Barbed Wire Between Us, an original song by Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou of Daria World Music for Kids has won a bronze award in the protest song category of the Global Music Awards: Daria, Barbed Wire Between Us: A Song About Kids in Detention Camps, protest Check out her YouTube channel or listen to her on Spotify. Here’s the Barbed…
Category: Social Studies
History, social science and geography for kids.
YA and Kids Books Central reviews POSTCARDS FROM MALCOLM X
Thank you to YA and Kids Books Central for reviewing Postcards From Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown, and published by Red Comet Press. Friendship, Civil Rights, and The Fight For Justice August 12, 2026 (Updated: August 17, 2026) Overall rating: 5.0 Writing…
Kirkus Reviews POSTCARDS FROM MALCOLM X
Inspired by her friend and mentor [Malcolm X], Kochiyama’s tireless activism would continue for almost 50 more years. POSTCARDS FROM MALCOLM X How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Civil Rights Activist Author: Mia Wenjen Illustrator: Keith Henry BrownReview Issue Date: August 15, 2026 Online Publish Date: July 20, 2026 Publisher:Red Comet Press Pages: 42 Price ( Hardcover ): $19.99 Publication…
Read Your World’s Newest Classroom Kit: Media Literacy
Read Your World’s newest Classroom Kit is now available: Beyond Screens: Teaching Kids to Think Critically in a Digital World. Inside, you’ll find 18 curated children’s books on media literacy and fake news, free fact-checking tools, hands-on games, ready-to-use lesson plans, and podcast episodes with SEL guides and printable worksheets, a screen-free way to build…
Postcards from Malcolm X Unboxing!
My author copies for Postcards From Malcolm X arrived! Here’s my unboxing video: Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown A moving portrait of Yuri Kochiyama―an ordinary woman who became an extraordinary activist―and her bond with Malcolm X When Japanese American activist…
Learning about the Hanapepe Salt Pond from Wade and Will
It was fortuitous to meet Wade Ishikawa and his friend Will at the Hanapepe Salt Pond. I was just hoping to get some photos, not realizing that the salt ponds are only operational during the summer. Not only did Wade go over the harvesting process, clarifying some fine points that my research for Food for…
Visiting the Grove Plantation Museum on Kauai in Hawaii
I visited the Grove Farm Sugar Plantation and took the tour. This was the home of George Norton Wilcox. This tour is an interesting case of how the victors write the history books. In this case, our tour group was just a handful of people. Our tour guide could recite an astounding number of numerical…







