Marvelous Maravilloso
The world is full of different colors...hundreds of colors, everywhere. People are different colors too. Our colors make us beautiful and unique. Mommy says it is part of our culture and the big word diversity — diversidad.
Marvelous Maravilloso follows a young girl as she finds joy in the colors of the world all around her, including the colors of her own family.
Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers.
Carrie Lara, PsyD, has been working with children in various community mental health settings since 2005. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology through Alliant International University of San Francisco in 2009.
Her specializations are working with children and families, child and human development, foster and adoptive youth, learning disabilities and special education, attachment-based play therapy, and trauma.
Dr. Lara has had the opportunity to work in different socioeconomic and diverse communities professionally, and personally has a bi-cultural family. Both of these factors have deepened her understanding of the development of cultural identity and its importance.
It is her hope that this book supports families having conversations about cultural identity during this very early stage in a child's development of a sense of self.
Christine Battuz obtained a master of arts degree from l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia in Italy. Her delightful illustrations can be found in over sixty children's books and magazines.
- Second Place Winner for Best Educational Children’s Picture Book in the 2019 International Latino Book Awards
- Part of the Little Free Library Action Book Club
- International Latino Book Awards Finalist
- NCSS-CBC 2019 Notable Social Students Trade Book for Young People
- National Parenting Product Award Winner
A wonderfully presented picture book story from the point of view of a young interracial child about what color means within the dynamics of race, ethnicity, and culture.
—Midwest Book Review
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