Just made this care package for you to send to a Black Boy anywhere. You can send this as a gift to a child, family, etc to encourage them to keep reading even in amidst the quarantine times we're living in.
In this care package you will get:
-An 11" x 14" Read print
-A copy of Furqan's First Flat Top (Bilingual/hardbound ) a picture book about Black hair, imagination, and a father & son written and illustrated by Me!
-A copy of 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Boy (hardbound) written by Tony Medina, illustrated by 13 illustrators, including me.
Yo, just finished a new pack of bilingual bookmarks for the readers of all ages. This time with a focus on comics. This is a pack so you can get one of each, 3, 5, or more. Check out the close ups of the bookmarks and...
Here's a new comic to encourage readers of all ages to read comics. I know some will say it's not educational or that they're not real books but who cares. If you enjoy reading them, read em! And for those who haven't fully seen what comics can do, this is to give them a nudge.
Hey, continuing with this the bookmarks, here is another one in Spanish urging the reader to "Leer novelas gráficas" or "read graphic novels". Forgive me if there's a simpler way to say that but I want to encourage Spanish speaking kids and adults of all kinds to read these books as well. Hopefully this will be useful.
If you'd like to get one of these please cop it here.
Hey, just made some new bookmarks which I'll be getting printed up soon. Here is the first one. I wanted an image of a young Black boy reading a graphic novel. If you missed my last post about the importance of graphic novels check it out here. If you'd like to cop one of these new bookmarks go to this:
Here's a new book mark. An educator asked me to take my story time poster and make a bookmark out of it, so I did and it looks great. You can cop one here. Here are some other images of it.
Yo, wanted to give a shout out to this local independent store called Modern Mouse. If you're in the Alameda area you can get some of my bookmarks and bookplates (english & spanish) there. The store is a haven for locally made cards, posters, pins, earrings, shirts, books, and more. And the best part is that the majority of what I saw is made by a Bay Area native. I invite you to support small businesses like this one over the big box stores.
Peace, just wanted to share these in case you have missed them. Bookmarks featuring children of color!!! Please share. I started working on these awhile back. At first I recycled an older image, then it was so well received I painted some more specifically for these book marks. This is for kids who love reading, or hate it. It’s for teachers, librarians, and book store owners. It is for english speaking and spanish speakers. If you would like one, or a pack of 10 or 30 for a group check out my store. More coming soon. Peace!
Check it out, this is my 4th bookmark featuring a Latinx boy. He could be from Central America, the caribbean, Mexico, or the US. This is another bookmark for all my bilingual educators and students out there.
This is an image I illustrated a long time ago that I am repurposing as a bookmark. It features a young black girl with a bunch of books as the subject. The title is simple, READ!
Peace, my name is Robert Liu-Trujillo. I write and illustrate stories. I design characters, and I paint murals occasionally too. Parenthood, Ethnic Studies, Storytelling, Music, Social Justice, Film, Science Fiction, Design, & Publishing are regular thoughts. To contact me for commissioned art, freelance, or collaboration. Email me: info@robdontstop.com