My books:
The Traveling Taco:
An exploration of the history of kids’ favorite foods from around the world. Kirkus reviews it here. [picture book, ages 5 and up]
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Thrilled and Humbled by the new stickers for WE SING FROM THE HEART!
I am thrilled and humbled by the shiny new stickers for We Sing From the Heart!
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court Continue reading Thrilled and Humbled by the new stickers for WE SING FROM THE HEART!
Some Book News!
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Just Released!
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 sleep avoidance. This hilarious face-off mimics a three-round boxing match, as Boxer Baby is no lightweight when it comes to staying awake.
Dad has a few tricks up his sleeve, but will it be enough in this epic battle against nap time?
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! uses figurative language to show how many common idioms have boxing origins.
Food for the Future Wins Nautilus Silver Book Award!
Food for the Future 1st Birthday and NEW music video!
I have 3 Haiku Poems in a new poetry anthology!
Gnomes and Ungnomes by The Writers’ Loft Book Launch
Here, we read our poems at the book launch!
Food for the Future makes Mass Book Award Long List!
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WE SING FROM THE HEART is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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WE SING FROM THE HEART in Publisher’s Weekly
RED COMET PRESS
Red Comet wraps up fall with a bow with The Gift by Oleksandr Shatokhin, which finds Rabbit wondering what could be in the package that lands on top of their burrow; 18 Flowers for Grandma: A Gift of Chai by Alison Goldberg, illus. by Jesse White, the story of how Sadie’s grandmother passes on her love for art and Jewish traditions; and We Sing from the Heart by Mia Wenjen, illus. by Victor Bizar Gomez, profiling Simon Tam who took his fight to trademark the name of his band, The Slants, all the way to the Supreme Court.
We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court releases Oct. 15, 2024!
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My books:
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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A few exciting picture book updates!
I’m very excited to announce a new picture book Fortune Cookies for Everyone, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage. This is my second picture book published by Red Comet Press. Fortune Cookies for Everyone comes out in the Fall of 2025.
Food for the Future is a finalist for the 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards!
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World has made the Green Earth Book Award long list.
Activity Guides for My Picture Books
Here are all the activity guides for my books:
- We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Sumo Joe
- Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes
‘Food for the Future’ made Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best
Food for the Future is included in Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best lists!
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 the Chicago Public Library’s choices for the year’s most outstanding titles. Thank you so much to the staff at the Chicago Public Libraries for including Food for the Future!
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Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime is FUNDED!
Thank you to everyone who has supported my Kickstarter picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
It’s funded and there are still seven days to go!
Please go here if you want to check it out.
My New Kickstarter Campaign for picture book BOXER BABY BATTLES BEDTIME!
I’m pre-selling hardcover copies of my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! through a Kickstarter campaign that launched today!
Please go here to help bring picture book
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! to life …
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kai Gietzen
Dad needs to get Boxer Baby down for her nap but she is not going down without a fight! This funny picture book told in three rounds includes boxing idioms. This picture book also celebrates the unsung heroes — dads who stay home to care for their children. [picture book, ages 3 and up]
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime Cover Reveal!
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kai Gietzen
Dad needs to get Boxer Baby down for her nap but she is not going down without a fight! This funny picture book told in three rounds includes boxing idioms. This picture book also celebrates the unsung heroes — dads who stay home to care for their children. [picture book, ages 3 and up]
And introducing illustrator Kai Gietzen! He is a recent graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. This is his picture book debut. To learn more, please check out his website and Instagram.
And now…
ta da…
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime Kickstarter
I will be launching a Kickstarter project to bring Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime to life in mid-September with early-release hardcover books. They will be delivered in December. Stay tuned!
