Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
I’m thrilled to be featured on the Colorín Colorado blog with a post on How to Find Diverse Books About Asian American Pacific Islander Cultures, just in time for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. You can find it here. p.s. Related posts: 40+ Lists of Asian American Books for Kids 14 Asian American…
I’m thrilled to announce a new picture book through Red Comet Press. 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. This is the story of Simon Tam, the leader of the popular all-Asian-American dance-pop band, The Slants®,…
Please welcome my guest author/illustrator, Qing Zhuang. We are both in the Soaring 20s picture book group, and I remember meeting her in a workshop at Kweli years ago with Bryan Collier! It is a small world! We are giving away 2 copies of her writing debut picture book, Rainbow Shopping. To enter, please fill…
Those with sharp eyes might have noticed the small gold sticker on the upper right-hand cover of Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. It’s from Junior Library Guild. For those who are not familiar with Junior Library Guild, they are a curating subscription service for libraries. Their team of expert librarians reads…
I wanted to thank everyone again for their support of my book passion project, a response to my middle daughter’s comment in high school that there weren’t any Asian female athletes. After the Kickstarter campaign ended and I was able to fund my book, I assumed that I would sell books on Amazon by running…
I am thrilled to announce that I have a new picture book coming out with Eifrig Publishing. Boxer Baby will be illustrated by Kai Gietzen. Boxer Baby by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kai Gietzen Mom is counting on Dad to get Boxer Baby down for her nap but Boxer Baby is the G.O.A.T. of sleep…
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. January’s event will be held on January 5th and we are celebrating the Chinese New Year using It’s Chinese New Year,…