On Multicultural Children’s Book Day we are pleased to celebrate books written by or in collaboration with people of various cultures. Knowing this collection should be larger, we encourage submissions from authors and illustrators from every background.
This is the fourth year running for Multicultural Children’s Book Day mission is to raise awareness for the children’s books that celebrate diversity, and to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries. You can find out more about this very important initiative here.
Here are some of our titles that we recommend to those looking to introduce new, diverse books to their bookshelves.
Peach Girl by Raymond Nakamura, illustrated by Rebecca Bender
Adrift at Sea by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and Tuan Ho, illustrated by Brian Deines
Next Round: A Young Athlete’s Journey to Gold by John Spray
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch