Meet Kai Gietzen, the illustrator for my newest picture book Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! It comes out on May 26, 2024. Pre-order here. Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kai Gietzen Mom is counting on Dad to get Boxer Baby down for her nap, but Boxer Baby is the G.O.A.T. of…
Thank you to Charles River Creative Arts Program for sponsoring this post. I am offering a special 15% discount for any Charles River Creative Arts Summer program including CIT. See below for discount code. We believe in the Joy of Summer! Summer should be a time for children and teenagers to explore, learn, grow,…
Check out all the amazing items at our 2nd Annual Read Your World Auction! It runs from April 1st through April 15th. We have more than 39 children’s book bundles! We have wonderful art! We have manuscript critiques by literary agents, editors, and authors; author visits, yoga and Zoom classes, and more! Please help Read…
I will be presenting my “story behind the story” of Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World to the Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children (MAAEYC) on Saturday, April 13th at the Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary. It started with a visit to an oyster farm in…
I’m so thrilled to announce that Food for the Future is a finalist for the 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards! The award is organized by Foreword Reviews, a trade magazine dedicated to helping booksellers and librarians discover great books from indie presses. Here’s the full list. p.s. Related posts: New! Food…
Here are my resources for April: Earth Day Book Lists and Resources Me and Earth Day Spring Book List Autism Acceptance Book Lists and Resources Poetry Book Lists and Resources Adopt a Shelter Pet Book Lists Financial Literacy Month Passover Books Easter Books National Arab American Heritage Month Jazz Appreciation Month Mathematics Awareness Month National…
The Boston Authors Club is excited to host its spring “Authors After Hours” event on Thursday, March 28th, at Whitelam Books in Reading, MA, from 7-9 PM. Anyone wishing to learn more about the Boston Authors Club or to mingle with published authors is welcome to attend! To examine any book more closely at…