We Sing From the Heart Wins Social Justice Literature Award
We are thrilled that We Sing From the Heart received a Social Justice award from the International Literacy Association!
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
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
A compelling account of Simon Tam’s fight for free speech that ended with a landmark Supreme Court decision. [picture book, ages 8 and up]
Nonfiction Picturebook:
Winner: José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need Around the World by David Unger and Marta Alvarez Miguéns (Sourcebook Explore, 2024)
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Honor: Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent by Mara Rockliff, author, and Melissa
Sweet, illustrator (Abrams Books)
2025 Additional Recommended Reading:
• The ABC’s of Queer History by Seema Yasmin (author) and Lucy Kirk (illustrator)
• Abzuglutely! Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug by Sarah Aronson (author) and Andrea D’Aquino (illustrator)
• Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good by No Nieqa (author) and Nicole Medina (illustrator)
• Dona Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown (author) and Rosa Ibarra (illustrator)
• Gifts from the Garbage Truck by Andrew Larson (author) and Oriol Vidal (illustrator)
• The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist by Deidre Havrelock (author) and Aphelandra (illustrator)
• Hello, Beech Tree by Rasha Hamid (author) and Sofia Moore (illustrator)
• Mercedes Sosa: Voice of the People by Aixa Pérez-Prado (author and illustrator)
• One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor by Richard Michelson (author) and Sarah Green (illustrator)
• The Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson (author and illustrator)
• We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants Took Their Fight to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen (author) and Victor Bizar Gómez (illustortor)
p.s. Related posts:
Julia Ward Howe Award Presentation for We Sing From the Heart
WE SING FROM THE HEART is Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honoree!
We Sing From the Heart makes Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year 2025!
WE SING FROM THE HEART is an ALSC Notable Children’s Book!
We Sing From the Heart is a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner!
WE SING FROM THE HEART is Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
WE SING FROM THE HEART wins California Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award
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