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.
What I Do
Publishing, Books & Storytelling
I work across international publishing, translation, editorial projects and a longstanding engagement with artistic and soulful picture books.
LITERARY SERVICES
— International Rights & Representation
Representing selected titles and independent publishers, broadening the reach of exceptional and soulful picture books.
Literray and editorial translation with attention to voice, nuance, and cultural context.
— English & Portuguese Translation
EDITORIAL & STORYTELLING
Thoughtful reviews and features on distinctive picture books, illustration, and visual storytelling.
— Book Reviews
Storytelling and collaborations centered on picture books and the shared experience of stories.
— Storytelling
I also collaborate with authors and illustrators to create website and meaningful digital presence.
— Creative Projects
Notes on picture books, illustration, publishing, and the people who make them. 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.
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.
Through Mama Reads Studio, I also offer affordable social media management and web design for independent publishers and creatives in the industry.
Picture books 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.
About
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.
