Magnificent Homespun Brown is an exploration of the natural world and family bonds through the eyes of young, mixed raced heroines-a living, breathing, dazzlingly multi-faceted, exuberant masterpiece, firmly grounded in a sense of self-worth and belonging. This is a story-a poem, a song, a celebration- about feeling at home in one's own beloved skin.

If Walt Whitman were reborn as a young woman of colour, this is the book he might write. 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.

A joyous celebration of racial identity

About the Author
Samara Cole Doyon Samara Cole Doyon is a poet, educator, and award-winning children's book author living on unceded Wabanaki/Abenaki territory. She is a neurodivergent mother of neurodivergent children, continually learning more from her offspring than they could ever learn from her. She earned both a LupineAward and an International Literacy Association Award for her debut picture book, Magnificent Homespun Brown, and her second children's book, Magic Like That, received a starred review from Kirkus and made the Bookstagang Best Picture Books of 2021 list. Samara works at Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and resides with her husband, two children, and rescue pup in central Maine. Kaylani Juanita's mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. 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. She lives in the Bay Area in California. Look for her online at kaylanijuanita.com and @kaylanijuanita on Twitter and Instagram.

Reviews
"Absolutely lovely." -- Jacqueline Woodson, US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature


Awards
Winner of Coretta Scott King Award 2021.



Book Information
ISBN 9780884487975
Author Samara Cole Doyon
Format Hardback
Page Count 32
Imprint Tilbury House,U.S.
Publisher Tilbury House,U.S.
Weight(grams) 545g
Dimensions(mm) 264mm * 239mm * 13mm