Thank you so much to Matthew Winner for having us on The Children’s Book Podcast: Mia Wenjen and Nat Iwata share SUMO JOE on The Children’s Book Podcast. “SUMO JOE is a story told in rhyme about a boy and his friends upholding a centuries-old tradition considered through a modern lens. It’s the first picture…
I had so fun giving a virtual author visit to a 4th grade elementary school in Texas. This is my free SUMO JOE author visit in which I tell the origin story of my debut picture book and detail the process of how a picture book gets made from idea to revision to illustration to…
Please join me for our fourth Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. October’s event will be held on October 7th and we are celebrating Halloween using Boo Stew by Donna L. Washington,…
Please welcome my guest author today, Alda B. Dobbs. She has a list of middle grade books with refugee themes. We are also giving away her debut book, Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda B. Dobbs It is…
Please welcome my guest author today, Sivan Hong! She is the author and illustrator of the Super Fun Day Book series. We interviewed her on her neurodiverse picture book series on our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Instagram Live series. Her books are wonderful conversation starters to discuss children with neurodiversity. Additionally, her picture books normalize…
I’m thrilled to have author Andrea Wang guest posting today. She’s always been a strong writer with a voice that represents Asian American culture proudly and accurately, but she’s recently made the leap from being great to exceptional. I feel like this is her breakout year. Her newest picture book, Watercress, is on my list…
Thank you Newtonville Books for carrying Changing the Game! “The Olympics may be over, but here are some books about sports to keep you going.” from Newtonville Books Newsletter Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes Local author Mia Wenjen stopped by to sign copies of Sumo Joe, and to drop off signed copies…