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Wise Ink is observing Juneteenth this week by highlighting and uplifting our Black authors and books! ♥️💛💚🖤

Books shown:
Slide 1
“Don’t Call Me Slowpoke!” by Adejoke Lolade Ejiofor and illustrated by Andrea Altamirano
“Rehumanize Me” edited by 826 MSP
“Crown Comic: Issue One” written by Crown Shepherd
“J is for Justice” written by Nekima L. Armstrong and illustrated by Tiffany Baker

Slide 2
“Flooding the River” by Kehinde Winful
“Omówálé” by Dr. Christopher Brooks
“Dreams For Our Children” edited by Omotayo Banjo
“Selma’s Mayor” by Jenney Egertson with George Evans

You can find links to support these titles at wiseink.com/catalog!

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Wise Ink is observing Juneteenth this week by highlighting and uplifting our Black authors and books! ♥️💛💚🖤

Books shown:
Slide 1
“From Ally to Accomplice” by Seena Hodges
“The Transformational Leader” by Hamse Warfa
“The Myth of the Fearless Leader” by Dr. Tonya Hampton Jackman
“Adinkra Wisdom From Our African Ancestors” by Rosemond Sarpong Owens
“Unapologetically Whole” by Lola Dada-Olley

Slide 2
“Clear Water” by Melanie Walby
“Black Pastoral: Poems” by Ariana Benson
“May the Revolution Be Healing” by Dr. Joi Lewis
“Unapologetically Healing” by Dr. Sheila Sweeney

You can find links to support these titles at wiseink.com/catalog!

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“The Authenticity Key” by Hilary Dawn Rose Bilbrey is a National Indie Excellence Book Awards finalist for the Personal Growth category! 🎉 Congratulations, Hilary!

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Alan Milavetz has been honored as a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award for “Jewish Tracks!” Congratulations, Alan! 💚🏅

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“When We're Under the Same Roof” by is a #1 Amazon Bestseller! 📘🚂🇻🇳

#1 in Children’s Multigenerational Families
#1 in Children’s Asia and Asia America Stories
#1 in Children’s Books on Immigration

Congratulations, Ngân! “When We're Under the Same Roof” is available now wherever books are sold.

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Wise Ink is a team of audiobook lovers—and we’re so happy to share that Elliot Felix has released “The Connected College” audiobook! 🎧💛

And there’s something special about this audiobook narration, too!

Here’s what Elliot had to say: “The best part of the book isn’t that you get to hear me talk through the evidence and examples for colleges and universities to break down silos to better support students, it’s that you also get to hear the voices of the dozens of inspiring leaders I interviewed for the book!

“When I quote them, you get to hear them in their own words, often with more context and content than what appears in print. There’s also a free audiobook companion so that listeners can download the charts, graphs, diagrams, and tools from the book to follow along.”

"The Connected College" audiobook is out now: https://buff.ly/bz0SXOR

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“You’re Too Young to Understand” by Liz Fiedorow Sjaastad is a finalist in the Midwest Independent Publishers Association - MiPA Midwest Book Awards for Nonfiction! 🎉

Final results will be announced on Saturday, June 13th. Stay tuned for updates!

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“No Hay Problema: The Amazing Story of Tony Oliva” by Ric Oliva and illustrated by Kevin Cannon is a Midwest Independent Publishers Association - MiPA Midwest Book Awards finalist in the “Picture Book” category! 🎊

Final results will be announced on Saturday, June 13th. Stay tuned for updates!

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“Adinkra Wisdom from Our African Ancestors” by Rosemond Sarpong Owens is a finalist for Humanities in the Midwest Independent Publishers Association - MiPA Midwest Book Awards! ♥️

Final results will be announced on Saturday, June 13th. Stay tuned for updates!

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This World Environment Day, Wise Ink is pleased to announce our partnership with Seneca Environmental to bring clean energy to book publishing. 🌳📚

Our first title published and printed with renewable energy, “When We’re Under the Same Roof” by author-illustrator Ngân Huỳnh, is launching this month. Each copy includes a sustainability note that states it was “published and printed with electricity generated from a pollinator-friendly solar farm in Minnesota (mowed by sheep!).”

The renewable energy certificates (RECs) are procured through Seneca Environmental, a tribally owned business, with REC issuance and retirement tracked through CleanCounts, the nonprofit clean energy registry headquartered in Minneapolis. The CleanCounts registry keeps the official record that the RECs were created, claimed by Wise Ink, and taken out of circulation.

This collaboration with Seneca Environmental connects Wise Ink’s publishing mission with a growing market for renewable energy certificates that deliver a deeper story than electricity alone. The RECs supporting Wise Ink’s commitment come from a Minnesota solar farm that supports pollinator habitat.

♻️Visit wiseink.com/impact to learn more about our sustainability initiatives!

Photo credit: Rob Davis of CleanCounts

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