Written by Nikki Grimes / illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Published by Greenwillow Books
In sixteen extraordinary poems that range in form from a haiku to a rebus to a riddle, Nikki Grimes reminds us how wonderful it is to feel thankful, and how powerful a simple "thank you" can be.
Written by Sandra Belton / illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Published by Greenwillow Books
"I stickmy nose inside the basket as far as it can go. I want to smmell its secrets."
Sandra Belton and Cozbi A. Cabrera invite you to the Sea Islands, where a young girl, her cousin Victor, and their Nana are spending the summer together. There will be stories to share and pictures to see and secrets worth knowing, Secrets about these times and the old times and tomorrow, too.
Written by Patricia C. McKissack / Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Published by Random House Children's Books
For a hundred years, the women of Gee's Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hyms–all the while stitchin' and pullin' thread through cloth. Every day, Bay Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she's called to sit at the quilting frame. It's time for a quilt of her own. Piece by piece, she puzzles her quilt together, telling not just her story but the story of her family, the story of Gee's Bend, and the story of her ancestor's struggle for freedom.
Written by Kathie Fitzgerald
(Cozbi is one of 31 women profiled in this Inspirational How-To)
Published by Hearst Books a division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Have you always wanted to start a career based on your creative passion, but wondered how you could do it? Country Living Crafting a Business can give you the confidence to take the leap. It's filled with encouragement and the sound answers you need to begin fulfilling your hopes and aspirations. All of the talented, spirited, and sucessful women featured in these pages share their inspirational stories about living their dreams as both sucessful artists and entrepreneurs.
The thirty-one role models and mentors profiled in the first part of the book offer diverse perspectives. Their commentaries are organized by the scope of their professions: artisans, shop owners, designers/producers, and service providers. "Each business is different, each story unique, and each has something compelling and valuable to say," writes Nancy Mernit Soriano, Editor in Chief of Country Living.
The second section is a workshop devoted to the practical considerations of starting and running a business, complete with helpful checklists. Work through the steps required to write a plan; learn how to arrange financing; develop your product; succesfully market, present, and sell it; and more.
Complete with resources for starting your own creative journey and beautiful color photographs, this important guide can help yu reshape your life and enjoy what you do everyday.
For generations, the quilts of Gees's Bend have been made for practical reasons–to keep a family warm, to reuse old fabric because no one could afford new, and as a way to remember. Yet today these same quilts hang on museum walls–modern masterpieces of color and design.
Inspired by these celebrated quilts and the women who have made them, Patricia C. McKissack and Cozbi A. Cabrera have crafted a patchwork tale, bright with memory, bold with passion, stitched with sorrow, backed by love.
Written by Tonya Cherie Hegamin/Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Published by Houghton Mifflin
Mama works hard in the field everyday, and every night she sews a quilt. Using scraps from old clothing nd pieces handed down from the master's house, mama makes a quilt full of pictures:
a log cabin, a star, a brown tree with green on one side, a little girl
What does it mean? And who is the little cutout girl in the center, her tiny embroidered face so happy?
The poet Tonya Hegamin has created a poignant and powerful story about a daughter of a secret agent on the Underground Railroad. With unique textile collages and warm acrylic paintings, Cozbi A. Cabrera has illustrated it with great heart and skill.