Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

Congratulations!!! 2021 Youth Media Award (YMA) Winners and Honorees, sponsored by the American Library Association!!! (Many selections from our 2020 CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books List won.) YMA program starts at 43:54 minutes.

Announcing CSMCL book grants for your library by applying for a 2021 Día program with an African American Focus. The Grant award is $500 in selected multicultural children's books. Click on this link application & more info: https://www.csmcl.org/about1-c14s1. Any questions, email: [email protected] #CSMCL #CSMCLDia #ALSC #PatMora #DiaDeLosLibros @weareCSMCL

We are excited to announce that Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature (CSMCL) has selected the CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2020. Here is the page: https://www.csmcl.org/best-books-2020. A printable list is at the bottom of the page. (Example: Best Books 2020 [PDF]) @weareCSMCL #CSMCLBestBooks2020 #CSMCL #diversity #multicultural

Honoring Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead at CSMCL.

OUTSTANDING article by librarians Ahmed, Aleem, Hussain, and Salamah on Muslim Representation in Picture Books in print in the September issue of SLJ and online: http://ow.ly/jU7n50BOLny. Enjoy!

Free download of The International Youth Library for the White Ravens book recommendations for 2020, an annual selection of international children's and youth literature. Click below. (Note: Language specialists at the International Youth Library select recently published books that they consider especially noteworthy and deserve a wider reception because of their universal theme and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.)

Congratulations to author Jacqueline Woodson, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship!!!!

Go! Zoom! Enjoy! Latinx Kid Lit: Meet the Makers, featuring Zeke Peña (My Papi Has a Motorcycle), Juana Martinez-Neal (Alma and How She Got Her Name), and Bianca Diaz (The One Day House). They will provide virtual studio tours and share stories about their creative processes. The webinar is on Wednesday, October 21st at 9:00 AM PST/noon EST. You can sign up for this free webinar at http://ow.ly/PjUr50Bs0ZR. Sponsored by the Ezra Jack Keats (EJK) Foundation as part of a year-long EJK Award 35th Anniversary campaign.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, 1933 - 2020: What is your favorite RBG book?

Congrats to the winner and honorees of THE 2020 ORIGINAL ART by the Society of Illustrators: Catia Chien, Frank Morrison, Jillian Tamaki, and Peter Van den Ende! The annual event showcases illustrations from the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S. Click here: https://www.societyillustrators.org/programs/original-art

Announcing the Kirkus Prize 2020: The Young Readers’ Finalists! Read this joint column by Kirkus Young Readers' Editor Vicky Smith and YA Editor Laura Simeon about the 2020 Kirkus Prize finalists (with links to the reviews)! Congratulations to the finalist!

National Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 begins on Tuesday, September 15 and ends on Thursday, October 15. This list of Latinx Picture book biographies feature Latinx superstars.

Interview with author Nikki Grimes on all things writing and creating.

Recently awarded the esteemed 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing by IBBY, Jacqueline Woodson discusses her newest book. Thought provoking.

Scarves for IBBY Fundraiser - Sale begins! The sale of these beautiful silk scarves will start on Wednesday, 2 September 2020 at 2:30pm (CEST). The scarves have been produced in limited editions of fifty copies for each design. The 50x180cm (19.7x 70.9) scarves can be bought for US$200.00 each. 10 Andersen Award-winning illustrators have created original art for the scarves as a donation to IBBY and its work. Go to: https://fundraising.ibby.org/

This is a curated list built from recommendations and picks from expert panel of judges authors, librarians, publishers and book nerds. Many multicultural titles.