Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is celebrated on January 29. The mission of Multicultural Children’s Book Day is to raise awareness of children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries across the country. This year, GCS is celebrating and supporting this initiative in the Lower School by incorporating diverse books from our very own Manor House Library into lessons. Each grade level will read and discuss a story about a diverse character in the upcoming week.
On Friday, January 22, Sheena Jordan, diversity coordinator, joined Lower School students in their assembly to talk about diverse books and authors, and how students could write stories of their own.
| Grade | Book | Author |
| Pre-Kindergarten | The Day You Begin | Jaqueline Woodson |
| Kindergarten | Dreamers | Yuyi Morales |
| First | Boxes for Katje | Candace Fleming |
| Second | When We Were Alone | David Robertson |
| Third | The Water Princess | Susan Verde |
| Fourth | Ruby’s Wish | Shirin Yim Bridges |
| Fifth | Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different | Ben Brooks |
On Friday, January 22, Sheena Jordan, diversity coordinator, joined Lower School students in their assembly to talk about diverse books and authors, and how students could write stories of their own.
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