I am so excited to reveal the cover for my first picture book with Red Comet Press, We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court! Illustrator Victor Bizar Gómez brings Simon Tam’s story to life in his nearly eight year battle to get the right…
TheFire.org’s recent article by Ronald K. L. Collins featuring my upcoming picture book, We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez (Red Comet Press, Fall 2024). Forthcoming children’s book on The Slants — the band that fought…
I’m thrilled to announce a new picture book through Red Comet Press. We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez. This is the story of Simon Tam, the leader of the popular all-Asian-American dance-pop band, The Slants®,…
Thank you to Publishers Weekly for reviewing Postcards from Malcolm X! Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist Mia Wenjen, illus. by Keith Henry Brown. Red Comet, $24.99 (42p) ISBN 978-1-63655-089-3 This stirring biography from Wenjen (Barbed Wire Between Us) and Brown (Pushing Hope) chronicles how the quiet…
Thank you to Nichi Bei for reviewing Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación, and published by Red Comet Press. BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US Written by Mia Wenjen Illustrated by Violeta Encarnación New York: Red Comet Press, 2026 48 pp., $19.99, hardcover/paperback “Barbed Wire Between Us” is a profound and…
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…
Thank you to Shalin Hai-Jew at the International Examiner for reviewing Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World! “Food for the Future” highlights sustainable “boutique” farming practices worldwide There is a salt farm based on the evaporating of sea water. There is a honey farm. There is a mushroom farm. Under the ocean,…