Plenty of attention is given to the senses out of doors: one girl enjoys a caramel apple with her brother, who uses a wheelchair, while another family smooths “every bump and curve” of “towering summer sandcastles.” Throughout, the creators draw the beauty of the natural world-a forest, a snowstorm-into relationship with the characters until the twined concepts become part of a quilted family tree. like my lashes.” In brown tones, wonderfully inclusive mixed media art by Juanita ( When Aidan Became a Brother) portrays scenes of comfort and abundance: families laughing and cuddling women enjoying bounty children engaging in leaping, lively play. like my eyes.” In precise, lyrical poems by debut author Doyon, the “feathery brown” of hemlock shadows seen on a hike becomes “feathery brown.

Gazing out the window at moving water, one child speaks of “Deep, secret brown./ Like the subtly churning river currents/ playfully beckoning me.” A page turn later, the same phrase turns inward: “Deep, secret brown. Look for her online at and on Twitter and Instagram.Browns of all kinds are lauded through a natural lens in this celebration of community and belonging. 7, 2020 A series of young brown girls admire the many different browns in their environments and in their own images in this poetic celebration of self and nature. Her work has appeared at the Society of Illustrators and the BBC website, and she is the illustrator of the picture books Ta-Da! and winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award for When Aidan Became a Brother. Readers are drawn in by Samara Cole Doyons comforting yet daring words that help to poetically describe the experience of both being and observing the color. : Magic Like That (9781643790701) by Samara Cole Doyon and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. by Samara Cole Doyon illustrated by Kaylani Juanita RELEASE DATE: Jan. Juanita, Kaylani: - Kaylani Juanita's mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self that each of us is meant to. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the 'Deep Water' poetry column of the Portland Press Herald. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. Quiz #/Name: 512306 / Magnificent Homespun Brown: A CelebrationĪward: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Bookĭoyon, Samara Cole: - Samara Cole Doyon is both a second-generation Haitian American and a deeply rooted Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.

Samara cole doyon