Building Tolerance with Vanilla and Chocolate ~ Activities

Vanilla and Chocolate first edition was published in October 2012
and the second edition in October 2018. 
This book was written to help children understand the virtue of Tolerance.

Main Setting: 
Vanilla and Chocolate main setting is at the Black and White Picnic where the
development of the story mainly takes place. 

Plot: 
A concerned teacher helps two friends be together after their parents refused
to let them play because of their skin color.

Characters: 
Mrs. M. prepared a Black and White Picnic Day where Vanilla and Chocolate’s
parents recognized their kid’s friendship.

This Bilingual Children’s Book provides a GREAT lesson that teaches children that although  we may be different on the outside, we are the same inside. 

ACTIVITY

Build Tolerance & Share your own dreams

1.   Read Vanilla and Chocolate👉

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08412CSCM

2. Follow circle time activities.

3. Draw your own conclusions.

More activities visit:
👉 http://janetballetta.com/blog/vanilla-chocolate-review-activities
#Tolerance #LuzDelMes ✨

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Diversity in Children's Literature

Diversity in children’s literature has been a controversial topic in the last years, but thanks to movements like We Need Diverse Books and Multicultural Children’s Book Day, the message has been clarified and diversity books have been promoted all over the world.

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.

When I was a child,  I always dreamed of traveling around the world , visiting different places, meeting people with different languages, and tasting delicious foods from around the world... I perfect dream that I made it reality over the years.

I’m pleased to be part of MCBD for the fifth time not only as an author, but also as a Reviewer. Multicultural Children’s Book Day is on January 31st, 2020. This event has helped me promote my books, increase followers in my social media, and meet authors from around the world.

As a Book Reviewer, I've received, free of cost, books to review and add to the Massive Review Linky on the date of the event.  My reviews and activities will be posted on Goodreads and my BLOG LuzDelMes on Jan, 15th /2020

Author participation interview, Visit: 

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

Multicultural Children's Book Day 2020 Music Video (#readyourworld) with original music by Annie Birdd Music, LLC 👉http://bit.ly/2R0oLOf

You can Join the adventure too!

Visit: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/ 

Use hashtag:  #ReadYourWorld 

Poemas y Reflexiones: www.luzdelmes.com

ACTIVIDADES GRATIS EN: www.luzdelmes.com

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Multicultural Children's Book Day Experience

For the last four years, I had participated in the Multicultural Children's Book Day as an author, reviewer, supporter and in 2019, as a Board of advisor member. 

The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the ongoing need to include kid’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves. The collaborative effort between organizers and authors is part of the event. 

This year, Multicultural Children's Day will be on January 25/19.

MCBD was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book 

and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. 

Listen Multicultural Children's Book Day Theme Song Video 

https://youtu.be/YCuwwWDVTno

 #ReadYourWorld 📖 #LuzDelMes 🌠

For more information visit: 

https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/what-is-a-multicultural-book/

                                                               Join the adventure!

 REVIEWS & AUTHOR'S SPONSOR for #ReadYourWorld 2019

                                                                    

BOOK to Read for #MCBD2019

2019: With great pleasure, I'm a Board of Advisor Member at the Multicultural Children's Book Day. I've been a book reviewer for four years. I reviewed the six bilingual books (above) for #MCBD2019. The BIG day is on January 25th. In addition, I read Vanilla and Chocolate  at #ReadYourWorld event at Barnes & Noble, Jensen Beach with other local authors. 

                                                             

Previous participation 2016-2018

2018: The third year as an Author participant, I review three bilingual books in English, French and Spanish. It was an exciting experience to practice skills to review in another language. At the same time, we venture to celebrate the Multicultural Children's Book Day in Orlando, Florida with other authors of the four counties near by. Visit Blog for details about this trip:                          http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/12/multicultural-childrens-book-day.html

2017: The second year as an Author participant, I reviewed  nine books. I felt comfortable to support other authors and helped them be part of the #MCCBD family. I joined the excitement at the Multicultural Children's Book Day Twitter Party.   Visit BLOG 2017 for details:

http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/01/multicultural-childrens-book-day.html
2016: The first year as an Author participant, I visited a Local School  and reviewed, for the first time, four books.  I learned how to nail the basic points of a review and how to post it on Amazon and Goodreads. This experience helped me learn how to use a BLOG and the benefits of a cooperative work. Visit my first BLOG  post 2016:
http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2016/01/celebrate-diversity.html

Author Reads at Palm Pointe 2016

"In recognition of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, the beginning Spanish class at Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition welcomed award winning local author Maritza Mejia. Mrs. Mejia read her book  Vanilla and Chocolate/Vainilla y Chocolate. Multicultural Children’s Book Day has as its mission not only to raise awareness for children’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries." Visit: http://lucielink.stlucie.k12.fl.us/local-author-reads-at-palm-pointe/

Author Interview visit Link:

Multicultural Children’s Book Author Maritza Martinez Mejia

Use hashtag:  #ReadYourWorld 

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk