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BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US – EXTRAS
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Barbed Wire Between Us Illustrator, Violeta Incarnacion’s ✨ Cover Reveal! ✨
Barbed Wire Between Us
Pragmatic Mom Cover Reveal
FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE! – EXTRAS
The Dorktails Storytime episode, inspired by
Fortune Cookies for Everyone!
Fortune Cookies for Everyone!
Book Trailer
Fortune Cookies for Everyone! Geography Game featuring WWII Internment Sites!
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AWARDS
FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE has been recognized by the California Reading Association in the Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Awards!
THE TRAVELING TACO – EXTRAS
FREE Geography Game for
THE TRAVELING TACO!
I made a FREE Geography Game for The Traveling Taco! Posted on
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SUMO JOE – EXTRAS
SUMO JOE
Free Virtual Classroom Visit
This is my free SUMO JOE author visit in which I tell the origin story of my debut picture book and detail the process of how a picture book gets made from idea to revision to illustration to final book.
SUMO JOE Illustrator
Nat Iwata
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WE SING FROM THE HEART – EXTRAS
We created a podcast with Dorktales Storytime about Simon Tam.
Rock Band to the Supreme Court! Simon Tam, Hidden Hero of History | Dorktales Storytime Podcast EP99
- Free Activity Guide for Dorktales Storytime about Simon Tam. Go here.
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
- You can find all the other platforms via the icons on the Dorktales website:
Below is the music video for The Slants’ song, From the Heart. They wrote this song about their battle to trademark their band’s name. Why not start a book presentation off with this short video?
Check out Simon Tan’s excellent Ted Talks.
“Anew slant on racism”
ReasonTV: The Slants take the fight over its name all the way to the Supreme Court:
AWARDS for WE SING FROM THE HEART
2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
BOXER BABY BATTLES BEDTIME – EXTRAS
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
Read by Storytime Adventures with Mr. T!
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
Kickstarter video
The Picture Book Buzz – Interview w/Mia Wenjen, Book Review & Count the Stars Craft
Simply 7 with Mia Wenjen: BOXER BABY BATTLES BEDTIME
FOOD FOR THE FUTURE – EXTRAS
The Food for the Future Song
by Daria
Food for the Future Book launch with Author Josh Funk
The NCSS Virtual Presentation:
Farm to Table to Book
Farm to Table to Book: Teaching with Farm Texts to Learn About Food Security, Sustainability, and Community.
Educators will leave with classroom-ready ideas including activities and discussion guides to engage student voices and inform their choices.
With Anne Broyles, Nancy Castaldo, Antwan Eady, Maria Gianferrari, Lindsay H. Metcalf, and Mia Wenjen.
NCTE 2023 Panel
Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All
What’s a more universal experience than sharing a meal? Food brings people together, connects communities, and unites generations through tradition. In this moderated panel, four authors will discuss how food is a multidimensional cross-curricular topic that encompasses nonfiction, historical, and cultural texts, offers research opportunities, and engenders a love of reading.
AWARDS for FOOD FOR THE FUTURE
CHANGING THE GAME – EXTRAS
Readers’ Favorite reviews
CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES
