This year I have two great books to introduce you to; 'Grandma's Favourite' and 'Grandpa's Favourite' by Erin Dealey. Erin is an author from California who never expected to write books. She graduated with an English and Art degree and went on to become a high school theatre teacher before writing her first picture book, 'Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox'. She has written many other books since then and her latest two books are the ones I am going to tell you about.
Grandma's Favorite
From the US to Brazil, Scotland to Japan, there are so many ways for grandparents and grandchildren to have fun!
This book perfectly encaptures the wonder of the grandparent/grandchild relationship. It is written in lively rhyming text that captures children's attention and makes it interesting for adults to read aloud. I love books that rhyme and I never tire of reading them to my children.
Grandma's Favorite takes you on a journey across the globe, giving you a glimpse of the kinds of pastimes children share with their grandmother's in different cultures around the world. From dancing in Africa to cricket in India, there are a wide range of fun activities that children can partake in with their grandmothers.
Although countries are not named in the book, you can guess from the illustrations where each character is from. It is wonderful to see such a diverse range of characters in this children's picture book. This really makes the book unique and appeal to such a diverse audience. The beautiful illustrations depict warm family relationships, highlighting commonality as well as giving you a glimpse of each pastime.
Not only does this book showcase diverse cultures, it also breaks down gender stereotypes. For example, there is a grandmother who fixes cars. This is not often thought of as the type of job a female would do.
Grandpa's Favorite
This is another wonderful book for children. Similarly to Grandma's Favorite, it has brilliant rhyming text and bright illustrations. It talks about all the fun things grandchildren can do with their grandfathers such as fruit picking and playing sports.
Again, the book shows diverse characters from different places around the world. At the end, both books touch on the fact that grandparents and grandchildren may live far apart but that doesn't diminish their love for each other. They can always stay in touch by video calls on a computer or phone. This really brings the book into the 21st century and gives it a very modern feel.
My children enjoyed both these books very much and could relate to them as we are a multicultural family and have family members abroad. They recognised some activities which they do with their grandparents and this led to some great discussions. The rhyming text and the beautiful illustrations make the books very appealing for children. It is wonderful to see books which foster global awareness. I would recommend these books to anyone who would like to add some fun and interesting multicultural children's books to their home library.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th 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.
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Medallion Level Sponsors
Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org.
Super Platinum: Make A Way Media
GOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV, Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press,
SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls,
BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift, T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,
MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on board
Honorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini,
Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Claudia Schwam, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC
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, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup,Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground
TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual @McChildsBookDay 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 ( a prize every 5 minutes!). GO HERE for more details.
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