Reference & Educational Books
HOW TO COACH GIRLS
A Silver Award in the 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards™
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How to Coach Girls
by Mia Wenjen and Alison Foley
How to Coach Girls provides the most comprehensive guide available to the many issues associated with coaching girls’ teams across the spectrum of sports, from soccer to lacrosse, field hockey to softball. Volunteer parents and experienced coaches alike will find invaluable advice on the process of making a successful team, encouraging girls to stay in sports beyond the middle school year.
The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards™, which include over fifty categories recognizing excellence in book editorial and design, are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers.
The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is a not-for-profit membership organization serving and leading the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success. With over 3,000 members, IBPA is the largest publishing trade association in the U.S. How To Coach Girls won in the Sports & Recreation category.
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THE ELUSIVE FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP
The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship
by Alison Foley and Mia Wenjen
For those looking to go to college on a sports scholarship, the recruiting process can be both daunting and overwhelming. The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s Guide breaks down the process step-by-step to help parents and athletes navigate the system and find the right college fit.
The college athletic landscape has changed dramatically in the last six months. The NCAA rules have changed for many sports, creating new timelines for communicating with college coaches. COVID-19 adds another wrinkle now that youth sports are shut down and there are no longer tournaments, meets, and other athletic events for coaches to observe high school athletes.
And yet, college coaches still need to recruit athletes for their teams. Alison and I wrote our newest book to help parents and athletes understand how the athletic recruiting process works. We give extensive examples of how to communicate with coaches in order to increase your chances of being recruited and receiving scholarship money. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and we break it down so that it is a manageable process.
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BEST OWN VOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Best Own Voices Children’s Books
My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12
by Mia Wenjen
While change is a long time coming, it starts with a single book.
As a mom, dedicated kidlit reader, author, and co-founder of the non-profit Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I have been on a decade-long journey to discover the best diversity books in children’s literature. With a determination to change the world, one book at a time, I created BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 as a way to highlight books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books.
Inside the pages, readers, parents, caregivers, educators, and librarians will find extensive book recommendations for Native American Heritage Month #OwnVoices, Muslim #OwnVoices, Holocaust #OwnVoices, African American #OwnVoices, Asian American #OwnVoices, Latinx #OwnVoices, LGBTQ #OwnVoices, Sensory Issues #OwnVoices and much more. While change is a long time coming, it starts with a single book. Read More…
READ YOUR WORLD
Read Your World:
A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators
Edited by Mia Wenjen
Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators brings together booklists from blogging and author-contributors who have participated in Multicultural Children’s Book Day.
Each list is created around a topic or theme. Themes include Diversity as Every Day, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Middle East, South America, World Religion, LGBT, Special Needs, Latin America, Asian American, African American, and much more.
Visit the Read Your World website to learn about this great organization.