How did you feel when you received the call from the Stonewall Award committee? Shelf Awareness spoke with Murlas about her company and its mission. Earlier this year, We Are Little Feminists: Families, written by Archaa Shrivastav and designed by Lindsey Blakely (Little Feminist, $8), became the first board book to win the Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award. Now, as CEO of Little Feminist, she lives and works in Oakland, Calif., and coaches woman-owned businesses on the side. Murlas previously worked for nonprofits serving people with disabilities and served as CMO of. In 2017, Brittany Murlas found that few diverse books were published and marketed to new parents, so she launched. The book remarkably came out the same week my oldest child began kindergarten I'm hoping he likes those waters as much as Narwhal and Jelly do! -Ben Clantonīen Clanton is the author of the Narwhal and Jelly early graphic novel series (Tundra Books). I hope teachers will give Narwhal's School of Awesomeness a decent grade and that their students will enjoy reading it-especially those like seven-year-old Ben.
I found myself reflecting on some of the incredible people who taught me, and suddenly the story began to flow. But I also saw new levels of creativity and passion from teachers in my life. It was the beginning of one of the most challenging school years in recent history, and I was hearing about the struggles with remote learning. Tara gently nudged me about the school theme for nearly a year. She knew right away that those were perfect waters for Narwhal and Jelly. When Tara Walker, publisher at Tundra Books, saw a mention of a Narwhal and Jelly school-themed story at the bottom of a long list of ideas for future books, she was hooked. My school experience improved, but school still wasn't something I was eager to write about. But my feelings about school were another subject. While attending college, my love of reading led to a passion for writing and illustrating. It began with comics and eventually became an obsession, due in part to a series you may have heard of: Harry Potter.
So why, one might ask, have I written a book about school? I had many great teachers, but I didn't make friends easily and I didn't learn as quickly as my peers. As a kid, school was something I had mixed feelings about.
0 kommentar(er)
