Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Build Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources | Queen of Physics | Global Kids

Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources | Queen of Physics | Global Kids

Disclosure: The featured books were gifted to Miss Panda Chinese to review for MCBD 2020.

Read diverse books with Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) at home, in class, at the library, and with friends on January 31!  Your participation as a parent, as an educator, as an educational leader will bring more awareness to your community and benefit children of all ages.  Diverse books help children see role models from their cultural background, expand their world view, encourage them to embrace diversity, and connect them with today’s fast-growing global community.

I am featuring three of the many amazing books from this year’s MCBD event: 

1. Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources: A Practical Manual of Lesson Plans, Literacy Games, and Fun Activities from Around the World to Celebrate Diversity in the Classroom and at home. by Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani with Dr. Heather Leanman, Edmond Gubbins, Ellen O’Regan (Language Lizard)

2. Queen of Physics: How WU CHIEN SHIUNG Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson (Sterling Children’s Books)

3. Global Kids: 50+ Games, Crafts, Recipes & More from Around the World by Homa Sabet Tavangar and Sophie Fatus (Barefoot Books)

Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources:

A Practical Manual of Lesson Plans, Literacy Games, and Fun Activities from Around the World to Celebrate Diversity in the Classroom and at Home

is a new book providing invaluable tools for educators to celebrate diversity in the classroom.  The three themes of the multicultural lesson plans include Cultural Awareness and Diversity; Folktales, Fables, Myths, and Legends and Holidays/Festival.

In the three themes, there are eleven topics and each topic has a recommended bilingual book for educators.  The world cultural exploration starts with books and extends to engaging games and diversity activities.  All lessons meet the Common Core State Standards and the detailed content makes the instruction simple for educators to follow and use in the classroom.

I’ve found the lesson plans versatile and adaptable for any age group and English proficiency level.  The bilingual storybook approach is brilliant for literacy development, cultural engagement, and class community building.

From stories to games, from cultural awareness in the lesson plans to diversity activities, educators will be able to use this book in so many ways and in various grade levels.  Bridging the gap starts with one family and one classroom and you can be the leader to initiate Read Your World program in your neighborhood, in your class, and in your school with the resources in this book.

One of the bilingual books used in Cultural Awareness and Diversity theme is Mei Ling’s Hiccups.  From reading and discussing the story, children will understand and appreciate the cultural differences within the class.  They will discover the different ways to “cure” hiccups from the tips around the world and maybe also from their friends.

Literacy building, art integration, and vocabulary development are all included in the lesson plans for you to use and lead your children to connect their own culture with the world culture.

Language Lizard, LLC is one of the leading children’s multilingual multicultural book resources.  And, most of their books are in dual language format which is available in English with a choice of many other languages.  We hope you head over to language Lizard and check out their fantastic collection.

 

Queen of Physics: How WU CHIEN SHIUNG Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom

is a wonderful book for children to see the possibilities of achieving their dreams, making a change in the world, and being a contributor to the community.

Queen of Physics tells a courageous story about a remarkable Chinese scientist, Wu Chien Shiung who first studied education then focused on the study of science.   Her education started in China and proceeded to the United States.

Wu was a curious young girl in China at a time when few girls had the opportunity to go to school.  Her parents created a school only for girls and opened up an opportunity for the girls to be educated even before Wu was born.

Later, she transformed to be a courageous leader for her peers during the wartime. She was a studious learner and a dedicated and precise researcher.  Her deep understanding and hard work in Physics and her generosity of sharing her work assisted her peer scientists received the Nobel Prize not just once but three times, at the time female scientists were less recognized.

Wu continued to fight prejudice against women and Asians.  She was a remarkable physicist and she was named “The First Lady of Physics Research” and “Queen of Physics!” by the Smithsonian magazine and Newsweek.

This is a fantastic book written by Teresa Robeson with beautiful illustrations.  The story is well-told with great cultural facts and the amazing science work Wu did.  It is a fabulous read for kids of all ages to inspire their curiosity about cultures, social justice, and science.

 

 

Join us on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day on January 31st!  We can work together to make a change in the lives of our children with multicultural books and tools that cultivate their understanding of the world, cultures, people around them and their own heritage.  Embracing diversity connects the world.  See you at Multicultural Children’s Book Day!

Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7th 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 book into the hands of young readers and educators.  

Seven years in, MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues.

MCBD 2020  is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on board

 

Super Platinum

Make A Way Media/ Deirdre “DeeDee” Cummings, 

Platinum

Language Lizard, Pack-N-Go Girls, 

Gold

Audrey Press, Lerner Publishing Group, KidLit TV, ABDO BOOKS : A Family of Educational Publishers, PragmaticMom & Sumo Jo, Candlewick Press,

Silver

 Author Charlotte Riggle, Capstone Publishing, Guba Publishing, Melissa Munro Boyd & B is for Breathe,

Bronze

Author Carole P. Roman, Snowflake Stories/Jill Barletti, Vivian Kirkfield & Making Their Voices Heard. Barnes Brothers Books,  TimTimTom, Wisdom Tales Press, Lee & Low Books,  Charlesbridge Publishing, Barefoot Books Talegari Tales

 

Author Sponsor Link Cloud

Jerry Craft, A.R. Bey and Adventures in Boogieland, Eugina Chu & Brandon goes to Beijing, Kenneth Braswell & Fathers Incorporated, Maritza M. Mejia & Luz del mes_Mejia, Kathleen Burkinshaw & The Last Cherry Blossom, SISSY GOES TINY by Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard, Josh Funk and HOW TO CODE A ROLLERCOASTER, Maya/Neel Adventures with Culture Groove,  Lauren Ranalli, The Little Green Monster: Cancer Magic! By Dr. Sharon Chappell, Phe Lang and Me On The Page, Afsaneh Moradian and Jamie is Jamie, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, TUMBLE CREEK PRESS, Nancy Tupper Ling, Author Gwen Jackson, Angeliki Pedersen & The Secrets Hidden Beneath the Palm Tree, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 by Mia Wenjen, Susan Schaefer Bernardo & Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher (Founders of Inner Flower Child Books), Ann Morris & Do It Again!/¡Otra Vez!, Janet Balletta and Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Ocean, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo & Bruna Bailando por el Mundo\ Dancing Around the World, Shoumi Sen & From The Toddler Diaries, Sarah Jamila Stevenson, Tonya Duncan and the Sophie Washington Book Series, Teresa Robeson  & The Queen of Physics, Nadishka Aloysius and Roo The Little Red TukTuk, Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore & Stories by the Girlfriends Book Club, Finding My Way Books, Diana Huang & Intrepids, Five Enchanted Mermaids, Elizabeth Godley and Ribbon’s Traveling Castle, Anna Olswanger and Greenhorn, Danielle Wallace & My Big Brother Troy, Jocelyn Francisco and Little Yellow Jeepney, Mariana Llanos & Kutu, the Tiny Inca Princess/La Ñusta Diminuta, Sara Arnold & The Big Buna Bash, Roddie Simmons & Race 2 Rio, DuEwa Frazier & Alice’s Musical Debut, Veronica Appleton & the Journey to Appleville book series  Green Kids Club, Inc.

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.

Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts

A Crafty Arab, Afsaneh Moradian, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Bethany Edward & Biracial Bookworms, Michelle Goetzl & Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Educators Spin on it, Shauna Hibbitts-creator of eNannylink, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joel Leonidas & Descendant of Poseidon Reads {Philippines}, Imagination Soup, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Serge Smagarinsky {Australia}, Shoumi Sen, Jennifer Brunk & Spanish Playground, Katie Meadows and Youth Lit Reviews

FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children’s Book Day

• Free Multicultural Books for Teachers 
• Our New FREE Teacher Classroom Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit http://ow.ly/kcbZ30p3QWz
• Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians, and Educators
• Free Understanding Developmental & Physical Challenges Classroom Kit

TWITTER PARTY! Register here!

Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.

 

Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day