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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is the successful annual celebration of multicultural children’s books. This year the party takes place online and offline on January 28, 2022.
Mia Wenjen of Pragmatic Mom and Valerie Budayr of Jump Into a Book/Audrey Press founded this fantastic event to highlight books portraying underrepresented characters and communities.
This year Pack-n-Go Girls sent me Mystery of the Troubled Toucan to review. Lisa Travis wrote it, and Adam Turner illustrated it.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022: Book Review
Sofia Diaz, a girl from Miami, travels to Brazil with her dad, Mr. Diaz, after learning her parents are separating.
In Manaus, she meets Júlia, the daughter of Senhor Santos, a co-worker who takes them on a trip into the Amazon rainforest. A crazy toucan follows Sofia and Júlia and leads them into an endangered species mystery. Will the new friends solve it?
Mystery of the Troubled Toucan is a great story for middle-grade children to learn about the Amazon rainforest, the diverse wildlife that inhabits it, its climate, and some of its challenges.
Did you know that the Anavilhanas Archipelago is the world’s largest freshwater archipelago during the dry season?
The back matter of this book includes previews of other Pack-n-Go Girls books, facts about Brazil, and a glossary of English words translated to Portuguese and their pronunciation.
In addition to fun facts about the Amazon rainforest, readers can help solve the mystery along with Sofia and Júlia as they find clues and develop a strong friendship.
Travis’ writing is straightforward and includes phrases in Portuguese and Spanish, making the read even more enjoyable.
Adam Turner’s black and white illustrations bring to life the action in the story.
Recommendation
I highly recommend Mystery of the Troubled Toucan for children in middle grade who enjoy stories with mystery, friendship, multilingual characters, adventure, and set in fascinating places in the world. It is also an excellent resource for educators, parents, and librarians to facilitate learning while having fun.
More Pack-n-Go Girl Books
Other exciting titles in the Pack-n-Go Girls collection include Mystery of the Ballerina Ghost, Mystery of the Thief in the Night, Mystery of the Golden Temple, and Mystery of the Min Min Lights.
Information About Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022 (1/28/22) is in its 9th year 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. Their non-profit initiative’s mission is to get diverse books into the hands of young readers and educators.
MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves. Read about our Mission & History HERE.
MCBD 2022 is honored to be Supported by these Medallion Sponsors!
SUPER PLATINUM: Make A Way Media
PLATINUM: Language Lizard
GOLD: Barefoot Books, KidLitTV, Candlewick, Capstone, Abrams Books
SILVER: Pack-n-Go Girls, Charlotte Riggle, Kimberly Gordon Biddle
BRONZE: Carole P. Roman, Patrice McLaurin, Dyesha and Triesha McCants/McCants Squared, Redfin.com, Redfin Canada, Redfin Mortgage, Redfin/Title Forward, Create & Educate, Star Bright Books, Vivian Kirkfield, Dr. Eleanor Wint, Kind World Publishing, Snowflake Stories, Lisa Wee, SONGJU MA, Melissa Stoller, J.C. Kato and J.C.², Crystel Patterson, Audrey Press, Pragmaticmom, TimTimTom, Wisdom Tales
MCBD 2022 is honored to be Supported by these Author Sponsors!
Charlene Mosley (official MCBD2022 Poster Creator)
Illustrator Isabelle Roxas (Class Kit Poster Creator)
Alva Sachs, Brianna Carter, Ebony Zay Zay, Rita Bhandari, Gwen Jackson, Lois Petren/The 5 Enchanted Mermaids, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Josh Funk, Afsaneh Moradian, Eugenia Chu, Maritza Martínez Mejía, Diana Huang, Kathleen Burkinshaw, CultureGroove, Sandra Elaine Scott, Dorena Williamson, Veronica Appleton, Alejandra Domenzain, Lauren Muskovitz and Sandfish Publishing, Tonya Duncan Ellis, Kimberly Lee, Susan Schaefer Bernardo & Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher, Nancy Tupper Ling, Winsome Hudson-Bingham, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Sivan Hong, Michael Genhart, Debbie Dadey, Elizabeth Cureton, Stephanie Wildman, Maryann Jacob, Sherri Maret, Rochelle Melander, Dia Mixon, Kiyanda and Benjamin Young, Shereen Rahming, Linda Thornburg and Katherine Archer, Rebecca Flansburg and BA Norrgard , Maxine Schur Natalie McDonald-Perkins
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MCBD 2022 is Honored to be Supported by these Media Partners!
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FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Diversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents
Homeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit
Classroom Activism and Activists Kit for Teachers – FREE
Teacher Classroom Empathy Kit – FREE
Classroom Kindness Kit for Teachers – FREE
Teacher Classroom Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit – FREE
FREE Teacher Classroom Poverty Kit
Homeschool Diverse Kidlit Booklist & Activity Kit – FREE
FREE Teacher Classroom Raising Awareness on Systemic Racism in America Classroom Kit
FREE Diversity Book for Classrooms Program
Twitter Party Details
Join us on Friday, Jan 29, 2021, at 9 pm EST for the 8th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party! Be sure and follow MCBD and Make A Way Media on Twitter!
This epically fun and fast-paced hour includes multicultural book discussions, addressing timely issues, diverse book recommendations, & reading ideas.
We will be giving away an 8-Book Bundle every 5 minutes plus Bonus Prizes as well! *** US and Global participants welcome. **
Follow the hashtag #ReadYourWorld to join the conversation, connect with like-minded parts, authors, publishers, educators, organizations, and librarians.
Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.
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This is such a great way to learn about the Amazon rainforest. Thank you for sharing your wonderful review with Multicultural Children’s Book Day! New Multicultural Children’s Books – https://go.shr.lc/3Gerj1E via @alldonemonkey See you tonight at our Twitter Party tonight at 9 pm EST hopefully!!