Thank you so much to everyone for covering We Sing From the Heart! I so appreciate your support! Karlin Gray: True Story~We Sing From the Heart: How the Slants(r) Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court Crafty Moms Share: Multicultural Books focusing on Asia and Asian American Cultures Erin Dealey:…
My author copies of Fortune Cookies for Everyone!: The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat, have arrived! It is illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage and published by Red Comet Press in collaboration with Smithsonian. Here’s my unboxing video … I hope you like our picture book! It comes out on October…
Please welcome my friend and children’s book author, Kathleen Choi, with her list of 6 Picture Books About Gratitude, Culture, and Intergenerational Connection. I went to college with her husband and met her during a class reunion. She also lived in Newton, MA, though we never ran into each other at the grocery store! We…
I am so excited to announce that Fortune Cookies for Everyone, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage and published by Red Comet Press in collaboration with the Smithsonian, is a Junior Library Gold selection! Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage…
It was so fun to meet P. Djèlí Clark and George Jreije at Belmont Books! You can meet them too! P. Djèlí Clark in conversation with George Jreije about Abeni and the City of Gold: p.s. Related posts: 21 Diverse Books Like Percy Jackson 35+ More Books Like Percy Jackson 8 Middle Grade…
We Sing from the Heart has been selected as the 2024 winner of our Julia Ward Howe prize for children’s literature! This is the first award that I’ve won outright. I am thrilled and humbled! The Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book Awards are awarded annually by the Boston Authors Club to authors living…
Today is Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes‘s 4th birthday. In celebration, I am giving away four signed books! Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes by Mia Wenjen Meet 17 Asian Pacific American female athletes from yesterday and today! From snowboarder Chloe Kim and hockey player Julie Chu to soccer player…