I am humbled and thrilled for the recognition that We Sing From the Heart has received.
We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
In celebration of my book’s first birthday, I’m giving away 10 signed and/or inscribed copies.
We Sing From the Heart 10 Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
To enter, please leave a comment below. This giveaway will end in one month. I can only ship to U.S. and A.P.O. addresses.
If you want to use We Sing From the Heart at home or in the classroom or library, I have some multimedia resources:
Here is the music video of The Slant’s song, From the Heart. They wrote this song about their battle to trademark their band’s name. Why not start a book presentation off with this short video?
We created a podcast with Dorktales Storytime about Simon Tam.
- Free Activity Guide for Dorktales Storytime about Simon Tam. Go here.
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A video version is here:
Simon Tam has many excellent TED Talks:
From ReasonTV: An Asian-American band takes the fight over its name all the way to the Supreme Court:
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My books:
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The Traveling Taco:
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Happy first book birthday!
Happy first book birthday! Your book is a great introduction to the legal system and preserving your constitutional rights. Congratulations on its success!
Happy First Book Birthday!