Jaden Toussaint The Greatest

In celebration of Multicultural Children's Book Day KBN is sharing a cool chapter book by author Marti Dumas!

Book giveaway! Don't forget to share, comment, leave your name and email.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6^th 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. 

TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual 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.

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.

Title: Jaden Toussaint, The Greatest

Author:  Marti Dumas

Illustrations: Stephanie Parcus

Publisher:  Plum Street Press

ISBN:  9781943169276

Review:

Jaden Toussaint or JT loved watching the Animal Guys on TubeTube. He wanted to make a video of his own and become famous, so he thought. He asked his parents and they said no. It was pretty definite. Instead, his class needed something to do in the art celebration and he and his friends had an idea to act in their very own play. JT thought it would be a good idea to record it for all to see. But there is one small problem. One of JT’s classmates seems sad and doesn’t want to participate. It seems he has a bad case of stage fright. JT and his friends do some research for a cure and try everything they’ve learned. Eventually their efforts work. But again, there is another small problem. On the day of rehearsal, the principal sat on the front row and JT felt stage fright settling in. Will JT recover from stage fright with the help of his friends and be famous or not?

Young readers who love a good laugh will enjoy this fun story. It’s creative and a fast-paced read. Illustrations done in black, white and gray depict the characters and the hilarious scenes. Teachers can have fun sharing this as a read-a-loud.