The 2023 Caldecott, Newbery Winners, and More! Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. CST today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition which is virtual via YouTube! 2023 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It honors the artist of the most…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2023!
Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2023! Let’s celebrate by sharing diverse book reviews and posts on our Big Giant Linky. Also, don’t forget to come to our Read Your World Virtual Party tonight at 9 pm EST. We will be giving away tons of book bundles! Link up your book reviews and posts here:…
Picture Books That Inspire Me as a Writer: MY Multicultural Children’s Book Day BOOK REVIEWS!
I’m excited to be reviewing books for our 10th Multicultural Children’s Book Day to shine a spotlight on all the great diverse KidLit! Today, I want to also talk about The ReFoReMo Challenge, or Reading for Research Month Challenge, which was founded in 2015 to help picture book writers reform writing by reading and researching…
Scholastic Purchased CHANGING THE GAME!
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…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free
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. February’s event will be held on February 2nd and we are celebrating Black History Month using Opal Lee and What It…
Children’s Books to Combat Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism): Prejudice, discrimination, vandalism, and/or violence against people who are Jewish. From Ruth Bader Ginsberg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Stacy Innerst There are plenty of books on racism and even skin color, but when I tried to make this list, I had trouble finding books for…
Picture Book Announcement: Boxer Baby, illustrated by Kai Gietzen
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…