“Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters” by Alisa Wild immediately caught the attention of Michael, age 9, chief of the Roving Reader Leaders. It was delivered to our door for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 by Capstone Publishing. After quickly reading this first book, Michael insisted on going to the
For Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017–which aims to raise awareness about the need to include children’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves–we reviewed the “Barefoot Book of Children.” Beautifully illustrated and full of fascinating detail, the book takes kids on an eye-opening world journey. It made us