The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) is a great online tool that educators can use to broaden the knowledge of different cultures in the classroom. The goal of this website is to provide children with a wide variety of different books and literature that they can read to help them engage and interact with the ideas and practices of the many different cultures in the world.

Creating an educational environment that promotes diversity and acceptance is important to having a positive and successful classroom environment. This website makes it a goal to provide the tools and resources necessary to help students create a sense of understanding for these different cultures.

Understanding is the first step in creating a positive workplace. Gaining the knowledge of the backgrounds that many of our peers come from is paramount in getting to know each other better. Promoting a multicultural classroom environment is a great step in giving students the ability to understand one another, and to be able to be put in the shoes of the people we interact with on a daily basis.

The CSMCL is a great web tool that provides these resources. Reading books and stories can help provide the insight into the different people we interact with daily, and promoting a positive environment in the classroom will be that much easier with the resources that the CSMCL provides