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by Carrie Lara PsyD (Author), Christine Battuz (Illustrator)
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Second Place Winner for Best Educational Children’s Picture Book in the 2019 International Latino Book Awards
NCSS-CBC 2019 Notable Social Science Trade Book for Young People
2018 National Parenting Product Award Winner (NAPPA)

Marvelous Maravilloso follows a young girl as she finds joy in the colors of the world all around her, including those of her interracial family.

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. Her vantage point is particularly special as she comes from a bi-cultural family, and is able to appreciate the differences between her parents, as well as her own unique and beautiful color. As she is coming into her own identity and exploring what this means for her, she comes to appreciate how all families are uniquely beautiful.

Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers about celebrating the different kinds of people and families there are in the world.

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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Lexile measure
    AD590L
  6. Dimensions
    8.2 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
  7. Publisher
    Magination Press
  8. Publication date
    May 14, 2018
  9. ISBN-10
    1433828561
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1433828560
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Second Place Winner for Best Educational Children’s Picture Book in the 2019 International Latino Book Awards

NCSS-CBC 2019 Notable Social Science Trade Book for Young People

2018 National Parenting Product Award Winner (NAPPA)

"Short, easy to read, poetic sentences accompany marvelous illustrations that cover every part of the pages. The topic of diversity and differences in skin color is touched upon with elegance and care, and one particular illustration, which depicts flowers in black-and-white, illustrates how without colors, everything (and everyone) would look the same....A wonderful choice for introducing the beauty of diversity to young children, perfect for read-alouds, and recommended for all children's picture book collections." —School Library Journal

"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

"I absolutely fell in love with the simple and beautiful way that readers are introduced to different cultures and skin colors. There is a sprinkle of Spanish words throughout the story which allows readers to get a glimpse of the Spanish culture. The authors note in the back of the book discusses the importance of teaching children about culture and about celebrating the different kinds of people and families there are in the world. A must read for all classroom and home libraries." —picturebooks4learning

About the Author

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. Marvelous Maravilloso is her first children's book. She lives in California.

Christine Battuz was born in France and currently residing in Bromont, Quebec, Canada. She studied in Italy and received her Masters of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia. She has illustrated over sixty children books, including Marvelous Maravilloso, My Sister Beth's Pink Birthday, and Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs. Her work appears in educational books, magazines, toys and toys packaging. She teaches art to adults and children of all ages. 
 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Magination Press; 1st edition (May 14, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433828561
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433828560
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD590L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.2 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
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Carrie Lara, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked with a range of clients, from children and families to adults with severe mental illness. Throughout life Carrie has enjoyed reading and writing, and is an award-winning author of four books published through Magination Press, the children's imprint of the American Psychological Association.

Carrie's books include: Marvelous, Maravilloso: Me and My Beautiful Family, The Heart of Mi Familia, and A Year of Celebraciones, which focus on stories of cultural identity and were inspired by her children’s bicultural experiences. The fourth, Out of the Fires: A Journal of Resilience and Recovery After Disaster, was written to help children, families and communities through the devastation of natural disasters.

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Melissa Nesvold
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
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This is a fun story that my girls love to read over and over again!
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travelbavel
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book for the kids and much needed advice for parents
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018
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Beautiful pictures and an engaging story about a mixed race girl learning all about different colors in the world- including in her own family! As the white mother of two mixed race daughters myself, I am thrilled to read them this story about a family that looks so much like their own. But this book is wonderful whether or not your family looks like the one pictured in the book. The back contains a detailed note to Parents and Caregivers that explains how children understand skin color and how to have positive, productive conversations with them about it from an early age. Great advice from a clinical psychologist on how to respond to children’s questions or observations about skin color and discrimination, and how to support a child’s developing cultural identity. I’ll be buying a second copy for my daughters’ daycare, so this book can be shared with all the children there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It’s beautiful it will stay in our family collection
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018
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Read this to my 8 & 7 yo children the morning. It’s beautiful it will stay in our family collection. My 7yo says, “ I like how it talked about lots of families and it’s nice to know not everybody has to be the same and it’s ok to be different”.
Many children (including mine) are born in multicultural families and sharing this reality in this way, takes to heart that the colors of the world are maravilloso and we can all benefit from this understanding.
My 8yo says, “I’m so glad for colors, with them everything would be the same. We are different and that’s cool too”.
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Patty dineen
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful modern family picture book for embracing our differences!
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020
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I appreciated the story of the girl's family and how it is depicted as loving and beautiful. The illustrations are lovely!
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Ana T.
5.0 out of 5 stars A book to help parents explain diversity of race, culture and skin color to their small children.
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2019
This book is beautiful in all its simplicity and meaning. The main character is a little girl who is fascinated by the colors of nature. She thinks that the diversity of colors is what makes the world beautiful and interesting. Without them, the world would be monotonous and boring. The multiple differences between cultures are underlined by the casual appearance of words and expressions in Spanish.

Then she relates the diversity of colors in nature with people. People also have different colors. It's this diversity that makes them beautiful and unique.

Her parents are of different colors. Her mother is white with light straight hair and her father is dark skinned with dark thick hair and brown eyes. From these mixed-race parents is born a child lighter than her father but darker than her mother. And beautiful in her own way.

I love this story because it's my family story. My husband comes from African ascendents and I'm white. We have three beautiful kids but only the older daughter shows clearly the merging of our two races. This makes her an exotic unusual beauty. She looks like Disney's Princess Moana. Even her name is a mix of my name and her father's. All our sons are proud of their heritage. Some of their many cousins are blond with fair skin. Two are from both African and Indian heritage and others are black, dark-skinned, with curly hair. We have a beautiful, big and united family. Our family parties are a diversity show. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

This is also an extremely useful book. In the end, there is a section that teaches parents to talk about race and different skin tones with their small children.

Graphically, the images are colorful, full of flowers and happy faces smiling. They fill the whole pages giving more protagonism to the images that the text, that is short but conveys efficiently the idea.

More than useful, I think this book's message is a necessity. That's a beautiful book with a beautiful meaning.
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Jennifer Dieleman
5.0 out of 5 stars It is a beautiful look at one young girl’s interracial family
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2018
I was so excited when I heard that this story was coming out. It is so important in today’s society to give our children books that show different family groups. It is a beautiful look at one young girl’s interracial family. I love that the book begins with the girl talking about all the beautiful colors that are all over the earth. She goes on to share her love of her family and their differences in color and culture. I absolutely fell in love with the simple and beautiful way that readers are introduced to different cultures and skin colors. There is a sprinkle of Spanish words throughout the story which allows readers to get a glimpse of the Spanish culture. The authors note in the back of the book discusses the importance of teaching children about culture and about celebrating the different kinds of people and families there are in the world. A must-read for all classroom and home libraries.
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Nataly L
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Beautiful story about diversity
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018
Marvelous Maravilloso: Me and My Beautiful Family by Carrie Lara is about a young girl exploring and accepting color as part of her identity and the identity of her mixed-race family. Lara incorporates both Spanish and English into her story just as a young child would in their day to day activities and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful and full of color. There are also additional resources in the back of the book explaining how children perceive color, race, and identity as well as suggestions for how to approach situations where a child may question why people look different. Overall, this is a wonderful book with a beautiful message.
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Jeremy G
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and simple celebration of diversity
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019
This book perfectly describes my family and was such a wonderful prize to find in our public library. I came to amazon to order my own copy. The book describes a mix race family and celebrates how the world is made of many different colors and peoples. A nice lesson to show children of any background.
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