My Book News! We Sing From the Heart wins Julia Ward Howe prize for children’s literature! WE SING FROM THE HEART is Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honoree! We Sing From the Heart is a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner! Cover Reveal: Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by…
We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez ALSC Notable Children’s Book 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book Junior…
There is something so gentle and comforting about reading Lisa Rogers’ books. She really gets into the soul of her subject and presents them in such a deeply sensitive and engaging way. Woody’s Words is another triumph! I was thrilled to learn more and share it with you, my reader! p.s. Related posts: Lisa…
Please welcome my guest author, Deedee Cummings, with her book list on the best children’s books about empathy! We are giving away a copy of Deedee’s newest picture book, Hope In the Nick of Time. To enter, please leave a comment. Teaching kids empathy, the ability to see the world through another’s eyes, is one…
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5: 3:00 pm: Notable Social Studies Trade Books Program, Room 204A. Samira Ahmed, author of This Book Won’t Burn Mia Wenjen, author of We Sing From the Heart SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6: 2:00 pm Book Signing: WE SING FROM THE HEART at Publisher Spotlight Booth, Booth 701 and 703 4:00 pm:…
This year, Read Your World’s Giving Tuesday will support a Title 1 Elementary School in Waltham, MA. Imagine an elementary school that can’t have a book fair simply because the students are low income. Research has shown that owning books, especially books that reflect the reader, improves literacy rates. Our fundraiser will donate over 500…
This year, I was determined to watch all the leaders of the Boston Marathon as they passed through my town, infamous for Heartbreak Hill. I always missed the wheelchair leaders because they are so fast, but I find them the most compelling of the racers. I told my son that it was interesting to watch…
If you are going to NCTE, I hope to see you! Here’s my schedule: Friday, November 21 11:00am – 12:15pm Nerdy Book Club Mia Wenjen Mile High Ballroom 1A/1B 2:00pm – 3:00pm We Sing from the Heart (Book) Mia Wenjen RCP Booth #830 Saturday, November 22 8:15am – 9:30am Teaching with the 2025…