For the Love of Picture Books
Mama Reads is a space dedicated to the art of learning and expanding our imagination through soulful picture books.
Stories have the power to transport us and to paint the unimaginable. They also carry the potential to portray ways of life and worldviews, to open our hearts & minds to the diversity of human experience.
Picture books are timeless stories. They create connection, between images and words, reader and child, child and their deepest imagination.
My work is dedicated to finding inquisitive and artistic picture books and expanding their reach, beyond their original country and language of publication- through storytelling, book reviews, and international rights & representation. I currently represent selected titles from Brazilian independent publisher ÔZé Editora, while also welcoming collaborations with other publishers and creators.
Dialogues is a space of community and connection, where I showcase the inspiration, work, and lives of small publishers, authors, and illustrators.
At Mama Reads Studio, I offer digital services, including social media management and web design for creators. Welcome.
Ways We Can Work Together: I connect with publishers, educators, and fellow creatives to broaden the reach of artistic & soulful picturebooks.
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Picturebook Consulting
Picturebook Reviews
Picturebook Recommendations
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Storytelling & Workshops
Storytelling Circles
Creative Expression & Literacy Workshops
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Translation & Literary Services
International Book Rights & Representation
English - Portuguese Translation
A decade ago, I wrote about motherhood and children’s literature in a blog called One More Story Told. I transferred a couple of those blog posts onto this space and this is where you can find book reviews and occasional musings on life. If you have a picturebook suggestion to be featured, please send me a note here.
Interested in social media management & web design?
At Mama Reads Studio, I help independent publishers, creatives, and literary organizations translate their vision into a meaningful online presence, through storytelling-driven design, thoughtful social media campaigns and strategy.
Hi, my name is Marina. I’m a literary consultant, book reviewer, storyteller, and rights representative. As a lifelong lover of books with a background in children’s publishing and community-based research across Brazil, Canada, and Mexico, my goal is to strengthen the creative landscape between cultures through picture books. If you’re interested in learning more about me, visit the About section.
Mama Reads is designed to connect authors, illustrators, publishers, and educators. I write about picture books and book makers, offer storytelling circles, as well as literary services as a foreign rights and representation liasion.
As a rights representative, I work with independent publishers to bring selected picture books beyond their original countries and languages of publication. I currently represent selected titles from Brazilian independent publisher ÔZé Editora and welcome conversations with publishers and creators interested in international representation.
I also Through Mama Reads Studio, I also offer affordable social media management and web design for independent publishers and creatives in the industry.
Picturebooks are an invitation to travel, both through time and space; a life giving expression of what it means to be human; a learning experience; and a way for us to feel connected to one another and to the subtleties of our existence. I believe storytelling is both art and activism. And that a single picturebook can affect the way we sees ourselves in the world- and our sense of belonging in it.
For rights representation, consulting, services, or collaborations, get in touch.
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Follow Mama Reads along on Instagram for stories about picture books and the creatives behind their making. This is also where I share occasional musings on life & inspiration I find.
