June 15, 2026 · Michelle Chihara

The children’s book that beat ‘Heated Rivalry’ on the charts is officially getting a reprint

Ten years ago, co-author Miry Whitehill started helping refugee families resettle in the U.S. in Southern California. As a single mother in Los Angeles, she had to take her young children around with her while her work evolved into a full-fledged nonprofit called Miry’s List. And she wanted to talk with her kids about what she was doing. “I didn’t want to shield them from this reality,” Whitehill says. “They needed to understand why it was important to visit these families.”