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IT’S A WRAP: MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY AND BILINGUAL SPORTS BOOK REVIEWS!

Congratulations to MCBD for celebrating its 10th anniversary! Learn more about this special day and enjoy reviews of Amazing Sports from Around the World........... CONTINUE READING
Book Reviews, Dual Language, Families, Holidays, Idioms, Multicultural, Teacher Resources,

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY WRAP-UP + IDIOM BOOK REVIEWS

On Friday, January 29th, Language Lizard celebrated Multicultural Children’s Book Day as a Platinum Sponsor. The day was busy with a twitter party, book giveaways, and lots of reviews of multicultural books. That’s a Wrap! We are always excited to bring awareness to the need for more multicultural children’s books in classrooms and libraries. This year, participants at the MCBD Twitter Party shared the difficulties they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also spoke about the multicultural and diverse books they............. CONTINUE READING
Holidays, Uncategorized,

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY – RECAP & REVIEWS

Language Lizard was a proud Platinum Sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) this past January. We are big supporters of this movement to bring attention to the need for more multicultural children’s books in classrooms and libraries. One of the best parts of MCBD each year is their online Twitter Party, where participants get a chance to discuss issues surrounding multicultural books and diversity in publishing with educators,............. CONTINUE READING
Holidays, Multicultural,

WHY WE NEED MORE MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Language Lizard is a Platinum Sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) on January 31, 2020. We are big supporters of their mission to raise awareness about the need for more children’s books that celebrate diversity. To date, MCBD has donated over 7,000 diverse children’s books to schools, libraries and families.   Books as “Mirrors & Windows” We have written before about multicultural games, .......... CONTINUE READING
Holidays, Multicultural,

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS #READYOURWORLD

Language Lizard is a proud sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day on January 25, 2019. Children’s books that showcase diverse, multicultural characters have long been underrepresented on the shelves of libraries and bookstores. Here’s why the next time you’re book shopping, you’ll want to make multicultural children’s books a top priority.   We Need More Multicultural Children’s Books Of the 3,700 children’s books reviewed by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center in 2017, only............. CONTINUE READING
Community Support, Holidays,

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY – JANUARY 27

Language Lizard is a Proud Sponsor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day on January 27th. Let’s work together to get more books that celebrate diversity into our classrooms and libraries! Check out our previous post on 3 reasons why multicultural children’s books are so very important. Multicultural Book Sets for Pre-K through 5th Grade We offer numerous Multicultural Book Sets that celebrate diversity and teach children about different cultures. Check out our new, exclusive collections that feature the best............. CONTINUE READING
Community Support, Holidays,

WHY MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT

We’ve written before about the benefits of bilingual books at home and in the classroom. But what about multicultural books, with characters as diverse as our communities are today? There’s a movement to bring attention to the need for more multicultural children’s books, and to bring more of those books into classrooms and libraries. Here are 3 reasons why it’s so important that kids have access to more multicultural books… and how you can help get more diverse............. CONTINUE READING
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