I am thrilled for We Sing From the Heart to be included in Shelf Awareness, a publishing company based in the United States that produces two e-zines focused on bookselling, books, and book reviews. The book trailer for We Sing From the Heart was featured! And this is the WE SING FROM THE HEART book…
Category: Reading Lists: Middle Grade
Middle grade chapter books for kids ages 9 through 14 and including 3rd grade books, 4th grade books, 5th grade books, 6th grade books, and 7th grade books.
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author and friend, Padma Venkatraman, with her list of 7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures. We met at an SCBWI conference in Springfield many years ago. The author signings were lined up alphabetically so I had the great pleasure of sitting next to her. Her middle grade book, The Bridge Home,…
Boston Area: Tui T Sutherland WINGS OF FIRE Event!
In support of Read Your World’s inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival, Tui T. Sutherland is doing a book event at West Newton Cinema. Together with the Newton Children’s Book Festival and Newtonville Books, West Newton Cinema welcomes you to a children’s book event with Tui T. Sutherland, the New York Times best-selling author of…
Thrilled to be on SLJ Webcasts Picture Books for Fall
I had four minutes to talk about my newest picture book, We Sing From the Heart, with my publisher, Angus Yuen-Killick of Red Comet Press, on the SLJ Webcast showcasing The Best of the Best from Small Presses: Picture Books for Fall. Angus and I met separately to practice our portion. It’s harder than you…
I’m Signing WE SING FROM THE HEART at NCTE & NCSS!
In an unusual turn of events, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) and NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) conventions are in Boston on the same weekend! NCTE’s Heart, Hope, and Humanity Conference will be held from November 21-24 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) on 415 Summer Street which…
We Sing From the Heart on SLJ The Best of the Best from Small Presses!
It was so fun to be part of the School Library Journal Webcast! Angus Yuen-Killick interviews me on our We Sing From The Heart picture book biography about Simon Tam’s nearly 9-year battle to trademark his band’s name! To see a replay of Library Journal Webcasts, The Best of the Best from Small Presses, please go…
Booklist Reviews WE SING FROM THE HEART
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, published by Red Comet Press. Growing up Chinese American in San Diego, Simon Tan experienced racism from other kids but never expected to be subjected to discrimination by the…







