I’m thrilled to announce my newest book: Asian Pacific American Heroes! Meet 18 Asian Pacific American leaders from yesterday and today! From musician Bruno Mars and Olympian Chloe Kim to chef Niki Nakayama, these real-life heroes inspire us to learn about Asian Pacific American history, language, and culture. It’s middle grade non-fiction for ages 8…
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Books written by me, Mia Wenjen.
Why Kids Should Play More Than One Sport
Alison Foley on why kids should play more than one sport and how coaches can support multi-sport athletes. Alison Foley is the winningest coach in Boston College history. As the former head coach of women’s soccer, her program went to eight Sweet 16’s, three Elite Eights, and the 2010 College Cup (Final Four). She also…
National Girls and Women in Sports Day is TODAY!
Alison and I wrote How To Coach Girls to share her knowledge from coaching for more than two decades when we realized that girls were quitting sports at six times the rate of boys. In fact, 70% of all kids quit organized sports by the age of 13. Why? The number one reason is that…
Today is LAST day to get my book FREE!
Are you looking for the best diversity books for kids? Do you want these books to be written by authors of the SAME marginalized identities as the character in the book? I’ve been reviewing children’s books for ten years and I’ve compiled book reviews of my favorite #OwnVoices books. I’m giving away my ebook FREE…
Best #OwnVoices Children’s Books FREE for 5 Days Starting Jan 29th
In celebration of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, my ebook resource to find the best diversity books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books will be FREE starting January 29th through February 2nd at Amazon here. EST OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12…
Sumo Joe Virtual Author Visit
I was thrilled to do a Skype author visit with 120 kindergartners! They were well prepared having read the story ahead of time. They also came up with questions that the Media Specialist had collected ahead of time. For such a young group, the teachers asked for a 20-minute visit. The kids were great and…
Sumo Joe’s 6 Month Anniversary and How I Celebrated
I’m grateful that my mother was able to read my debut picture book. My mother was always supportive of everything we did and when my sister and I started writing and publishing books, she would make a point of purchasing five copies. At the time, she was living in an Independent Living facility so she…