I’m thrilled to announce that Food for the Future is included in Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best lists! This is a staff-created list. Food for the Future is on their Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2023 list for kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The Best of the Best lists represent…
Barefoot Books has partnered to create edible for KIDS, a four-page insert that is in EdibleBoston and other cities that are part of the Edible Community magazine series. Here’s a video of the four-page spread for Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. Have you seen this in your city? Please…
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to speak at the ALA Conference 2023 on the Diversity in Publishing stage for Food for the Future. My topic was Sustainable Values in Children’s Books. While only a handful of people attended, the CEO of Barefoot Books, Nancy Traversy, recorded it for me. That’s the extra mile…
Josh Funk kindly offered to do a book event with me so for my book launch for Food for the Future, I scheduled a Storytime at Hummingbird Books, a new independent bookstore in Chestnut Hill/Newton MA, near where I live. Because Food for the Future came out on May 23, 2023, the closest weekend landed…
My “sophomore” picture book comes out tomorrow! Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng Kirkus says, “A dozen sustainable farms around the world offer intriguing possibilities for the future of agriculture. Simple four-beat rhyming couplets concisely describe a plethora of farming methods old and new around…
I’m doing Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World book launch with Josh Funk! Josh Funk and I will be doing a Storytime at Hummingbird Books Sunday, May 28th 11:00 am 55 Boylston St Suite 5510 (near the Lululemon Store) Chestnut Hill, MA The Street mall Hope you can join us!…
My author copies for Food for the Future arrived so I did an unboxing video and blessed the books using the sacred Native Hawaiian salt that my friend Michelle sent me. This salt farm located in Kauai, Hawaii, is featured in the book: p.s. Related posts: Starred Review for FOOD FOR THE FUTURE…