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Boston area children’s book lovers! Please save the date for the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival! Nonprofits Read Your World and New Art Center have teamed up to host the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, December 14th from 10 am to 2 pm at the New Art Center in Newtonville! Newton Children’s Book…
Thank you to School Library Journal for reviewing 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 Gómez, and published by Red Comet Press. It comes out on October 15, 2024. [nonfiction picture book, for ages 7 and up] This…
I am thrilled to participate as an author and co-founder/President of Read Your World at the Louisville Book Festival created by our longtime Read Your World board member, Deedee Cummings! She created this event to address the book desert Louisville has, particularly for low income children. Part of the festival’s mission is to give every…
Please welcome author Carrie Finison and her list of 10 Picture Books to Teach and Inspire Teamwork. Her newest picture book is Pigs Dig a Road and we are giving away a signed copy! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. —- Learning to work together takes lots and lots of practice…
I am thrilled to announce a new picture book! Violeta Encarnación will illustrate Barbed Wire Between Us. I’m so lucky that this story speaks to her! This is the picture book of my heart. I have been working on this for more than 5 years, trying to figure out how to structure the story. I am…
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival was the first book festival that I ever attended, and I returned in 2023 for my second time. They are so nice and make every children’s book creator feel special. They even dropped off a goody bag to my hotel the night before that had snacks and other treats! It is…
I am so excited to reveal the cover of my newest picture book, out May 6, 2025! The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Your Favorite Foods by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong An exploration of the history of kids’ favorite foods from around the world From pizza to pasta and ice…