If you are an author or publisher of a diverse book for kids or teens, the nonprofit children’s literacy initiative Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) has an amazing way to tap into their massive social buzz and get your book in front of millions of eyeballs.
Celebrated annually on the last Friday in January, this global non-profit offers a plethora of free resources, teaching tools, booklists, downloads, and a year-round initiative to get multicultural and diverse books into the hands of young readers.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is an online and offline celebration that attracts thousands of supporters, educators, parents, caregivers, book reviewers, and quality authors and publishers who join forces to shine the spotlight on diversity in children and YA literature.
Celebrated annually on the last Friday in January, this global non-profit offers a plethora of free resources, teaching tools, booklists, downloads, and a year-around initiative to get multicultural and diverse books into the hands of young readers.
Despite census data that shows 37% of the US population consists of people of color, only 10% of children’s books published have diversity content. MCBD’s mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity but to get more of these types of books into classrooms and libraries. Another goal of this exciting event creates a compilation of books and favorite reads that will provide not only a new reading list for the winter, but also a way to expose brilliant books to families, teachers, and libraries.
To date, they have donated over 8,000 books to underserved kids, classrooms, and organizations, and that number continues to climb. To learn more about MCBD, visit them on the web and be follow their official hashtag #ReadYourWorld on social media.
Every July, MCBD offers a chance to :buy early and save $$ with their 2023 Platinum or Author Sponsorship Flash Sale. Authors, publishers, and literacy-based organizations can take advantage of a 30% savings if they lock in their 2023 Platinum or Author Sponsorship before July 31.
Early birds who grab the hypothetical sponsorship worm will have their 2023 Platinum or Author Sponsorship info added to Sponsor Pages so they have the topc spots when our Sponsorship Pages for 2023 go live October 1st, 2022.
NOTE: The MCBD Flash Sale is an opportunity to save some money on both PLATINUM and AUTHOR Sponsorship levels for a only a few more days only! But if you miss this money-saving flash sale, don’t despair. Sponsorships for 2023 will open back up (at full price) September 1, 2022.
GO HERE to learn more, get pricing, and download the 2023 Sponsorship Packet to see what perks are included in each Sponsorship Level.
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