TGMS #017 Jump into a Multicultural Book with Valarie Budayr
This marks week two of our series on BOOKS! I’m so excited about this episode, because my guest, Valarie Budayr, offered us lots of ideas for books and extension activities to do with our kids. Valarie is the daughter of Swedish immgrants who grew up in Portland, Oregon. She married an Arab Muslim from Lebanon, and together they’ve built a multicultural family based on give and take, sharing, and prioritizing global learning. Books have always been a big part of Valarie’s life, and today she’s a children’s author, book publisher, and the co-founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. (With Mia Wenjen of Pragmatic Mom). She blogs at Jump into a Book, where she offers book lists and reviews as well as fun activities you can do with your kids. We talked about so many books today, that I might have missed a few below!
Links from today’s show:
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
Jason Lee, Lee & Low Books
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
The Wild Book, Margarita Engle
The Firefly Letters: A Suffregete’s Journey to Cuba, Margartia Engle
Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan, with extension activites
The Dreamer, Pam Munoz Ryan
Latin American Month (Hispanic Heritage Month Booklist)
Pragmatic Mom, Mia Wenjen
Multicultural Children’s Book Giveaway
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Mama Panya’s Pancakes, published by Barefoot Books
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
She Stood for Freedom:The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
A Year in The Secret Garden, by Valarie Budayr
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