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My author copies of Fortune Cookies for Everyone!: The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat, have arrived! It is illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage and published by Red Comet Press in collaboration with Smithsonian. Here’s my unboxing video … I hope you like our picture book! It comes out on October…
Read Your World’s newest classroom kit is now available: Building Community with Bilingual Books. As always, this is a free resource! Each kit includes an extensive book list, activities, discussion guide, and downloadable poster. Our thanks to illustrator Emily Blodgett for creating our free and downloadable poster. She is the illustrator of Little Bun: A…
Please welcome my friend and children’s book author, Kathleen Choi, with her list of 6 Picture Books About Gratitude, Culture, and Intergenerational Connection. I went to college with her husband and met her during a class reunion. She also lived in Newton, MA, though we never ran into each other at the grocery store! We…
I am so excited to announce that Fortune Cookies for Everyone, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage and published by Red Comet Press in collaboration with the Smithsonian, is a Junior Library Gold selection! Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage…
I’m so excited to release the new song for The Traveling Taco. It was created by Daria, World Music for Children. It’s also available on Spotify! Traveling Taco Song Lyrics by D. A. Marmaluk-Hajioannou Come travel the world with a taco and me I promise the trip will be good We’ll find…
It was so fun to meet P. Djèlí Clark and George Jreije at Belmont Books! You can meet them too! P. Djèlí Clark in conversation with George Jreije about Abeni and the City of Gold: p.s. Related posts: 21 Diverse Books Like Percy Jackson 35+ More Books Like Percy Jackson 8 Middle Grade…
It happens. Things change. My picture book announcement for A Place To Call Home, illustrated by Mary Atwood, and published by Sleeping Bear Press needs updating! It turns out that there are a lot of children’s books titled “A Place To Call Home,” so the new title is … Green Homes, Happy Planet: Sustainable…