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November 11, 2015
Getting to Know the CoHosts of Multicultural Children’s Book Day
As with any event, success is measured by the strength and effectiveness of the team. At MCCBD Headquarters we are happy to report that we do indeed have a very strong team!
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is thankful for its CoHosts. Our CoHosts are a group of select powerhouse bloggers who share the same diversity in children’s literature passions and beliefs. They also assist in extending the reach and spreading the word of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. These 11 blogs will also be host to the wildly-popular book review/blog post link-up the week of 1/27/16. We would appreciate if you could take a few minutes and visit each of these excellent blogs. These women were selected by the MCCBD team because of their true dedication to supporting diversity in children’s literature.
All Done Monkey
Leanna is a stay at home mother to two sweet, funny, rambunctious boys with a baby girl on the way! Sh
e draws inspiration from the Writings of the Bahá’í Faith and tries to raise her Monkeys in a fun, spiritual, loving environment. She and her husband, who is from Costa Rica, are raising their boys to be bilingual and bicultural but more importantly to be “world citizens.” All Done Monkey is dedicated to sharing this journey with you! All Done Monkey focuses on multiculturalism, children’s education, natural parenting, and spiritual education.
Leanna is the co-founder of Bahá’í Mom Blogs and founder of Multicultural Kid Blogs.
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Multicultural Kid Blogs is a collection of 100+ child and family centered blogs dedicated to raising world citizens, through arts, activities, crafts, food, language, and love.
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Kim Vij: Kim Vij is a Certified Teacher with over 20 years of experience using her Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Central Florida. She moved from the traditional classroom to raise her 3 children and to be an advocate for early childhood education using a much larger platform online. When she is not creating or pinning ideas for kids, you will often find Kim speaking at events, hosting twitter chats or discussing with a friend at a play date about how to help their child learn with developmentally appropriate strategies. A community builder at heart, she serves as an organizer of a local mom’s group and as a school volunteer coordinator. Kim is the Co-author of the popular website The Educators’ Spin On It.
Kim on Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram
Amanda Boyarshinov: Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in Reading for grades K-12. You will often find her in her backyard exploring nature with her kids or doing a hands-on science project at the kitchen table. She loves to walk her dog and snuggling up with a good book when she isn’t elbow deep in baking blueberry muffins in the kitchen. She shares educational activities for children ages 0-7 at The Educators’ Spin On It. Here are some of her tips on building a diverse bookshelf.
More about Amanda, Twitter, Instagram
Watch from Amanda and Kim’s upcoming book, 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Fun Kid Activities Paperback – May 24, 2016
by Amanda Boyarshinov (Author), Kim Vij(Author)
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Jodie Rodriguez has a passion for helping caregivers nurture our youngest readers. As a 
former National Board Certified early-childhood, elementary teacher and administrator, she has worked with thousands of families and educators providing best literacy practices. She lives near St. Louis, Missouri and now stays home with home with her two young sons. She is the creator/founder of Growing Book by Book. A blog dedicated to helping caregivers nurture our youngest readers. You will find book lists, book related activities and literacy tips and tricks for kids ages 0-8.
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InCultureParent is an online magazine for parents raising little global citize
ns. Centered around culture, tradition and language, we feature articles on parenting around the world and raising multicultural and multilingual (also bicultural and bilingual) children. We also spotlight different global holidays together with craft ideas for kids and recipes. We review good books for kids that have a multicultural theme or feature different cultures.
Stephanie Meade is the Founder of award-winning InCultureParent: an online publication advocating parents raising global citizens. Stephanie is into diverse books, bilingual kids, global travel, all things multicultural.
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Becky Morales started Kid World Citizen as a way to share ideas from her classroom 
and activities that she did with her kids. Becky an adoptive mom and the cultures in her family’s household include Mexico, China, Ethiopia, and African-American, but has expanded the blog to include cultures from around the world. Becky loves meeting other globally-minded parents and teachers and sharing ideas to expose kids to world cultures. She has also written a book to help teachers and homeschoolers increase global learning with their kids (and in it there is a booklist of over 300+ excellent multicultural titles for elementary learners!): http://amzn.to/1W9G4oB
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Mama Smiles – Joyful Parenting features experiences, products, and activities that encourage parent-child b
onding, create fun learning opportunities, inspire positive sibling relationships, and build happy, healthy, connected families.
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Imagination Soup:
Melissa Taylor, MA, is an education expert and Pinterest influencer as well as a mother, teacher, and freelance writer. She writes an award-winning learning blog, Imagination Soup and freelances for publications online and in print, including Sylvan Learning, Random House, USA Today Health, The Writer, and Scholastic Parent an
d Child. Connect with Melissa on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Jennifer Brunk writes about teaching Spanish to children on her blog Spanish Playground. She focuses 
on communicative teaching and authentic language materials. Jennifer raised her three children speaking English and Spanish and has been teaching Spanish to young world citizens for over twenty years. The challenge of finding quality resources inspired her to create Spanish Playground, a place teachers and parents can turn to for support, strategies and materials.
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Carrie is a former high school math teacher and diversity club leader. Now she uses her expertise to write about her adventures with her daughter, review books and products and share information. Crafty Moms Share is a place where Carries shares her ideas, knowledge and more and hosts link parties to allow others to share as well. She is a board member of Multicultural Kid Blogs and a believer that we are all equal and need to be respected for our differences as well as our similarities.Facebook, Pinterest,Google+, website
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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.
How to Get Started:
Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Diversity Classroom Reading Challenge for Teachers was created to be a streamlined and simple way to encourage the reading of diversity titles while earning a special multicultural book for your classroom. GO HERE for what to expect and to sign up your classroom.
– Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MulticulturalChildrensBookDay
– Twitter https://twitter.com/MCChildsBookDay
-Reminder: The hashtag for this event is #ReadYourWorld
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November 10, 2015
Raising A Rock-Star Reader
I’ve been excited for this day to come for a really long time. Two long time blogging friends, Amy Mascott from the blog Teach Mama and Allison McDonald from the blog No Time for Flashcards are releasing their new book today Raising a Rock-Star Reader: 75 Tips to Help Your Child Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading.
Both Amy and Allison are incredible resources in creating fun and interactive learning. I show up each time they post and share their postings often. Now I can share that their book continues to share that inventive learning style with Raising a Rock-Star Reader.
Through many years and hundreds of tried and true tactics for raising life long readers and learners, Amy and Allison share 75 of their very best tips.
Here are some tips you’ll find inside:
Tip # 8 Create a book nook. That magical place one goes to read books.
Book Nooks are magical places that separate us from the world and leave us to our books and their imaginary stories and places. There are some great recommendations on how to easily change any corner of your home into a cozy book nook.
Tip #11 Do. Not. Correct. Your. Child’s. Speech.
Correcting a child’s speech while they’re learning to talk is stressful and hurtful. The more they hear adults speak in regular speaking patterns your child will pick up those patterns as their language skills progress.
Tip # 27 Play Grid Games
Grid games are great for helping your child no the concepts of print and moving deliberately from left to right.
“Children learn how books work long before they learn how to read.”
Tip #52 Read the Print All Around You
There is print everywhere we look and pointing this out to your child to show them how important reading is. We do it all day long, everywhere. Point out street signs, menus in restaurants, reading signs at the doctor’s office, at day-care, places of worship and other places you frequent. These are just a few suggestions. There are many more in the book Raising a Reader.
Tip #45 Play Spray It Say It
With sidewalk chalk and a water bottle, learning letter sounds has never been more fun.
Raising a Rock-Star Reader: 75 Quick Tips to Help Your Child Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading is stuff and loaded with way more than 75 tips and is the ultimate guide to help you raise lifelong readers from the help of creative and educational experts. This is a book I will go to time and again for continual resources to keep my family engaged. Not all tips work for all people, this book has something for everyone.
Two of my favorite all time education bloggers are sharing their best ideas with us. This will make the perfect gift this holiday season or any time of year. If you know people who will soon be parents or friends or family with little ones at home, this is the guide-book they’ve always been looking for.
What’s been the best advice you’ve been given while helping your children to read ? Mine came from Nancy Caroline Connell when my youngest child didn’t feel like reading, he liked listening to us read to him instead. She told me “Just keep reading to him, and when you do ask him for help because you’re having trouble with this word.” He was such a helpful type child that he wouldn’t leave his mother in distress. It worked like a gem. I’m happy to say that he is an avid reader now.
Places to grab your copy of Raise a Rock Star Reader:
Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, Scholastic Store and Target
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November 5, 2015
Native American Heritage Month: The Hunter’s Promise
I first saw this book when it was in galley form and it was breathtaking then. Actually holding the book in my hands is an experience I’m very happy with.
The Hunter’s Promise: An Abenaki Tale told by long time story-teller and author Joseph Bruchac and beautifully illustrated by Bill Farnsworth is a beautiful re-telling of an old story from the Abenaki Indians of Vermont and Canada.
Joseph Bruchac himself is from Abenaki descent and a known scholar of Native American stories.
The foundation of the story is to remember our promises but a greater and more important underlying message of the story is our relationship with nature and mother earth. This mythical story is about a young and lonely hunter who wishes for a partner to come and help him as he winters away up in his hunting camp. A beautiful woman appears from the forest to cook his meals, clean his tent, and live with him as his wife during the winter months. Before he leaves for the summer camp and returns to his family, the woman whispers to him, “Promise to remember me. ”
When the young hunter returns the following Autumn to hunt in his winter camp, the young woman is there to greet him but this time she has a son with him. His son has some supernatural qualities, for one he becomes a full adult male in the course of a week but that just brings magic to the story. Again the hunter brings in more game and skins than the winter before. As he prepares to leave for his summer village to be reunited with his family, the woman from the forest reminds him,”Promise not to forget us.”
When he arrives in the summer village this time, the chief wants the hunter to marry his daughter. He respectfully declines remembering his promise to his forest wife from the winter village. The chief’s daughter who always got her way cast a spell on him which made him forget his vows to his winter wife.
When he travels north to the hunting village he takes his wife with him and it’s only when he sees his winter wife with two sons alongside her that he realizes he has broken his promise and betrayed his winter wife. The winter wife and her children walk back into the forest but that’s not the end of the tale. A magical ending awaits you so please get a copy of this book to find out what happens. This book is intended for 6 and up. It will be a story you read time and again.
Bill Farnsworth has illustrated more than 50 children’s books including Kaya for the American Girl series. Working in deep and beautiful toned oils, his illustrations are an invitation to journey into a magical world, the place where nature meets humans.
Wisdom Tales Press is the publisher of fine children’s literature focusing on multicultural and spiritual wisdom. They were very kind to send me a copy of this book and they are a platinum sponsor in Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Get your copy of A Hunter’s Promise HERE.
Have you read the interview with Joseph Bruchac on the Multicultural Children’s Book day blog? Be sure and check out here. Joseph shared some great insights and fun facts about his books.
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Who are the Abenaki ?
The Abenaki tribe, together with the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq, and Penobscot Indians, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, adversaries of the Iroquois. These allies from the eastern seaboard spoke related languages, and Abenaki and Wabanaki have the same Algonquian root, meaning “people from the east.” Today 2000 Abenakis live on two reserves in Quebec, and another 10,000 Abenaki descendants are scattered throughout New England. Only the Canadian Abenaki tribe is officially recognized, but there are at least three Abenaki bands in the United States: the Sokoki and Mazipskwik Abenakis of Vermont and the Cowasucks of Massachusetts.
For further information about the Abenaki Tribe please have a look here.
Promise Stars
We all have great intentions of keeping our word and promises but sometimes we forget. In this activity we’re creating promise stars out of popsicle sticks. This simple craft becomes a keepsake that help kids remember the promises they want to keep.
Have each child take four popsicle sticks. I’ve used colored sticks here but you can use plain ones or decorate the sticks yourself. I use glue dots to hold the sticks together. First take two sticks and make a cross and then make and X on top of the cross so that you have made a star. I place one glue dot in the center of each stick and glue them together. It’s not such a mess as regular glue. If using regular glue be sure to let your star dry before writing on it. On the top stick write I Promise.
On the ends of the sticks write things you’re promising to do or write whole phrases on the sticks.
Some ideas are:
I promise to brush my teeth.
I promise to say thank you.
I promise to read every day.
I promise to tell the truth.
I promise to be kind.
If you’re in a classroom setting have the children share their promises either in pairs or to the whole group. If it’s parents and children, this is a perfect time to use the Promise Stars to talk about your values as a family, your culture, and even your religion.
The Joseph Bruchac Abenaki BookList
A great way to learn more about the Abenaki tribe and confederation is from Joseph Bruchac himself who is a descendant of this fine nation.
**some of these links are affiliate links whic means I get a small commission on any books purchases from this site. My affiliate sales money is put towards mailing costs when I ship books to readers or giveaway winners.
Three Sister’s Soup
Many times Native American tribes plant corns, beans, and squash together. They are known as the Three Sisters. Here’s an Abenaki recipe celebrating the Three Sisters as a wonderful soup. Enjoy. The recipe advises to eat it with bannock bread but it’s really good with cornbread too.
Ingredients
2 cans White Hominy Corn (undrained)
1 large can Red Kidney Beans (undrained)
1 pkg. frozen cut Squash
1 yellow Onion (cut up)
2 cloves garlic (coarse chopped)
1 lb. Bacon
Allspice
Black Pepper
Directions
Best done in cast iron pot, dutch oven. Fry up bacon until medium crispy, remove and drain off most of the fat. In hot fat, brown up onion. When onion is golden brown, add garlic, cook for about a minute. Drain off remaining fat, then add Corn and Beans (juice and all), and the bacon, cut up. Add cut up squash, add enough water to cover everything by about two inches. Simmer together, adding Allspice and Black pepper to taste. Salt should be unnecessary, due to salt in bacon. We didn’t really use salt much until after the Invasion. Ham or smoked shoulder can be substituted, if desired. Cook together until everything is just this side of mush.
Note: Modern variation on the old communal cookpot (M8wigisoak)that always simmered to feed Winter visitors in our longhouses. Should be served with Banik (Bannock), oven baked flat bread that has shortening in it.
Bannock Bread
Here’s the recipe for bannock bread for those of you who’d like it.
Ingredients
1/2 cup lard
1/2 tsp of salt
6 tsp of baking powder
4 cups flour
1 tsp of sugar or corn syrup
2 cups of water or milk
Directions
Mix all dry ingriedents into a bowl.
Then slowly mix in your lard until it looks like small coarse oatmeal.
Then make a small hole in the center of the bowl, pour the milk or water mixture into the bowl gradually.
Mix the ingridents toghter. Knead for about 3 minutes.
Success in bannock making is the kneading, which is required to make it firm.
Pat out with hands to 3/4 inch thickness and prick with fork.
It can be made oblong or round and baked in an oven @ 350 Degrees.
Cool for about five minutes and enjoy.
Note: Bannock was something very special and sacred and eaten only on Sundays. It was made into small bannocks and each member of the family had a taste of this special bread.
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This holiday season, give your children the gift that will nurture a lifetime of positive habits; give the gift of a book.
As parents, we want/need quality books with extension activities to help our young ones unplug and create memories. Pulling books from shelves, and stories from pages, is also an important act that will aid in them being life-long readers. Quality books with companion book extension activities are not only work to create special family time, it allows kids to solve the world’s problems without major consequences.
A Year in the Secret Garden is just such a book. This delightful children’s book from authors Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters offers unique and original month-by-month activities that allow readers to delve deeper into the classic children’s tale, The Secret Garden! 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.
This book will make a great gift and be the catalyst of many hours of family growth, learning and FUN! Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” More details HERE!
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November 4, 2015
Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway WINNERS
Winners – Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway
Wondering who won the big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway back in September? The wait is over!
In September KidLit TV launched our first ever Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway! We partnered 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. The results are in!
Congratulations to the winners of our very first Big Multicultural Back to School Library Book Giveaway! KidLit TV will be shipping off books to the libraries below, in the name of each winner.
WINNER: Margaret Barham
LIBRARY: The Exploris School (Elementary Campus) – Raleigh, NC
WINNER: Johana Castillo
LIBRARY: North Grade Elementary – Lake Worth, FL
WINNER: Twila Claycomb
LIBRARY: Oswayo Valley Middle School – Shinglehouse, PA
WINNER: Kelly Gesser
LIBRARY: Potowmack Elementary School – Sterling, VA
WINNER: Margaret Hufstedler
LIBRARY: Alton Elementary School – Alton, MO
WINNER: Lauren Lim
LIBRARY: Myford Elementary School – Irvine, CA
WINNER: Becky Morales
LIBRARY: Colony Meadows Elementary School – Sugar Land, TX
WINNER: Alison McKinney
LIBRARY: Round Hill Elementary School – Washingtonville, NY
WINNER: Jennifer Verbrugge
LIBRARY: Expo Elementary School – St. Paul, MN
WINNER: Anjanette Young
LIBRARY: Donner Springs Elementary School – Reno, NV
We put out a call for diverse books and publishers listened. We’d like to thank the publishers below for donating books to the giveaway.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Books featured in the giveaway bundle include:
The Whale in My Swimming Pool by Joyce Wan
Beauty and The Beast by H. Chuku Lee, illustrations by Pat Cummings
The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
Gone Crazy In Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Seeds of Friendship by Michael Foreman
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald no combina by Monica Brown, illustrations by Sara Palacios
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred by Rafael López, illustrated by Samantha R. Vamos
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Legg, illustrated by L. C. Wheatley
We urge parents, teachers, and librarians to support publishers who have a diverse roster of authors, illustrators, and titles.
You don’t have to wait until next year to enter our giveaway (yes, we’ll be doing this again!). There are many school and local libraries in need of new, or used books in great condition. Please consider donating a book or creating a book drive to support your local schools and libraries.
ABOUT
Pragmatic Mom
Pragmatic Mom was born of several circumstances; one child’s lackluster academic year, a mishap during a reading session, and realizing it was okay for a mom to love kid lit more than adult fiction. Mia Wenjen chronicles her family’s journey through education, parenting, and children’s literature via Pragmatic Mom. Mia is a leader in literacy and parenting. She is one of the co-founders of Multicultural Children’s Book Day.
Connect with Pragmatic Mom on Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, and Twitter.
Jump into a Book
Jump into a Book (JIAB) is a site about the love of children’s books and how they can be incorporated into our everyday lives through play, crafting, cooking, movies, games, traveling and author visits. At JIAB, they strive to pull books off shelves and stories off pages to create reading experiences for families. Amazon and iTunes best-selling author and founder of Audrey Press, Valarie Budayr is a play and reading advocate, whose mission is to inspire children, families, and communities to experience and create a world together through books while having fun.
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Franticmommy
Rebecca Flansburg (a.k.a Franticmommy), is a freelance writer, blogger and virtual assistant. Franticmommy.com, is filled with laughter and love about the joys of parenthood. Rebecca is also committed to helping women realize their work-from-home dreams, enjoying life beyond the cubicle, and find clarity in the work/life/family balance.
Connect with Franticmommy on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day’s (MCCBD) mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries.Children’s reading and play advocates Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom have teamed up to create an ambitious (and much needed) national event. On January 27th, 2014 Jump into a Book and Pragmatic Mom presented the very first Multicultural Children’s Book Day as a way of celebrating diversity in children’s books. The results and support overwhelming as authors, publishers, parents, teachers, bloggers and librarians joined forces to offer up an online event designed to shine the spotlight on diversity in children’s literature.
Connect with Multicultural Children’s Book Day on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.
KidLit TV
KidLit TV is a community of authors, illustrators, educators, and parents all working together to bring great books to kids. We hope to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Click here for more.
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November 3, 2015
Frances Hodgson Burnett Sesquicentennial Event Celebration
While researching A Year in the Secret Garden I discovered that author Frances Hodgson Burnett lived in the United States from 1865 until she went back for a visit to England in 1872. Another great discovery was that she lived in the town next to our Knoxville and then up in the Jefferson City area of Tennessee.
When Frances Hodgson was three years old her father died leaving her mother to care for 5 children and her husband’s shop. After 10 years of limbing along, Eliza Hodgson, France’s mother, decided to close the shop in 1865 and move to the Knoxville Tennessee area to accept her brother’s offer. Eliza’s brother told her that he was doing very well in commerce. When Eliza arrived with her 5 children she discovered that her brother was living in a log cabin and that the South had been ravaged by years of civil war. Her brother’s business turned out to be a shady one. The only thing that kept them from starving were the care and goodness of their neighbors.
At first France’s tired to open a school and seminary for young ladies but that wasn’t successful. Seeing the advertisements in the back of magazines asking for writer’s submissions. Frances sent to a few magazines finally publishing “Hearts and Diamonds” in Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine in 1868. From this point on everything that Frances wrote was never rejected by a publisher. It was this story that began her long career as a writer. Her American audience loved her mixture of Victorian English themes with very American logic. Frances had the talent of being able to communicate with both sets of English speakers. Those from America and those from England.
Less than a year later, Frances and her family moved to Knoxville Tennessee to a large house with a wonderful view of the meadows and forests as well as the river. They called their house Vagabond and I hear it was really spectacular. It’s been torn down but the memory of it still lingers. Their house became the center of music, story-telling, all day writing bouts, and courtship.
During this time, Frances met and captivated Swan Burnett, who was a medical student. They were in the same circle of friends for a couple of years before he proposed to her. All of her brothers and sisters had married before her. After a long visit home to England in 1872, she accepted Swan’s proposal. She accepted not because she loved him deeply but because she didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
They married in 1873 and nearly a year later to the day, their son Lionel was born in Knoxville. 6 months later they moved to Paris where Swan studied Ophthalmology, and Frances wrote night and day to support her family. Soon Frances became pregnant again and delivered another son Vivian.
Frances Hodgson Burnett lived her life traveling between the United States and Europe. Her descendants continue to live in the United States however.
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.
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All three presentations are the same. The dates, times and locations are as follows:
Monday, November 16, at 7 p.m., at the Appalachian Center at Carson-Newman University, located at 1603 Russell Avenue, Jefferson City;
• Tuesday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m., at New Market Elementary School, located at 1559 West Old Andrew Johnson Highway; and
• Thursday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m., at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 202 West Main Street, Dandridge. This is a joint meeting of the Jefferson County Historical Society and Jefferson County Genealogical Society.
I have the distinct honor of also being asked to attend and jump into the pages of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved tale The Secret Garden. Many of my appearances are right before Penny Deupree’s presentations.
Tuesday November 17th 5:30-6:00 PM Secret Garden Activities for kids
6:00-6:30 PM Book Signing of A Year in the Secret Garden
Thursday November 19th 10:50 to 11:45 The importance of Extension Activities in Children’s Literature, Carson Newman College.
Thursday November 19th 3:00 pm Jefferson City Public Library Homeschool Event Exploring the World of the Secret Garden. Fun and Activities included.
Thursday November 19th 5:30-6:00 Book Activity at the Jefferson City Courthouse
6:00-6:30 Book Signing of A Year in the Secret Garden
Saturday November 20th Live and Silent Auction. A Year in the Secret Garden Basket, and a chance to bid on a real live Secret Garden Tea Party. New Hope Blount County Children’s Advocacy Center.
We’ll be celebrating this grand 150th anniversary event all year long.
I co-created, along with illustrator Marilyn Scott-Waters, A Year in the Secret Garden to introduce the beloved children’s classic, The Secret Garden to a new generation of families. Each month unlocks the mysteries to the Secret Garden using games, outdoor and gardening activities, paper toys, crafts, cooking, historical information, and character profiles, all based on The Secret Garden.
If you’d like to invite me to present a program on The Secret Garden and Frances Hodgson Burnett I’d be happy to do so. Please contact me at budayr at gmail dot com.
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This holiday season, give your children the gift that will nurture a lifetime of positive habits; give the gift of a book.
As parents, we want/need quality books with extension activities to help our young ones unplug and create memories. Pulling books from shelves, and stories from pages, is also an important act that will aid in them being life-long readers. Quality books with companion book extension activities are not only work to create special family time, it allows kids to solve the world’s problems without major consequences.
A Year in the Secret Garden is just such a book. This delightful children’s book from authors Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters offers unique and original month-by-month activities that allow readers to delve deeper into the classic children’s tale, The Secret Garden! 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.
This book will make a great gift and be the catalyst of many hours of family growth, learning and FUN! Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” More details HERE!
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November 1, 2015
Teachers! Earn a FREE Multicultural Kids Book for Your Classroom!
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.
Here are some of the books that teachers can earn and win as part of our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge:
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Reading Challenge BOOKS YOU CAN EARN (Partial List)
A New Year’s Reunion by Yu Li-Qiong
This poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away — and shows how a family’s love is strong enough to endure over time and distance. [picture book, ages 2 and up]
Martina una cucarachita muy linda: Un cuento cubano by Carmen Agra Deedy
A sweet and witty retelling of the Cuban folktale, you’ll never look at a cockroach the same way again. [bilingual in Spanish picture book, ages 4 and up]
Abuelos by Pat Mora
In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover an old New Mexican tradition — ‘los abuelos’ — for the first time. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
The Magic Horse of Han Gan by Chen Jiang Hong
A well-known painter himself, Chen Jiang Hong introduces Han Gan, a ninth-century Chinese artist, who painted horses so realistically, they seemed to jump off the page. In this story, they really do come alive [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Yatandou by Gloria Whelan
Yatandou lives in a Mali village with her family and neighbors. And though she is only eight years old and would much rather play with her pet goat, she must sit with the women and pound millet kernels. [picture book, ages, 6 and up]
How Tía Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez
Tía Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew’s elementary school. But Miguel wants nothing to do with the arrangement. He hasn’t had an easy time adjusting to his new school in Vermont and doesn’t like living so far away from Papi, who has a new girlfriend and an announcement to make. On the other hand, Miguel’s little sister, Juanita, can’t wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt —that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough to remember to do so. Before long, Tía Lola is organizing a Spanish treasure hunt and a Carnaval fiesta at school. Will Miguel be willing to join the fun? [chapter book, 8 and up]
Pemba Sherpa by Olga Cossi
An exquisitely illustrated story of a brother and his younger sister facing a life-threatening and life-changing landslide. Pemba and his younger sister Yang Ki both yearn for roles as guides and porters to the high country of the Himalayas. While such a goal is well within Pemba’s reach, his seven-year-old sister faces an obstacle, mainly because girls aren’t encouraged, let alone accepted, as porters or guides. When he and Yang Ki are caught in a landslide, both brother and sister reach beyond their perceived limitations to regain safety as well as alter viewpoints about societal roles. [picture book, ages 7 and up]
The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep
Ten-year-old Gim Lew Yep knows that he must leave his home in China and travel to America with the father who is a stranger to him. Gim Lew doesn’t want to leave behind everything that he’s ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand, rather than the “correct” right hand; he stutters; and most of all, he worries about not passing the strict immigration test administered at Angel Island. [chapter book, ages 10 and up]
Mexican Immigrants in America by Rachael Hanel
Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what side you’re on and what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or to death. In the You Choose Books set, only YOU can CHOOSE which path you take through history. What will it be? Get ready for an adventure. [nonfiction, ages 10 and up]
Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Two distinct teenage voices pull readers into the native world of northern Alaska in this beautifully crafted and compelling debut novel. [young adult, ages 12 and up]
My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Luke knows his Iñupiaq name is full of sounds white people can’t say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. Here, speaking Iñupiaq—or any native language—is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force of nature, is ready to slap down those who disobey. Luke struggles to survive at Sacred Heart. But he’s not the only one. There’s smart-aleck Amiq, a daring leader— if he doesn’t self-destruct; Chickie, blond and freckled, a different kind of outsider; and small, quiet Junior, noticing everything and writing it all down. They each have their own story to tell. But once their separate stories come together, things at Sacred Heart School—and the wider world—will never be the same. [young adult, ages 12 and up]
How to Get Started:
Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Diversity Classroom Reading Challenge for Teachers was created to be a streamlined and simple way to encourage the reading of diversity titles while earning a special multicultural book for your classroom. GO HERE for what to expect and to sign up your classroom.
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-Reminder: The hashtag for this event is #ReadYourWorld
Thank you so much for your support!
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October 31, 2015
Serafina and the Black Cloak Book Review and Extension Activities
I have to say RUN, as fast as you can to your nearest bookstore and get this book. My word, what an incredible read! This book is a masterfully told thriller with loads of mystery, intrigue, setting, and spookiness. It is storytelling at it’s finest.
We are celebrating Halloween this year by jumping into the fine pages of Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty of Asheville North Carolina. Please read this book anytime of year, we have chosen it as the Halloween Special but it’s a fine read the other 364 days of the year as well.
An exciting new mystery-thriller about an unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate and must solve a dark and dangerous mystery. This Disney Hyperion novel became a New York Times Bestseller in the first week of its release, and has been a smash hit ever since.-Amazon
“Never go into the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.”
This spooky tale is about Seraphina, an odd girl who lives in the basement of the Biltmore Estate, in 1899. Serafina and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, live in the basement of the great estate. No one knows they live there. Serafina’s pa has forbidden her to do a couple of things. First she must never be seen by anyone. Second she must never ever venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore Estate and into the forest. There are very dangerous and spooky things that live there. Third she must never venture upstairs where all the rich folk live. Along with not being seen, no one even knows Serafina exists. But not being seen or heard doesn’t mean Serafina doesn’t venture out. She has learned to prowl through the darkened corridors at night, to sneak and hide, using the mansion’s hidden doors and secret passageways.
One night Serafina hears noises she’s never heard at night before. She discovers mysterious foul play at hand. Children at the estate start disappearing but only Serafina knows the clues and passageways to follow. There’s a terrifying man in a black cloak stalking about the corridors at night at the Biltmore Estate. Risking everything, Serafina joins forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, young orphaned nephew of Vanderbilt’s owner George Vanderbilt. Serafina and Braeden must uncover who the man in the black cloak is before all of the children on the estate disappear. The hunt takes them to the forest which Serafina has been taught to fear. There, she discovers a legacy of magic not known before. To save the children Serafina must face her fiercest and darkest enemy. To do so she must first discover the strange mystery around her own identity.
I have to confess that we have a great connection to the Biltmore Estate, the setting for this story. We live just a couple of hours away in the Knoxville TN area and have a family membership. The woods Robert Beatty talks about we’ve walked through and had our own conversations of how anyone could be hiding there. Add to that the mystery of the Blue Ridge mountains where it is very well-known by the folklore in that region that non human beings and spirits live in the forests there. You always have to enter the forest with protection. Knowing that, can you imagine how exciting this book is for us? It’s like myth and legend have sprung to life.
photo credit by Robert Beatty
Rarely do I make predictions where books are concerned but I feel safe to say that this book will become a classic in children’s literature. I haven’t seen a book of this finesse come around for a while. We loved it’s spookiness. It’s a very manageable level of spookiness. It keeps those pages turning. The very good news is that the publisher Hyperion Disney Books is going to make this into a book series. Oh how happy are we!!! We can hardly wait but wait we shall !!!
Something To Do
There are so many things to do as book extensions for this fabulous book!
Chapter One Excerpt
First why not have a read of the first chapter yourself. You’ll be hooked, and then please take my advice and get this book pronto.
Get to Know The Vanderbilt Estate
The Biltmore Estate is a gorgeous turn of the century mansion built in 1895 by George Vanderbilt.It is officially the largest home in America. This very large home hosts more than 250 rooms and around 175,00 square feet.
Set in the Blue Ridge mountains in Asheville, North Carolina it is a wonderful place to visit. I’m not sure how many rooms are open to the public but there are a lot of them. You’ll get to tour the two upstairs floors that Serafina isn’t suppose to go on. You’ll also get to go in the two basements but the slimy sub basement wasn’t on the tour the last time we went. That might be changing now with Serafina and the Black Cloak. Also something to consider are the grounds. The terraces and gardens are exquisite and are themed to bloom throughout the year. Each season is a blooming treasure to behold. Also on the estate are several places to hike and enjoy the forest which if you stay on the path isn’t scary at all BUT if you go off the path I can’t guarantee anything. You might meet a man in a black cloak and other non human type creatures. So stay on the path. We love to rent bikes and ride the bike trails. It’s one of our favorite things to do. There are also many great places to eat through the entire estate and wonderful adventures to be had.
Biltmore is truly a family home in opulent style. The nice thing is they let us experience it as well. Be sure to check out their events especially the various musical concerts going on throughout the year, the gardens and special exhibits at the house.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that maybe one day the Biltmore Estate will have a Serafina Tour. How cool would that be ?
Serafina Riddle Contest
Maybe you don’t have to wait for the Serafina Tour, maybe you could win one right now. The choice of prizes are a computer system or an all expense paid trip to Asheville and the Biltmore Estate plus you get to meet Robert Beatty and take a Serafina Tour with him. As you can tell I’m prone to take the travel and tour as to the computer. But it’s a free world and if you win choose what makes you happy.
First you have to answer about 12 riddles. You can find out all the details and such about the contest here.
Pumpkin Carving
It is Halloween after all, io designs has created two templates to go along with Serafina and the Black Cloak for all your jack-o-lantern needs.
Wishing you many happy Serafina moments !!!!!
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This holiday season, give your children the gift that will nurture a lifetime of positive habits; give the gift of a book.
As parents, we want/need quality books with extension activities to help our young ones unplug and create memories. Pulling books from shelves, and stories from pages, is also an important act that will aid in them being life-long readers. Quality books with companion book extension activities are not only work to create special family time, it allows kids to solve the world’s problems without major consequences.
A Year in the Secret Garden is just such a book. This delightful children’s book from authors Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters offers unique and original month-by-month activities that allow readers to delve deeper into the classic children’s tale, The Secret Garden! 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.
This book will make a great gift and be the catalyst of many hours of family growth, learning and FUN! Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” More details HERE!
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October 29, 2015
All Hallow’s Eve Press Review by Donna Davis
In the mood for some frightfully fun and spooky reads?
Donna Davies, the Halloween Queen, channels her love of this haunting holiday into her charming, comical children’s books. She has released six books, including a coloring book, that all center around the legends of All Hallow’s Eve.
Ms. Davies is a staunch supporter of local libraries and historical societies, she serves as President of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Historic Fund and curates the Hudson Valley Halloween Magazine as an “en-spook-lopedia” of all things grim and ghoulish in the area.
It’s Halloween and you’re out for the night,
Not quite realizing you’re in for a fright.
The candy creepers have come to town,
And they will gobble your candy down.
The candy creepers are masters of disguise, but boy are they in for a big surprise.
A fun Halloween book sure to bring back fond childhood memories with a surprise ending!
Delightfully illustrated by Rob Peters.
Other Books By Donna Davies
Does your child fear the creatures of night? Well, here’s a little girl who is up for a boogeyman fight! This rip-roaring fun story will transform any child who is spooked by monsters in the closet or under the bed into rulers of their rooms. After taking a few lessons from little LeAnne, they will never fear that nasty boogeyman again.
Sleepy Hollow and the Road You’d Better Not Follow
Have you heard about the road you’d better not follow?
Let’s take a walk through the deep, dark hollow! Legend says a headless horseman wants your head.
I don’t think he’s aware that he’s actually dead!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow comes to life and turns into a chilling nightmare. This fun and frightening adventure is a night like no other for two curious friends who go in search of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Halloween Night at the Mad Monster Museum
A fantasy come true from two monster-crazed kids who find themselves locked in a monster museum on Halloween night. Truly a monstrous celebration for all. An amusing introduction in the famous Universal Monsters of our time with an appearance by a special guest.
The Halloween Queen who Lost her Scream: An Evil Blue Fairy Tale
Halloween author, Donna Davies has created an exciting Halloween mystery that will have your kids sitting on the edge of theirs seats. An action-packed tale of a Halloween Queen named Calliope who lost her scream right before Halloween. Meet an amazing cast of Halloween monsters from witches to zombies as they go on an adventure to help their Queen and save Halloween. Filled will stunning colorful Halloween illustrations by the talented Rob Peters. This delightfully fun book has become a family tradition.
Something To Do
Paper Plate String Spider Web:
Save Green by Being Green has a wonderful tutorial and activity on creating your own String Spider Web
Love this hand-print vampire craft from Crafty Morning. Even adults can have fun with this one!
Get the rest of this great craft instruction HERE.
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This holiday season, give your children the gift that will nurture a lifetime of positive habits; give the gift of a book.
As parents, we want/need quality books with extension activities to help our young ones unplug and create memories. Pulling books from shelves, and stories from pages, is also an important act that will aid in them being life-long readers. Quality books with companion book extension activities are not only work to create special family time, it allows kids to solve the world’s problems without major consequences.
A Year in the Secret Garden is just such a book. This delightful children’s book from authors Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters offers unique and original month-by-month activities that allow readers to delve deeper into the classic children’s tale, The Secret Garden! 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.
This book will make a great gift and be the catalyst of many hours of family growth, learning and FUN! Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” More details HERE!
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October 27, 2015
Go Fly a Kite! 9 Kidlit Books About Kites
As I sit in my office at JIAB headquarters, the Fall winds are whispering loudly and the leaves are tumbling down from the trees and quietly pelting the ground. As the weather in Maryville, TN turns chillier, and the autumn winds bring an end to the colorful leaf-watching activities, I can’t help secretly wishing I could go fly a kite!
One of our favorite things to do in April is fly our kites at our local kite festival in the park. Granted, it’s not April, but I do enjoy the childlike fun affiliated with flying a kite. To get everyone in the spirit of Kite Flying we pulled out some of our favorite books to read and created 9 Kidlit Books About Kites. I love the multicultural nature of these books as well. Hope our list inspires you as well.
Kite Flying by Grace Lin – The wind is blowing which makes for a good day to fly kites. Come enjoy this family as they make a dragon kite together.
The Legend of the Kite by Chen Jiang Hong – A grandfather and his grandson build a kite for thier local kite festival. Also included is the history of China’s kite flying tradition.
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers – Floyd’s kite gets stuck in a tree and he has to figure out how to get it down. First he throws his shoe which also gets stuck. He then decides to throw the other shoe which ends up with the first shoe and the kite stuck in the tree. This is only the beginning of a long list of hysterically funny things which get thrown up into the tree to unstuck the kite. This is such a great read!
Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel – Frog and Toad spend their days together flying kites, celebrating Toad’s birthday, and having lots of fun together.
Kites: Magic Wishes that Fly Up to the Sky by Demi – One of my favorite author/illustrators, Demi tells the story of how kites came to be. A long time ago in China a woman commissioned an artist to paint a dragon kite for her son. It was the mother’s hope that this beautiful dragon which stood for wealth, wisdom, power, and nobility would be seen by the gods in heaven who would assist her son in growing up to be big and strong. Demi’s art is exquisite in this great book.
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer – Look into the world of Benjamin Franklin and discover how he used lightening and a kite to make people’s lives safer.
The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres – One Sunday morning, Fernando Florez and his multi-generational family go to town and discover a kite festival. With all the stores closed they have to work together to create a kite. This is such a sweet story.
Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall – Henry lives in Chinatown in New York City and loves to make kites with his grandfather Chin. While Henry and his grandfather fly their kites in the park, kids from Little Italy keep throwing rocks at them and destroying the beautiful kites. Henry and his friends decide that enough is enough. This book is based on a true story in 1920 when two groups of kids form idfferent cultures came face to face to discover they have much more in common than differences.
The Best Winds by Laura Williams – A classic Korean tale about Jinho and his grandfather who teaches him the art of kite making.
I hope you have many wonderful days reading about kites and good wind to go and fly a few!
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Discover the joys of delving into this timeless children’s literature classic and see the Secret Garden through new eyes and a modern twist!
Kids and nature go hand-and-hand and enjoying the bounty that the great outdoors brings is not just a “summer thing.” The newest book from children’s book authors Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters teaches families everywhere to enjoy not only the great outdoors with month-by-month activities, but to jump deeper into 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. Grab your copy ASAP and “meet me in the garden!” More details HERE!
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October 25, 2015
Weekend Links As the end of October Nears
Another busy week has just wrapped up here at JIAB headquarters. It was a bittersweet week of highs and lows as well. I was so sad to hear of Vera B Williams death. She contributed greatly to so many in the wonderful literature she wrote . You will be greatly missed Vera.
Then there were light-hearted milestones like the fact that one of my favorite books, Caps for Sale, turned 75.
But like all weeks, I discovered some wonderful reading nuggets of gold.
Here are some of my top picks:
Thirteen Scary YA Books: Diverse Edition via @LEEandLOW
An alternative (or bonus) to #halloweentreats Book or Treat (A Book-ish Twist on Halloween)
Picture Books You Might Not Know With Great Role Models For Girls at No Time for Flashcards
The Mighty Boy Reading List: Ages 9-12 at I think We Could be Friends
40 Tween & Middle Schoolers; All-Time Favorite Book List via @thehousehendrix
13 + Children’s Picture Books About Famous Artists – via @imagination soup
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2016 is COMING (1/27/16) and we have many things to be grateful for here at MCCBD headquarters. There are a ton of exciting things in the works right now!
Need to get a multicultural children’s book in front of readers? Participate in this national event as an Author Sponsor and get enjoy many unique ways to gain visibility for your books. Those who lock in their Author Sponsorship before October 31st will get a bonus; 2 guest posts on MCCBD blog, banner ad on the Author Sponsor Page, social media shares and book review opportunities by book bloggers. A great value for only $65. Go HERE for more details.
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