10 Must-Know Facts for Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Spanish Playground plays a unique role in reaching teachers and parents of Spanish speakers and learners. Spanish language, bilingual and culturally relevant books are essential learning tools for...
View ArticleMulticultural Chapter Books: Emma is on the Air
Big News! Emma is on the Air is the first of a series of multicultural chapter books for grades 2-3. The books feature an enthusiastic 8-year-old protagonist who wants to become a TV reporter. Many...
View ArticleMulticultural Children’s Book Day 2017
Welcome to our 4th Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Spanish Playground is honored to once again be a co-host for this important event. Multicultural Children’s Book Day raises awareness of the...
View ArticleDiverse Books for Spanish Learners
Books that reflect the diversity of human experience around the globe are the future of children’s literature. Today, however, we need to advocate for more titles with diverse characters and celebrate...
View ArticleLatino Leaders: César Chávez and Sonia Sotomayor
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand is an award-winning author of children’s books. She is originally from Puerto Rico, and her works include wonderful Spanish language biographies of Latino leaders Justice Sonia...
View ArticleMulticultural Giveaway for School or Home
Sharing multicultural content with kids has to be intentional. Regardless of where we live, we need to make an awareness of other cultures and countries part of our interactions and lessons. This...
View ArticleMulticultural Children’s Book Day 2020
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen. These diverse book-loving moms saw a...
View ArticleAfrican American History in Spanish
African American history is the history of this nation, yet it is rarely present in our Spanish language children’s books. The wonderful Ana & Andrew series by Christine Platt is an important...
View ArticleDiversity Education with Bilingual Picture Books
Diversity education is essential to giving children equal opportunity to succeed and to become culturally-aware, accepting people. Language Lizard’s new series of Living in Harmony books makes it easy...
View ArticleMulticultural Children’s Book Day 2021
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021! Multicultural Children’s Book Day is in its 8th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two...
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