Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon
(Author)
Kaylani Juanita
(Illustrator)
Description
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.Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Publish Date
January 07, 2020
Pages
32
Dimensions
9.4 X 10.1 X 0.4 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780884487975
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About the Author
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. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. 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.
Kaylani Juanita is an illustrator based in Fairfield, California, who illustrates inclusive picture books, editorial art, and afros. Her book Magnificent Bomespun Brown, written by Samara Cole Doyon, received the 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustration. Her work has been recognized by Society of Illustrators, HuffPost, and BBC. California grown and raised, she studied at CalArts and California College of the Arts for a BFA in illustration. Her mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. You can find her lurking in public secretly drawing strangers or writing nonsensical stories about who knows what.
Reviews
Brown is never dreary or drab in this poetic exploration of its many expressions. Leisurely, image-rich verse renders it delicious, like caramel and cocoa, natural like river water and hemlock branches. Still, there is always a return to the personal as different girls, rendered in delicately quirky art, name their own joyous sense of brown -- amber-like hair, radiant-like skin, creamy-like laughter, thundering-like power, cozy-like peace and magnificent like the sum of "all the treasures, places, and people I love coming together in me." Here then is a quiet book about pride and identity.--Susan Faust "San Francisco Chronicle" (2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM)
Whether this delightful book is a mirror or a window for a child, it is a must-read for its celebration of love for oneself and one's family. Starred Review--Clara Hendricks, Cambridge Public Library, MA "School Library Journal" (1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)
Celebration of community and belonging. Starred Review-- "Publishers Weekly" (1/7/2020 12:00:00 AM)
Magnificent Homespun Brown is my absolute most cannot-stop-talking-about-it, cannot-stop-recommending-it book this year.-- "PragmaticMom" (11/4/2020 12:00:00 AM)
This book is stunning, the definition of Brown Joy. I'm completely obsessed already and read the book twice immediately after opening it. The story itself has a handful of narrators, and is written in lyrical prose much like I Am Brown and From Tan to Tamarind. The narrators fully embody happiness and comfortability in their own skin, exuberantly taking on a multitude of situations throughout the story. And can we just talk about these illustrations for a moment Kaylani Juanita illustrated one of my favorite books, When Aidan Became a Brother, and has possibly outdone herself with her work between these book covers. You can practically hear the giggles tumbling out of the characters mouths and flowing off of the pages into the air entirely. The representation is exquisite. A father and his daughter going on a hike, but she has both a cane and a service dog. A pair of siblings at a fair, a family at the beach. But nothing is point out about mobility devices or hearing aids, they purely exist as representation of the beautiful world we live in. THESE are the normalizations in stories that we need, unadulterated Black and Brown joy full of self-esteem and confidence being explained with SAT-worthy vocabulary. I truly love this book, it's described on the cover as a celebration but it's so much more than that. The conviviality conveyed in this picture book draws on the strength of family, ancestors, friendship, and finding the everyday jubilance in our lives.--Corrie Locke-Hardy "thetinyactivist.com" (6/7/2020 12:00:00 AM)
This "celebration" makes magic out of the everyday joys of being in the world. Starred Review-- "Kirkus Reviews" (10/27/2019 12:00:00 AM)
Whether this delightful book is a mirror or a window for a child, it is a must-read for its celebration of love for oneself and one's family. Starred Review--Clara Hendricks, Cambridge Public Library, MA "School Library Journal" (1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)
Celebration of community and belonging. Starred Review-- "Publishers Weekly" (1/7/2020 12:00:00 AM)
Magnificent Homespun Brown is my absolute most cannot-stop-talking-about-it, cannot-stop-recommending-it book this year.-- "PragmaticMom" (11/4/2020 12:00:00 AM)
This book is stunning, the definition of Brown Joy. I'm completely obsessed already and read the book twice immediately after opening it. The story itself has a handful of narrators, and is written in lyrical prose much like I Am Brown and From Tan to Tamarind. The narrators fully embody happiness and comfortability in their own skin, exuberantly taking on a multitude of situations throughout the story. And can we just talk about these illustrations for a moment Kaylani Juanita illustrated one of my favorite books, When Aidan Became a Brother, and has possibly outdone herself with her work between these book covers. You can practically hear the giggles tumbling out of the characters mouths and flowing off of the pages into the air entirely. The representation is exquisite. A father and his daughter going on a hike, but she has both a cane and a service dog. A pair of siblings at a fair, a family at the beach. But nothing is point out about mobility devices or hearing aids, they purely exist as representation of the beautiful world we live in. THESE are the normalizations in stories that we need, unadulterated Black and Brown joy full of self-esteem and confidence being explained with SAT-worthy vocabulary. I truly love this book, it's described on the cover as a celebration but it's so much more than that. The conviviality conveyed in this picture book draws on the strength of family, ancestors, friendship, and finding the everyday jubilance in our lives.--Corrie Locke-Hardy "thetinyactivist.com" (6/7/2020 12:00:00 AM)
This "celebration" makes magic out of the everyday joys of being in the world. Starred Review-- "Kirkus Reviews" (10/27/2019 12:00:00 AM)
