Baby Steps by Camille Harris - Review

I’m pleased to be part of Read Your World since June 2015 as an author, reviewer, and proud Board of Trustees. 

To Celebrate Read Your World Day 2025, my JANUARY RECOMMENDATION is:

Baby Steps by Camille Harris received ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Readers Favorite Review.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

“The perfect companion to enjoy every child’s first steps—belongs on every home bookshelf.” - Readers Favorite - #childrensbook #picturebook #jazzforkids #kidsbook #earlychildhoodeducation

  I highly recommend this book! 

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FOUNDER'S CIRCLE: Mia Wenjen (Pragmaticmom) and Valarie Budayr (Audreypress.com)

🏅 Super Platinum Sponsor: Author Deedee Cummings and Make A Way Media

🏅 Platinum Sponsors: Publisher Spotlight and  Language Lizard Bilingual Books in 60 Languages

🏅 Gold Sponsors:  Third State Books

🏅 Silver Sponsors: The Quarto Group, Red Comet Press and Lerner Books

🏅 Silver Corporate Sponsor:  Scholastic Books

🏅 Bronze Sponsors:  Lee and Low and Star Bright Books

🏅 Bronze Corporate Sponsor: Crayola Education

🏅 Ruby Corporate Sponsor: MagicBlox

Read Your World is honored to be Supported by these Author Sponsors!

Authors: Stephanie M. Wildman, Martha Seif Simpson, Anna Jennings, Gwen Jackson, Afsaneh Moradian, Joaquín Camp, Rahana Dariah, Ziggy Hanaor, Josh Funk, Nancy Tupper Ling, Kathleen Burkinshaw, Gea Meijering, Eugenia Chu, Dorktales Story Time, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Authors J.C. Kato and J.C.², Cynthia Levinson, Diana Huang, Rochelle Melander,  Lisa Chong, Lisa Stringfellow,  Brunella Costaglioga, Lindsey Rowe Parker, Rachel C. Katz, Tonya Duncan Ellis, Shifa Safadi, Lisa Rogers, Sylvia Liu, Eva Clarke, Crystal Murakami, Teddi Ahrens

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Maritza MartineMejia

Mother, Theologian, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: Read your Wold Board of Trusteed, Read to Me, Day! Ambassador 

ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano 

FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022

Maya's Sunflower Magic by HerBrina - Review

Proud reviewer since 2015 to Read Your World former Multicultural Children’s Book Day. 

This event has helped me promote my books, received reviews for my books, increase followers in my social media (Twitter and Instagram), and meet authors from around the world. Excellent resource for networking and interviews. 

This year Match Book  Review 2025 is for

Maya's Sunflower Magic

HerBrina Sade' Shepherd

The author HerBrina Sade’s Shepherd gives an invitation to enter into "Maya’s Sunflower Magic" and dedicated this story to All the Beautiful Black Girls and Women.

La historia comienza con coloridas ilustraciones que encarnan el espíritu radiante de un girasol con una imaginación tan ilimitada como el cielo, mientras la bella Maya siembra semillas de esperanza, sueños y aspiraciones en un campo mágico, nutriéndolas con amor y determinación hasta que florecen en impresionantes girasoles.

My favorite line is when Maya’s hear her inner voice telling her. “…Your sunflower bloom with the essence of your uniqueness.” 

"Maya's Sunflower Magic” is a celebration of the limitless potential in every black girl, inspiring them to blossom to make the world a magic and better place. However, I would have included a sentence where I included all the girls and women in the world.

I highly recommend this book! 

  

Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors

 

FOUNDER'S CIRCLE: Mia Wenjen (Pragmaticmom) and Valarie Budayr (Audreypress.com)

🏅 Super Platinum Sponsor: Author Deedee Cummings and Make A Way Media

🏅 Platinum Sponsors: Publisher Spotlight and  Language Lizard Bilingual Books in 60 Languages

🏅 Gold Sponsors:  Third State Books

🏅 Silver Sponsors: The Quarto Group, Red Comet Press and Lerner Books

🏅 Silver Corporate Sponsor:  Scholastic Books

🏅 Bronze Sponsors:  Lee and Low and Star Bright Books

🏅 Bronze Corporate Sponsor: Crayola Education

🏅 Ruby Corporate Sponsor: MagicBlox

Read Your World is honored to be Supported by these Author Sponsors!

Authors: Stephanie M. Wildman, Martha Seif Simpson, Anna Jennings, Gwen Jackson, Afsaneh Moradian, Joaquín Camp, Rahana Dariah, Ziggy Hanaor, Josh Funk, Nancy Tupper Ling, Kathleen Burkinshaw, Gea Meijering, Eugenia Chu, Dorktales Story Time, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Authors J.C. Kato and J.C.², Cynthia Levinson, Diana Huang, Rochelle Melander,  Lisa Chong, Lisa Stringfellow,  Brunella Costaglioga, Lindsey Rowe Parker, Rachel C. Katz, Tonya Duncan Ellis, Shifa Safadi, Lisa Rogers, Sylvia Liu, Eva Clarke, Crystal Murakami, Teddi Ahrens

 Thank you for your support to LuzDelMes 🌷

Poemas y Reflexiones

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Maritza MartineMejia

Mother, Theologian, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: Read your Wold Board of Trusteed, Read to Me, Day! Ambassador 

ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano 

FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022

Multicultural Children's Book Day 2025

 

When I was a child,  I always dreamed of traveling around the world , meeting people with different cultures, tasting delicious foods, and learn different languages. 

A perfect dream that I made it possible while reading!

Diversity in children’s literature has been a topic of concern to movements like Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD). Authors, illustrators, educators and bloggers have been an important element to make sure children have access to books that celebrate diversity. Feature characters from diverse cultures, countries and race are an important building block of the learning process in classroom and at home. It is fundamental to teach students from early age that different does not mean to be wrong.

I’m pleased to be part of MCBD since June 2015 not only as an author, but also as a Reviewer to Multicultural Children’s Book Day and Board of Trustees. This event has helped me promote my books, received reviews for my books, increase followers in my social media (Twitter and Instagram), and meet authors from around the world. Excellent resource for NEWTWORKING and internviews:

Author participation interviews: Please Visit 👉

1. https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/multicultural-childrens-book-author-maritza-martinez-mejia/

2. https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/meet-author-and-board-of-advisor-martiza-m-mejia/

3. Read Your World Classroom kit: https://readyourworld.org/all-classroom-kits

           I received an amazing Review:  The Purple Shell 

Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors

 

FOUNDER'S CIRCLE: Mia Wenjen (Pragmaticmom) and Valarie Budayr (Audreypress.com)

🏅 Super Platinum Sponsor: Author Deedee Cummings and Make A Way Media

🏅 Platinum Sponsors: Publisher Spotlight and  Language Lizard Bilingual Books in 60 Languages

🏅 Gold Sponsors:  Third State Books

🏅 Silver Sponsors: The Quarto Group, Red Comet Press and Lerner Books

🏅 Silver Corporate Sponsor:  Scholastic Books

🏅 Bronze Sponsors:  Lee and Low and Star Bright Books

🏅 Bronze Corporate Sponsor: Crayola Education

🏅 Ruby Corporate Sponsor: MagicBlox

Read Your World is honored to be Supported by these Author Sponsors!

Authors: Stephanie M. Wildman, Martha Seif Simpson, Anna Jennings, Gwen Jackson, Afsaneh Moradian, Joaquín Camp, Rahana Dariah, Ziggy Hanaor, Josh Funk, Nancy Tupper Ling, Kathleen Burkinshaw, Gea Meijering, Eugenia Chu, Dorktales Story Time, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Authors J.C. Kato and J.C.², Cynthia Levinson, Diana Huang, Rochelle Melander,  Lisa Chong, Lisa Stringfellow,  Brunella Costaglioga, Lindsey Rowe Parker, Rachel C. Katz, Tonya Duncan Ellis, Shifa Safadi, Lisa Rogers, Sylvia Liu, Eva Clarke, Crystal Murakami, Teddi Ahrens

 

Thank you for your support to LuzDelMes 🌷

Poemas y Reflexiones

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Maritza MartineMejia

Mother, Theologian, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: Read your Wold Board of Trusteed, Read to Me, Day! Ambassador 

ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano 

FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022

Welcome January - Bienvenido Enero

  

Reflections by Maritza Martínez Mejía

January is usually a month to make resolutions. It is gratifying to meet our goals, but do we follow the resolutions throughout the year? Probably not! However, it is important to start the year with a purpose in mind and grateful heart. Let's set up small goals base on the good things and experiences learned from the previous year. Step by step, you can reach far.     

Let's star the New Year with a grateful heart!❤️

Happy and Blessed New Year! 

May the Bethlehem Star guide your path!

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 Planning Ideas for the New Year

By Maritza Martinez Mejia

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https://southernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2016/03/planning-ideas-for-new-year.html

Enero es un mes usualmente para hacer resoluciones. Es gratificante cumplir nuestras metas, pero ¿seguimos las resoluciones durante todo el año? ¡Probablemente no! Sin embargo, es importante empezar el año con un propósito en mente y corazón agradecido. Planeemos metas cortas basadas en las cosas positivas y el aprendizaje del año anterior. Paso a paso, se puede llegar lejos. 

¡Empecemos el año nuevo con corazón agradecido!💖

¡Feliz y Bendecido Año Nuevo!

 

¡Que la Estrella de Belém guie tus pasos!

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Maritza MartineMejia

Mother, Theologian, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: Read your Wold Board of Trusteed, Read to Me, Day! Ambassador 

ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano 

FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022