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THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER: CANCER MAGIC – a review for Multicultural Children’s Book Day

January 30, 2020 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER: CANCER MAGIC – a review for Multicultural Children’s Book Day

  Welcome to my annual MCCBD – Multicultural Children’s Book Day post where I join other book bloggers to celebrate and showcase diverse children’s books. All children need to see children like themselves in the pages of a book and to learn about children who live in other places, speak different languages, look different, or […]

Filed Under: Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: cancer in picture books, Jackie Gorman illustrator, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Sharon Chappell author, The Little Green Monster: Cancer Magic

With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío , Poetry Hero, a review

October 15, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío , Poetry Hero, a review

Today is the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month which began on September 15th. To celebrate I’d like to share the latest novel-in-verse by Cuban-American author, Margarita Engle. With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero Margarita Engle Simon and Schuster (release date: 2/28/20) Historical Fiction in verse for ages 12 and […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: Margarita Engle, Nicaragua in children's books, With a Star in My Hand - Rubén Darío

Rainbow Weaver – Perfect Picture Book Friday

June 14, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 9 Comments

Rainbow Weaver – Perfect Picture Book Friday

RAINBOW WEAVER – Perfect Picture Book Friday Hi Friends, grab your passport and Spanish dictionary– I’m linking up with Perfect Picture Book Friday with a book set in a very special Guatemalan location.   Title: Rainbow Weaver   Tejedora del Arcoiris Written by: Linda Elovitz Marshall Illustrated by:  Elisa Chavarri Translated by: Eida de la Vega Published […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: Elisa Chavarri, Lake Atitlán, Linda Elovitz Marshall, Mayan weavers in picture books, perfect picture book Friday, Rainbow Weaver

Maybe Something Beautiful – a mural comes to our town

May 10, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Maybe Something Beautiful – a mural comes to our town

Sometimes you come across a book that is so perfect that you want to share it with everyone you know. This inspiring picture book is the one that I want to put in the hands of every child and the adults who love them. Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: Arne Nixon Center, F. Isabel Campoy. Theresa Howell, Fresno Murals, Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood, Murals, Rafael Lopez, REFORMA del Valle Central

What do you want to be when you grow up?

April 26, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up? is a question often asked of children. Well, today’s alphabet book features some occupations that most children (and adults) have not considered. WORK: AN OCCUPATIONAL ABC Written and illustrated by Kellen Hatanak Groundwood Books 2014 32  nonfiction picture book alphabet   The twenty-six letters of […]

Filed Under: alphabet books, Blogging A to Z, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books

Roaming around with the Letter B

April 2, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Roaming around with the Letter B

Beep, beep! Today I continue on my alphabetical journey through alphabet books. I just discovered a new book by one of my favorite children’s writers, but it only focuses on the letter B!   B IS FOR BABY By Atinuke (author) and Angela Brooksbank (illustsrator) Candlewick Press 2019 Recommended for little ones and those who […]

Filed Under: alphabet books, Blogging A to Z, Bookish Field Trips, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: A-B-See by Maria van Lieshout, Alphabet Books, B is for Baby by Atinuke and Angela Brooksbank, books for road trips with toddlers

International Book Giving Day

February 12, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

International Book Giving Day

  Today is International Book Giving Day and I decided to go international this year. I’m packing up and taking these books to the El Faro Library in Nicaragua.     As a bonus, I won the grand prize from the Multicultural Children’s Book Day twitter party! This diverse collection of books will got to […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: International Book Giving Day, Multicultural Children's Book Day

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of First Generation – 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

January 25, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of First Generation – 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

It is Multicultural Children’s Book Day and I am thrilled to share an important book which should be on your “must read” list in today’s difficult political and social climate. First Generation 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great By Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace (authors) and Agata Nowicka (illustrator) Little Brown […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, First Generation 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great, Immigrant biographies for children, Multicultural Children's Book Day

Read Your World! A Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of The Giant Turnip

January 24, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

Read Your World! A Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of The Giant Turnip

It’s Time to Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day! I am excited to once again be a part of a fun-filled event where diverse books for children are shared and celebrated. I was thrilled to receive a book from Language Lizard. The Giant Turnip By Henriette Barkow (illustrator) and Richard Johnson (illustrator) Translated by Bhadra Patel […]

Filed Under: Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: cooperation, diverse characters, Language Lizard, Multicultural Children's Book Day, picture books in Gujarati, Read your world, school gardens, The Turnip

Rice From Heaven – The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans

September 25, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

Rice From Heaven – The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans

North Korea is front page news these days but it remains a place of mystery to most people. There are few books for children about North Korea so I am excited to share this new one: Rice From Heaven, The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans by Tina Cho (author) and Keum Jin Song (illustrator) […]

Filed Under: book maps, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: Hunger-Fiction, Keum Jin Song illustrator, North Korea in Children's Books, Rice From Heaven The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans, South Korea, Tina Cho author

What a Wonderful Word!

September 3, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

What a Wonderful Word!

Hello Friends, Have you been enjoying summer? It has been a wonderful season here. I made a list of summer things I wanted to do and finally checked off the last ones. Don’t you love books that take you other places? I recently read one that I’ve been sharing with my writer friends and others […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: Language in children's books, Luisa Uribe - illustrator, What a Wonderful Word by Nicola Edwards

The Map of Good Memories

June 19, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

The Map of Good Memories

  Every once in awhile I come across a book that seems so important that I just need to add it to my book collection. I have discovered a new favorite: The Map of Good Memories written by Fran Nuno and illustrated by Zuzanna Celej Spanish Title – El Mapa de los Buenos momentos translated […]

Filed Under: book maps, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: Map of Good Memories, maps in books, refugees in children's literature

Q is for Quilts – Leading the way to freedom

April 19, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 9 Comments

Q is for Quilts – Leading the way to freedom

Slavery is a difficult but important topic to teach to young children. One of the best ways is to share stories featuring the amazing Freedom Quilt Maps. These quilts sewn with block patterns  were displayed as signals to slaves as they set out to the north during on the Underground Railroad. Because quilts were so […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, Freedom Quilts, Maps in Children's Books, Patchwork Path: a Quilt Map to Freedom, Secret to Freedom, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

Here and There – a global celebration

March 31, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Here and There – a global celebration

One of the great things about traveling is seeing how every day life differs from place to place. If you, like me, like to visit markets to see what is on the shelves or participate in activities to learn about people and their traditions then you will enjoy Here and There by Susie Rae (author) […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: Diverse Children's Books, geography picture books, Greg Paprocki illustrator, Here and Now, multicultural picture books

The Rock Maiden – A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty #ReadYourWorld

January 27, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

The Rock Maiden – A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty #ReadYourWorld

The Rock Maiden – A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty By Natasha Yim (author) and Pirkko Vainio (illustrator) Wisdom Tales: 2017 picture book ages 4-9   Today I am excited to share a wonderful book as part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. I love it when books transport me to another time and place. […]

Filed Under: Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, Amah Rock, Chinese Legends in picture books, Multicultural Children's Book Day, The Rock Maiden - A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty by Natasha Yim

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