Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
This year, Read Your World hosted a virtual panel to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Here is the replay of Read Your World Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month Virtual Event: p.s. Related posts: How to Find Diverse Books About Asian American Pacific Islander Cultures: I’m thrilled to be featured on the Colorin Colorado…
Exciting News! The 2026 PADIBA Awards are now open for submissions! Get all the details here. SUBMISSION PERIOD: July 1, 2025 – August 31, 2025 CRITERIA: The book must be traditionally published in 2025. The main character must be intersectional. In other words, they identify with two or more marginalized and/or underrepresented identities, which may include their Race, Ethnicity,…
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…
Thank you to NCSS for this award, and congratulations to everyone on this list. I am humbled and honored to be amongst you all! NCSS established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. First presented in 1974, this award is…
Please welcome my guest author, Sarah Allen, with her list of 9 Middle Grade Books Featuring Neurodiverse Characters. We are giving away a pair of signed copies of What Stars Are Made Of and The Nightmare House to one winner. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. 9 Middle Grade Books…
Thank you to Reading Rockets for including The Traveling Taco on their Summer Reading Guide 2025! p.s. Related posts: Origami French Fries: Activity for THE TRAVELING TACO Today is My Book Birthday for The Traveling Taco & 10 Book GIVEAWAY! The Traveling Taco book trailer! Kirkus Reviews My Newest Picture Book: THE TRAVELING…