Multicultural Children's Book Day Looking To Break New Record - Surpass 26 Million Shares

    KNOXVILLE, TN, January 21, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCCBD) is just two years old, but founders Mia Wenjen and Valarie Budayr have achieved tremendous success and online support for diversity awareness. They've put thousands of free books into kids' hands and they're changing lives with their message. Last year on January 27th, Multicultural Children's Book Day, they -- along with support from corporations, teams of bloggers, teachers and librarians -- made multicultural book news trend on Twitter at #ReadYourWorld.

Join us January 27th to effect change.

What is Happening for Multicultural Children's Book Day, January 27th?

LINKY Party of 180+ Bloggers who will be sharing their book reviews.
www.multiculturalchildrensbookday.com

Huge Diversity Book Giveaway during #ReadYourWorld Twitter Party from 9-10pm EST on 1/27/16. Discussion on state of diversity books for kids. What's needed from parents' perspective. Packages of diversity books for kids will be given out every 5 minutes during our Twitter Party on 1/27/16.

What's FREE from Multicultural Children's Book Day?

- BLOGGERS (Parenting, Lifestyle, Book Reviewers, Teachers, Librarians): Free diversity book to bloggers who will post a book review on January 27th.
- TEACHERS: Free hardcover diversity book for teachers' classroom library:
- EVERYONE: Free downloadable Multicultural Children's Book Day poster designed by illustrator Robert Liu-Trujillo.
- EVERYONE: We have hand selected the best content from educational and children's book bloggers. This is an extensive list of diversity books and extension activities for kids sorted by country, holiday, ethnicity, genre, and age group.
- EVERYONE: Packages of diversity books for kids will be given out every 5 minutes during our Twitter Party on 1/27/16. #ReadYourWorld at 9 pm EST

Premiere Sponsors: #ReadYourWorld
Platinum: Wisdom Tales Press * StoryQuest Books*Lil Libros
Gold: Author Tori Nighthawk*Candlewick Press,* Bharat Babies
Silver: Lee and Low Books*Chronicle Books*Capstone Young Readers T
Tuttle Publishing ,NY Media Works, LLC/KidLit TV* China Institute.org
Bronze: Pomelo Books* Author Jacqueline Woodson*Papa Lemon Books* Goosebottom Books*Author Gleeson Rebello*ShoutMouse Press*Author Mahvash Shahegh*Live Oak Media

Author Sponsors:#ReadYourWorld
Lisa Yee, Joseph Bruchac, Jacqueline Jules, Valerie Tripp, Debbie Dadey, Todd DeBonis, Maria de Lourdes Victoria, Sherrill Cannon, Pack-n-Go Girls, D.G. Driver, Janet Balletta, J. J. Parsons, Charlotte Riggle, Miranda Paul, Leza Lowitz, Ann Berlak, Marti Dumas, Carl Gundestrup, Carole P. Roman, Cathleen Burnham, Heidi Smith Hyde, Greg Ransom, Keila Dawson, Stephanie Workman, Gloria D. Gonsalves, Stephen Hodges, Quentin Holmes, Jeaninne Escallier Kato, Karl Beckstrand, Francesca Fost, P.J. LaRue, Francesca Forrest, Diana Lee Santamaria, Terrie Hoops, Cerece Rennie Murphy, Z. Altug, Holiday House Publishing, Maria Dismondy, Michael Smith, Icy Smith, Aphrodyi Antoine, Elsa Takaoka, Erik Niel, Marimba Books, Karen Leggett Abouraya, Shout Mouse Press, KaneMiller EDC Publishing, Shweta Aggarwal, Durga Yael Bernhard, LorRonCo, Heather Goetz, Dania Ramos Daryl OConnell, Zetta Elliot, Effie Hill,Firoozeh Dumas, DuEwa Frazier, Ben Woodard, Susan Ross, Sandra L. Richards, Dania Santana, Author Kala Sambasivan, Elizabeth Atkinson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers, Scavenger Hunt Adventures, Year of the Cat Books, Sarah J. Stevenson, Firoozeh Dumas, Irena Kobald, Margarita Engle, Isabel Campoy, Jeff Anderson, Blythe Stanfel, Gayle Swift, Patrick Hill

Media Page: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/pr-and-news/press-kit/
Media Contact: Becky Flansburg 218-839-8279

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, Jump into a Book and Pragmatic Mom will be presenting yet another Multicultural Children's Book Day as a way of celebrating diversity in children's books.

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