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Books 4 Cultural Competence

​​Our mission

Books 4 Cultural Competence (B4CC) aims to improve k-12 community (students, teachers, parents and other stakeholders) cultural competence by strengthening self-awareness, awareness of others, cultural knowledge, and cross-cultural skills.
Our team

As part of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month (May 1-31) in 2021, Books 4 Cultural Competence (B4CC) is advocating for the public to join us in the efforts to promote increased awareness of Asian American culture, history and their contributions to our communities and country by donating book titles from our carefully curated booklist to K-12 classrooms and libraries across the state of Washington.
Click here for the Booklist

​​News

UCA Community Fund Announced Award of Microgrants to Three Community Projects


​UCA Community Fund (UCACF) announced on Dec 9th,2022 three recipients of its microgrants approved in October and November 2022, B4CC included.
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Partnering  Schools

Recipients of first round of book donations
Recipients of second round of book donations

Apollo Elementary School​
Challenger Elementary School
Chestnut Hill Academy
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary School

Margaret Mead Elementary School
Rachel Carson Elementary School
St Thomas School

about the first round donation

Carl Sandburg Elementary School/Discovery Community School
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
Emily Dickinson Elementary School/Explorer Community School
Grand Ridge Elementary School
Henry David Thoreau Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School
Norman Rockwell Elementary School
Peter Kirk Elementary School
Sammantha Smith Elementary School
Seattle Country Day School


A lovely surprise arrived this week...so many beautiful books donated by Mandarin Playground that will be read and appreciated by Seattle Country Day School community.I want to thank you personally for your donation on behalf of our school. A major goal of our school is to increase diversity, expand equity, and we are resolved to being an inclusive and welcoming community. Your generous donation goes a long way to helping us achieve our goal! And personally, I feel that there is nothing quite as satisfying as children becoming more internationally minded and emotionally intelligent as a result of reading a fabulous book.

Anne Boone
Seattle Country Day School Librarian
We had a chance to show the class each book. It tied in perfectly to my lesson on Women's History month and our work identifying their “Contribution”. 

Ann Fitzmaurice
Thoreau Elementary Librarian
I honestly state with delight that I am very thankful that you are spreading knowledge and awareness about Asian-Americans and the experiences that they have gone through. It's nice for people to understand others in our society, and you have done exactly that.

Aneev Aradhya
5th Grade 
Emily Dickinson Elementary School 

Featuring Events

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2022 SUMMER
Asian American Culture Summer Book Club

Date: 6/30  7/14  7/28  8/11  8/25
16:30 PM Pacific 
19:30 PM Eastern



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Student Engagement​

The flyers are designed by the volunteers from middle schools and elementary schools
One Book One World WA Book Drive in AAPI month 2021
Books for Cultural Competence (B4CC)

Get Involved

· For individuals:
​sign up for volunteering!

Sign Up

· For schools, libraries and other organizations:
let us know you are interested in partnering and/or donating! 


Please contact us at
mandarinplayground@gmail.com 


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  • About
  • Online Program
  • On-site Program
  • Books 4 Cultural Competence
  • Curriculum
  • Event
  • Chinese Resources