Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
I am proud to say I have been participating in this event for all six years it has been going on!
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.
La Frontera: El viaje con papá ~ My Journey with Papa
by Deborah Mills and Alfredo Alva
Illustrated by Claudia Navarro
48 pages – ages 4+
Published by Barefoot Books on May 1, 2018
Publisher’s Synopsis: Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They’ll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border ? la frontera ? and to make a home for themselves in a new land.
What I Thought- I love that this book is a true story, told by Alva with the help of Mills. The book is written in English and Spanish. These types of bilingual books, with the words side-by-side, make it a wonderful opportunity for kids to start to pick up second languages. The story is told simply, with Alva narrating it from the point of view that he saw as a young child. It seems so innocent, but you realize this is a true story of a father and son leaving their family to cross from Mexico to the USA in search of amnesty and a new life. It is really a powerful story. Navarro’s illustrations portray a folk art setting that captures the spirit of the story perfectly. They truly are beautiful, with bright colors and big scenes. There is an excellent section in the back of the book with real photographs, a map, information about immigration, and more about Alva and his family. I wholeheartedly recommend this true story to kids, as it will hopefully enlarge their worldview.
Five out of five book worms ! 
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Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org.
Super Platinum: Make A Way Media
GOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV, Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press,
SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls,
BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift, T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,
MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on board
Honorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini,
Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Claudia Schwam, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC
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Categories: Age 6-9
Thank you for this thoughtful review and recommendation. I will add it to the children’s collection at the Bloomsburg Public Library.
Thank you Dr. Kegler! I appreciate your taking the time to comment.
Wonderful goal…gives me lots to think about.
Perfect for Multicultural Children’s Book Day or any day!
Absolutely!
This sounds like an important book. Thanks for sharing your review!
Thank you!
Looks like a fabulous book on a very timely subject. Love the art!
It’s such a good book. 🙂
This is a gorgeous book and a wonderful story. The illustrations are so bold. We need this book to share aloud with our children.
I wholeheartedly agree with you!