for reflection of the week.
These delightful poems
share family, and the history of Mesopotamia and how the gods are associated
with the Sun, Moon, and planets. Readers will be fascinated by the vibrant
colors and images depicting the days of the week. Readers can also learn
Spanish or learn to read the simple text displayed throughout the pages.
Parents and teachers can use this tool to teach poetry and the culture that this
Hispanic family shares.
Title: Rebel Seoul
Author: Axie Oh
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781620142998
Jacket Flap Synopsis:
East Asia 2199
After a great war, the East
Pacific is in ruins. In brutal Neo Seoul, where status comes from success in
combat, eighteen-year-old ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising
in the ranks of the academy. Abandoned as a kid in the slums of Old Seoul by
his rebel father, Jaewon desires only to escape his past and prove himself a
loyal soldier of the Neo State.
When he’s recruited into
the most lucrative weapons-development site in Neo Seoul, he is eager to claim
his best shot at military glory. But the mission becomes more complicated when
he meets Tera, a test subject in the government’s supersoldier project. Tera
was trained for one purpose: to pilot one of the lethal God Machines, massive
human-piloted robots for a never-ending war.
With secret orders to
report on Tera’s behavior, Jaewon becomes Tera’s partner, earning her reluctant
respect. But as respect turns to love, Jaewon begins to question his loyalty to
an oppressive regime that creates weapons out of humans. As the project
prepares to go public amid rumors of a rebellion, Jaewon must decide where he
stands – as a soldier of the Republic, or a rebel of the people.
2018
MCBD Medallion Sponsors
GOLD:Audrey
Press, Candlewick Press,
Loving Lion Books,
Second Story Press,
Star Bright Books,
Worldwide Buddies
SILVER:Capstone Publishing,
Author Charlotte Riggle,
Child’s
Play USA, KidLit
TV,
Pack-n-Go Girls,
Plum Street Press
BRONZE: Barefoot Books, Carole P. Roman, Charlesbridge Publishing, Dr.
Crystal Bowe, Gokul! World, Green Kids Club, Gwen Jackson,
Jacqueline Woodson, Juan J. Guerra, Language Lizard, Lee & Low Books, RhymeTime Storybooks, Sanya Whittaker Gragg, TimTimTom Books, WaterBrook & Multnomah, Wisdom Tales Press
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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.
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will be held 1/27/18 at 9:00pm.
Join the conversation and win one of 12-5 book bundles and one
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