Diana Ejaita – illustratör

A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, about the power of sharing. There was a cat. And there was a dog. And only one piece of pineapple… Find out if the two animals can overcome this conundrum in Zora Neale Hurston's humorous and charming folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by New York Times honored artist, Diana Ejaita. This accessible and sizable board book is perfect for introducing the youngest of readers to the beauty of Hurston's storytelling and will lightly teach children that everything is better shared when with friends.

A stirring story of African diaspora, resourcefulness, and intergenerational love by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and renowned poet Aracelis Girmay, and acclaimed illustrator Diana Ejaita.One of Maria Popova's Marginalian Favorites of 2024!A Best Book of 2024, Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature!An Academy of American Poets Featured Fall Book for Young Readers!One of PW’s “12 Children’s Books by Black Authors to Read in 2024!”A Bookstagang Best of 2024 Picture Book Selection, for Best Illustration!One day, young Kamau and his grandmother ZuZu wake up to find themselves on the moon. Kamau doesn’t remember Back Home, but Grandma ZuZu does, and she misses it terribly. Together, through cloth scraps and dance, letters and song, Kamau and ZuZu find a way to make a new life for themselves in this strange land: a new life which is not only rooted in the stories, memories, and traditions that ZuZu always carries with her, but which also lovingly reaches out across the vast expanse of space to connect and communicate with the family from which they’ve been separated. Acclaimed poet Aracelis Girmay and illustrator Diana Ejaita together weave a powerful story inspired by the African diaspora, in which—despite the shock of being uprooted into this alien world, without being given any choice or explanation, and the sorrow that comes from the unfathomable distance separating them from their beloved community—Kamau and ZuZu find a way to live, as people do.

“This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide . . . evocative and inviting” – School Library JournalEkaro! Let's spend a day in Nigeria! Visit the market, greet the teacher in three languages, and taste sweet fried plantains. Even learn words in Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa with pronunciation guides throughout the story.   Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series with over 200k copies sold Written by Nigerian author, Bunmi Emenanjo and Nigerian illustrator, Diana Ejaita Endnotes provide more insights into life in Nigeria

★ “Eight-year-old Olu visits her mother’s family in Ijebu, Nigeria, as they observe Eid al-Adha . . . A loving embrace of faith and family and a wonderful window into Nigerian culture” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review A Catholic girl growing up in the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria takes a trip to spend a week with her Muslim extended family in the countryside town of Ijebu to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Her days in Ijebu are filled with celebrations, traditions and special time connecting with family. Breathtaking illustration and poetic writing draws the reader into the sensory experience of celebrating Eid in Nigeria, while detailed endmatter includes information about Nigeria and Eid al-Adha, recipe for Nigerian puff puff and more.

A powerful poetry picture book from a celebrated contemporary poet and illustrator about the wonder and possibility contained in a single word: letSuppose there was a book full only of the word, let . . .Adapted from a poem called “Book of Genesis” by the celebrated poet Kei Miller and beautifully imagined and illustrated by Diana Ejaita, this provocative and hopeful picture book is an ode to the power of words and of books—of seeing oneself and being seen—and to a world of wonder and possibility.

A poetic picture book biography about blind Black poet Myra Viola Wilds, written by the author of Brown: The Many Shades of LoveWhat dreams do you carry? Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity.She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and to write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and one night Myra woke in the middle of the night and wrote a poem she called “Sunshine.”She kept writing. She wrote the lush green, sweet-corn yellow, cerulean blue, sunshine-y world from memory, collecting her poems into a book called Thoughts of Idle Hours, published in 1915.This lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book biography celebrates this little-known poet and includes a biography that provides context to her life—the Great Migration, Jim Crow segregation—as well a photograph and a small selection of her poems.