I am so excited to reveal the cover for my first picture book with Red Comet Press, We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court! Illustrator Victor Bizar Gómez brings Simon Tam’s story to life in his nearly eight year battle to get the right…
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Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
We Sing From the Heart picture book featured in THE FIRE
TheFire.org’s recent article by Ronald K. L. Collins featuring my upcoming picture book, 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 (Red Comet Press, Fall 2024). Forthcoming children’s book on The Slants — the band that fought…
More Reader Reviews for Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
Thank you to Cindy and Beth for reviewing Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Here are their reviews on Twitter/X: Cindy G. | she/her @cindygreene314 @pragmaticmom does it again! Check out her very clever and hilarious Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Dad struggles to get his child to take a nap, told in a 3-round boxing match. Lots…
76 Great Diverse Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens
Graphic novels are my secret weapon to get any kid reading. My recent discovery is that there are also multicultural, diverse, and inclusive graphic novels that bring kids into different perspectives like what it’s like to have hearing loss or go through a civil war. Graphic novels also let us experience new worlds, both present,…
March Madness: Basketball Books for Every Kid (ages 4 and up)!
Looking for basketball books for kids to read? Check out the best selections of this amazing sport, both fiction and nonfiction. This basketball post was inspired by The Harlem Globetrotters video that I watched on The Kid Should See This. It’s a wonderful combination of Stomp and the Globetrotters. Then I learned of the sad…
Hanukkah Upside Down: Interviewing the Sydney Taylor Book Award Honorees!
Congratulations to Elissa Brent Weissman and Omer Hoffmann, the author and illustrator of Hanukkah Upside Down, for being a Sidney Taylor Book Award Honoree in the picture book category! Let’s learn more about their book, how they celebrated, and more! Hanukkah Upside Down: Interviewing the Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Honorees! Hannukkah Upside…
Reader Reviews of BOXER BABY BATTLES BEDTIME! and CHANGING THE GAME
My second reader review from Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! has come in! Dr. Cara Byrne @cararosebyrne Z loved reading @pragmaticmom’s silly and fun Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime, which we received as part of Multicultural Book Day 2024 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay This is a review for my Kickstarter book, Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female…