Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
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Thank you to Publisher Spotlight for Interviewing Me!
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Storytime celebrating moms and mental health with Lisa Varchol Perron and Monica Acker
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Visiting the Hawaii Governor's Mansion and State House
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Fun American history books for the Fourth of July
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Imagining animals
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In Celebration of the Verse Novel...and Some Thoughts on "Poetry Hate"
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Costa Rica: Marino Ballena National Park, Uvita. I have a picture book coming out in a few years that was partially inspired by this beach.
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I'll Be Signing Books at ALA Chicago!
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Surprisingly substantial early chapter books
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Graphic novels from beloved authors
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Reviewer Spotlight: Mia Wenjen in Publisher Spotlight. Thank you for featuring me and my blog in the Publisher Spotlight blog!
In my teaching years, no matter where I happened to live or what grade I was teaching, when I asked my students to define poetry they would all tell me the same thing: Poetry is about love and flowers...
A Fish Like Me by Jamie Sumner, illustrated by Devin Holzwarth (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 40 pages, ages 4-8). A boy celebrates the joys of swimming, comparing his movements through the wat…
Lisa Varchol Perron and Monica Aker teamed up for a lovely storytime just in time for Mother’s Day. Their books celebrate moms and mental health. Lisa Varchol Perron is a psychotherapist, so this topi...
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America’s Founding Myths…And What Really Happened! by Christy Mihaly, illustrated by Marta Sevilla (Barefoot Books, 40 pages, grades 2 and up). Each two-page spread covers a different e…
The Case of the Pilfered Pearls (The Shrew Detective, book 1) by Margi Preus, illustrated by Junyi Wu (Harry N. Abrams, 128 pages, grades 2-5). Shrew detective Minerva loves her woodland home and c…
We visited Marino Ballena National Park Uvita in Costa Rica. It's a spectacular sandy beach with an inlet.
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The Brainstormerz: Money Talks by Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce, illustrated by Rashad Doucet (Little, Brown Ink, 248 pages, grades 3-6). Electric (Lex) is excited about his upcoming tenth birth…
