HIP HIP HOORAY - IT'S MULTI-CULTURAL CHILDREN'S BOOK DAY! #ReadYourWorld - Mela and the Elephant

A MCBD 2019 Book Review of 

MELA AND THE ELEPHANT

By Dow Phumiruk
Illustrated by Ziyue Chen
Format: Picture Book 
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018
#ReadYourWorld

(Book provided by the Publisher)

After denying her brother the chance to explore the riverbank because he had nothing to offer her, Mela must give up her own possessions in an attempt to find her way when she is lost. Just when she, like her brother, has nothing left to offer, she meets a kind elephant and learns that we always have something to give.

This fable offers an important lesson on kindness and value, as well as gives a glimpse into the culture of Thailand via it's art, text and informative author's note.

With it's engaging main character, interesting creatures, compelling plot (what child can't identify with getting lost) and exotic setting, this story will keep the reader interested from beginning to end and remind them we always have something to learn and that a little kindness goes a long way.

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded
by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom.
Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that
celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently
to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and
educators.  

MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on board

Medallion Level Sponsors
Honorary: Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org.
Super Platinum: Make A Way Media
GOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and 
The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV,  Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press,
SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa,
The Pack-n-Go Girls,

BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson,

Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages,

Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift,  

T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas,

Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,

MCBD 2019 is honored to have the following Author Sponsors on board

Honorary: Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini, Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw,

Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and

Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me

On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett,

Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo,

Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton,

Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards,

Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita

Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules,

CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman,

Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena

Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase,

Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Claudia Schwam, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls

Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC

We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book
review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event.
View our CoHosts HERE.

Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts

A Crafty Arab, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms,
Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s
Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it,  Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read,
Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup, Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World
Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid
Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground

TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual
Twitter Party will be held 1/25/19 at 9:00pm.E.S.T. TONS of prizes and book bundles will be given
away during the party. GO HERE for more details.

FREE RESOURCES From MCBD

Free Multicultural Books for Teachers: http://bit.ly/1kGZrta

Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians and
Educators: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/teacher-classroom-empathy-kit/

Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/
use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.  

MCBD2019 is honored to have some amazing Medallion Level and Author Sponsors on board.

*View our 2019 Medallion Sponsors here: https://wp.me/P5tVud-

*View our 2019 MCBD Author Sponsors here: https://wp.me/P5tVud-2eN

We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book
review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View
our CoHosts: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/co-hosts/

TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Make A Way Media: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun)
annual Twitter Party will be held 1/27/19 at 9:00pm. E.S.T.

Join the conversation and win one of 12 five book bundles and one Grand Prize Book Bundle (12
books) that will be given away at the party!

FREE RESOURCES from MCBD

Free Multicultural Books for Teachers:  https://wp.me/P5tVud-1H

Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians and Educators:
http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/teacher-classroom-empathy-kit/

Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official
hashtag #ReadYourWorld.