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{Guest post by Judy Martialay}
Review of the Snowflake Stories series of award-winning, personalized, diverse books from CEO, Jill Barletti
What a delightful book to give to that special child in your life! Children love to be the stars in their stories, and this is what happens in “Snowflake Stories Personalized Children’s Books”, by Jill Barletti.
In these customized books, you get to feature your special child by making him or her the hero of the story, including his or her name in the title and story plus a photo. You choose the most appropriate story for the child, boy or girl. You also choose the appropriate features for your child, i.e. skin color, hair color and style, eye color and shape, and more.
The other characters in the story can be parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, among others. The book also accommodates alternative families. You decide the characters to include; then you choose their description. The characters take shape before your eyes.
All this is done on the Snowflake Stories website. A video walks you through the process, and then you personalize the book. You can also write the dedication.
There’s more: you choose whether the book will be written in one or two languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Italian. Families may speak English and/or another language. Parents may want to teach a language to their children.
The illustrations by Jelena Brezovec are appealing and expressive; they highlight a wealth of diversity: children of all races cooperating and playing together..
The story is engaging. In the case of the soccer game, there are some tense moments, but your child pulls through thanks to hard work and the encouragement of parents, grandparents, and others.
This is an extra special and unique book that your child and you will enjoy and treasure as a family heirloom.
**I was gifted this book by the author in return for an honest review.**
About Snowflake Stories
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”~Toni Morrison
It doesn’t matter if your child speaks Spanish or English, has brown eyes or blue, or has a single mom or two … Snowflake Stories makes books that look and sound just like you!
Parents, grandparents, and educators appreciate the uniqueness and relevancy of Snowflake Stories’ line of multi-award-winning, bilingual, and single-language personalized children’s books. Customizable casts and characters plus five languages allow Snowflake Stories to create books featuring bilingual, biracial, LGBT, and other families often overlooked by traditional publishers.
Author Jill Barletti founded Snowflake Stories because she struggled to find books written in Spanish for her two half-Peruvian children. She and her kids have labored to build the company because they truly believe that just like a snowflake … every child’s story is unique!
Learn more about Snowflake Stories and their Bilingual Personalized Children’s Books, check out this in-depth article on the MCBD blog.
Connect with Jill and Snowflake Stories via their website-www.SnowflakeStories.com
About Judy
Judy has taught languages on Long Island and is an active member of the Public Advocacy Committee of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers. She lives on Long Island with her husband. Has two daughters and a granddaughter. Her mission is have let every child to have the opportunity to learn a world language at an early age, and she wants parents, everyone to have fun with a language and appreciate the beauty of the cultures of our world. Judy is the author of ¡HOLA! Let’s Learn Spanish and her newest book, Bonjour! Let’s Learn French
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 (1/29/21) is in its 8th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those book into the hands of young readers and educators.
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