COZBI A. CABRERA
COZBI A. CABRERA is a multimedia artist who has won multiple awards including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and Robert F. Sibert Honor. Trained as an art director, this Parsons School of Design grad left her dream job creating music packaging in NY to make handmade collectible cloth dolls (Muñecas) in honor of her Honduran heritage. Her dolls were featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Martha Stewart Living, and Land Of Nod catalogue, among others, and are collected by Oprah, Mariska Hargitay, Maria Shriver, and Julie Belafonte.
Cozbi’s illustrated titles include: Beauty, Her Basket (Greenwillow Books), which Publishers Weekly called “a quiet treasure” in a starred review, Thanks A Million (Greenwillow Books), Stitchin’ and Pullin’ A Gees Bend Quilt (Random House), Most Loved in All the World (Houghton Mifflin) for which she won a Christopher Award, Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Abrams Books) which was a Coretta Scott King and a Robert F. Sibert Honor book, and was also the Association of Library Service to Children Notable Book. Her book, Me and Mama is a Caldecott and Corretta Scott King Honor book.
To learn more about Cozbi A. Cabrera, please visit her at Cozbi.com.
ME & MAMA
Denene Millner Books - August 25, 2020
Mama’s love is brighter than the sun, even on the rainiest of days. This celebration of a mother-daughter relationship is perfect for sharing with little ones!
On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is.
With lyrical prose and a tender touch, Me & Mama is an ode to the strength of the bond between a mother and a daughter as they spend a rainy day together.
PRAISE FOR ME & MAMA
“A beautifully illustrated, slice-of-life ode of adoration for doting daughters and marvelous mamas.”—Kirkus
“A beautifully celebratory mirror of Black life and family. Gentle and soft, Me & Mama is a loving bedtime story or a soothing read-aloud.”—Shelf Awareness
“Cabrera’s striking acrylic visuals recall painters such as Jordan Casteel and Maira Kalman… an elegant testament to the love-filled bonds between child and parent.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Me & Mama is a picture book love letter that captures the extraordinary bond between a mother and daughter on a completely ordinary day.”—BookPage