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What inspired Angie Thomas to write T.H.U.G? * Head over to our facebook page to view the whole video. * Click the link in our bio to sign up. * #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocates #DiverseChildrensBooks #PagesInColor #YA #MiddleGrade #Multiethnic #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #KidsLit #TheHateYouGive #BooksForEveryone #PublishInColor #Multiculturalism #RepresentationMatters #BooksForChildrenOfColor

We're so excited! Anxiously anticipating the story we will be reviewing!! * Multicultural Children's Book Day is January 27th, 2018! Be on the look out for more details to come. #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocate #DiverseChildrensBooks #MulticulturalChildrensBookDay #YA #KidsLit #KidsBookstagram #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #ReadYourWorld #Multicultural #MiddleGrade #BooksForEveryone #PagesInColor #ChildrensLiterature #Bookstagram #RepresentationMatters #Multiethnic #PublishInColor #BooksForChildrenOfColor

This year has FLOWN by!!! Let's end it with a BANG. #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocate #DiverseChildrensBooks #KidsLit #Multiculturalism #BooksForEveryone #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #ChildrensLiterature #MultiEthnic #RepresentationMatters #PagesInColor #PublishInColor #booksforchildrenofcolor (at Houston, Texas)

America: A Book of Opposites By W. Nikola-Lisa Illustrated by 12 Outstanding American Artists America is made up of opposites: Our land boasts majestic high mountains and vast lowlands. America is also a land of contrasts: We are a rich nation, yet so many are poor. The America of this book, rendered with imagination and vision by 12 outstanding artists from diverse backgrounds, is the America that our children see around them. America: A Book of Opposites is a visual celebration of America and a challenge to our children to cherish it, because they will one day inherit it. #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocate #DiverseChildrensBooks #KidsLit #Diversity #Inclusion #Multiethnic #BooksForEveryone #RepresentationMatters #ChildrensLiterature #Bookstagram #Multiculturalism #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #KidsBookstagram #BooksForChildrenOfColor (at Westside, Houston, Texas)

"Every time it feels like it'll last forever. The sorrow that rakes my skin. The guilt that grips my minds. The cold that pierces my bones. I want to cry out, but my throat is full of sin. The moment stretches out like a piece of rubber being pulled and pulled and pulled until it finally snaps." * An excerpt from Tochi Onyebuchi's debut novel Beasts Made of Night. * In the walles city of Kos, purity is exalted, but cleansing wrongdoings comes at a cost. Corrupt mages can magically extract sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts - lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. Young sin-eaters, known as aki, are indentured by mages to slay beasts. * Seventeen year old Tai is the most talented of the aki, but his livelihood comes with dangerous consequences. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast stains his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears in his mind. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family. * When Taj is called to eat the sin of a royal, he faces off against the most fearsome beast he's ever encountered. And the battle doesn't end at tbe beast's demise. The sin opens Taj's eyes to a dark conspiracy. There is someone in the palace plotting to destroy Kos. Now Taj must fight to save his homeland -- and his own life. * #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocate #DiverseChildrensBooks #SciFi #YA #Multiethnic #KidsBookstagram #KidsLit #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #BooksForEveryone #Multiculturalism #ChildrensLiterature #Paranormal #Bookstagram #RepresentationMatters #PagesInColor #PublishInColor #BooksForChildrenOfColor

Ahimsa By Supriya Kelkar * In 1942, after Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle. * But it turns out he isn’t the one joining. Anjali’s mother is. And with this change comes many more adjustments designed to improve their country and use “ahimsa”—non-violent resistance—to stand up to the British government. First the family must trade in their fine foreign-made clothes for homespun cotton, so Anjali has to give up her prettiest belongings. Then her mother decides to reach out to the Dalit community, the “untouchables” of society. Anjali is forced to get over her past prejudices as her family becomes increasingly involved in the movement. When Anjali’s mother is jailed, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother’s work, ensuring that her little part of the independence movement is completed. * #McBooksters #ChildrensLiteracyAdvocate #Multiethnic #BooksForEveryone #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #Bookstagram #DiverseChildrensBooks #KidsLit #Multiculturalism #ChildrensLiterature #RepresentationMatters #KidsBookstagram #BooksForChildrenOfColor (at Downtown Houston)

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Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku By Ellie Crowe and Illustrated by Richard Waldrep * Growing up in Honolulu with the Pacific Ocean as his backyard, Duke Kahanamoku learned to swim and surf at a young age. By his early twenties, Duke's lightning-fast swimming won him a place on the 1912 United States Olympic team and a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle race. Over the years Duke struggled with racism and financial troubles, but by the end of his twenty-year Olympic career, he was a six-time medal winner. Although a swimming champion, Duke's passion was surfing. He traveled the world, introducing surfboarding to Australia and the east and west coasts of the United States. Considered the father of modern surfing, Duke spread his love of the ocean and Hawai'i wherever he went. Throughout his life Duke Kahanamoku was beloved for his modesty, sportsmanship, and amazing skill in the water. Today he remains a legendary waterman and an inspiration to all to live life with aloha. aloha: love, kindness, grace, affection, compassion. * #McBooksters #LiteracyAdvocate #RepresentationMatters #Hawaii #ReadingWithoutWallsChallenge #Multiethnic #DiverseChildrensBooks #BooksForEveryone #KidsBookstagram #PictureBooks #KidsLit #Multiculturalism #ChildrensLiterature #Bookstagram #BooksForChildrenOfColor