Written by Ann Morris
Illustrated by Melissa Wright
For Multicultural Children’s Book Day
#ReadYourWorld
Reviewed by Maritza Martinez Mejia – Author
Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCCBD) falls on January 27,
2016. The mission of MCCBD is to not only raise awareness for kids’ books that
celebrate diversity, but to also get more of these of books into classrooms and
libraries. MCCBD assigns a book for participating bloggers to review.
I reviewed Everything is Different. The story begins when a father invites his
son for a short trip abroad. During the adventure his son learns not only
simple things such as flying means being above the clouds, but also he discovers a few differences between the
United States and the United Kingdom.
Brett’s dad patiently explains how different
things work in another country like in United Kingdom people drive on the other
side of the street than we do and the British accent is different from the
English accent.
The following day, they had a wonderful
experience at the Bolsover Castle when they switch roles and Brett’s dad becomes
the student and let his son explores the world with a different perspective as
a tour guide. They had also an
unforgettable day at an English
pub called Whiterspoon where they eat food not beer. The adventure ends buying
souvenirs to bring home.
My favorite
sentences are in page five when Brett's Dad said, "You will learn that not
everyone does things the same way we do. But if it works for them, that is what
is important. Being different does not mean they are wrong."
With colorful illustrations, Ann Morris develops a clear message
“different does not mean wrong.” This
book is an excellent resource for teaching concepts of geography, history and
diversity. I highly recommend this book for students in 4th to 5th
grades.
*Create an acrostic poem with the
word Different*
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About MCCBD
The MCCBD team’s mission is to spread the word
and raise awareness about the importance of diversity in children’s literature.
Young readers need to see themselves within the pages of a book and experience
other cultures, languages, traditions and religions within the pages of a book.
MCCBD encourages readers, parents, teachers, caregivers and librarians to
follow along the fun book reviews, author visits and event. The full name of this event
is Multicultural Children’s Book Day and
the official hashtag is #ReadYourWorld on Twitter and other social media.
The co-creators of MCCBD are Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom and Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book/Audrey Press. Find a bio for Mia and Valarie here. View the Diversity Book Lists and Resources for Educators and
Parents here. Connect with
Multicultural Children’s Book Day on Facebook.
MCCBD Sponsors
Multicultural
Children’s Book Day 2016 Medallion Level Sponsors #ReadYourWorld include the
following:
Platinum – Wisdom Tales Press, StoryQuest Books, Lil Libros
Gold
– Author Tori Nighthawk, Candlewick Press
Silver
– Lee and Low Books, Chronicle Books , Capstone Young Readers
Bronze
– Pomelo Books, Author Jacqueline Woodson, Papa Lemon Books, Goosebottom Books,Author Gleeson Rebello, ShoutMouse Press, Author Mahvash Shahegh, China Institute.org
MCCBD Co-Hosts
Multicultural
Children’s Book Day has 12 amazing Co-Hosts and you can view them here.
Classroom Reading
Challenge
MCCBD holds a Classroom Reading
Challenge.
This very special offering offers teachers and classrooms the chance to very
easily earn a free hardcover multicultural children’s book for their classroom
library. These books are not only donated by the Junior Library Guild, but they
are also pre-screened and approved by them as well.
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To support Multicultural
Children’s Book Day and Literacy Week, I added to my Blog and Pinterest Boards some
FREE activities, Book Trailers and Reading information. I wrote the stories,
but I had never contemplated to look up Lessons for Living characters, setting
and conflict with a different perspective. 
