Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
Sometimes you just gotta ask! (Me asking): Please consider SUMO JOE picture book Hello Japanese American National Museum store manager, My name is Mia Wenjen and I’m the author of a rhyming picture book SUMO JOE. I am half Japanese American and wrote it to show that sumo is not a sport of fat…
I’m so excited because Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes was just nominated for the 2021 Readers Choice Awards contest by TCK Publishing! Please vote for it here. To examine any book more closely at Amazon, please click on image of book. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. p.s. Related…
I’m thrilled to be on Living Your Greatness Podcast with Ben Mumme. #35 Mia Wenjen: A Mom Entrepreneur Celebrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion With Authors of Color Mia is passionate about parenting, education, and children’s books and writes about these topics at PragmaticMom.com. Mia graduated from Harvard College cum laude in history and science in…
Thank you so much to Matthew Winner for having us on The Children’s Book Podcast: Mia Wenjen and Nat Iwata share SUMO JOE on The Children’s Book Podcast. “SUMO JOE is a story told in rhyme about a boy and his friends upholding a centuries-old tradition considered through a modern lens. It’s the first picture…
I had so fun giving a virtual author visit to a 4th grade elementary school in Texas. This is my free SUMO JOE author visit in which I tell the origin story of my debut picture book and detail the process of how a picture book gets made from idea to revision to illustration to…