The official Read Your World Day 2025 poster reveal! Download a copy for your reading area, library, or classroom. Click on the image below or click here to get your Read Your World 2025 free poster. Illustration courtesy of Colleen Kong-Savage. Check out their website here. p.s. Stay tuned for our Read Your World tote bag featuring…
It was so fun to meet Oge Mora and hear her read her picture books to a crowd of wildly enthusiastic children! Saturday by Oge Mora Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora Here is her event: p.s. Related posts: 8 Great Picture Books with Onomatopoeia Parent-Child Special Moments Picture Book List 8 Picture…
This list is curated from Advancing Justice’s list of BANNED: An Asian American Reading List of Banned Books in 2023 on Medium. Let’s all read these books and request them at your local library to support Asian American authors! 22 Banned Asian American Children’s Books Red Kite, Blue Kite by Jiang Ji-li, illustrated…
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…
Our Read Your World Sponsorships are now openWe have sponsorships for publishers and authors as well as corporations. Publishers, Authors, and Illustrators: Become a Medallion or Author Sponsor! DEADLINE for 2025 Sponsorships is January 30, 2025! 📍Super Platinum Level includes Host of Virtual Party (Limit 1) 📍Platinum (Limit 5) $1,579 📍Gold (limit…
The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Read Your World announces two new intersectionality book awards thanks to RYW board member, Federico Erebia, and his husband, James J. Jordan. There will be two prizes for The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards of $1500 each: one for a picture book or graphic novel, and a second…
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…