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A vast experience in the Amazon, the wildlife and the big forests in South America
is the source of Yana Marull’s books, illustrations and project development
Environment and wildlife for children and young
Superheroes or Science
Children, of course, like good superhero stories. But they also take to science and nature. They want to understand the world in which they live. And when they get to know their world, they want to protect it.
Both at home and in schools, there is a great demand for books and publications that help explain current environmental issues and the science behind them.
Too difficult does not exist
No topics are too complicated for a child. I discovered this when a teacher wrote about my book The Flying Rivers:
“I thought at first that the topic would be too complex for the age of my students. But this book was essential for them to understand the subject and taught me how we sometimes underestimate the ability of young and children.”
Communications and drawing
My tools comprise twenty-five years of experience in communications, my illustrations, and more than two decades of encounters, as a journalist on the field, with the peoples, nature and wildlife of the Amazon rain forest and other big forests and ecosystems of South America.
As a journalist, I wrote a great deal for adults, Now I speak to children.
Books
THE FLYING RIVERS
(Terra Books 2019)
English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
A fascinating journey through the Amazon rain forest, with lots of science and adventure, allowing readers to understand how the conservation of the largest tropical forest on earth is essential to the world. Avavailable as Ebook on Amazon, in six languages.
INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD, 2018 (USA) Best Children’s Illustrated Book in Portuguese.
Book list recommended: Outstanding Children’s Science Books, DeBary Awards 2018.
THE LAST JAGUAR OF THE SAVANNA (Terra Books, 2018)
English, Portuguese, Spanish German
The amazing true story of a black jaguar takes us on an exciting adventure trip in search of nature and survival in the savanna with the largest variety of animals and plants in the world, the Cerrado. Available as Ebook at Amazon.
2020 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD (USA) Best Children’s Illustrated Book originally published in Portuguese.
SKIPPING STONES AWARD 2019 (United States), in recognition of the exceptional contribution to multicultural and ecological awareness in children’s literature.
EL ÁRBOL DEL CHOCOLATE
(EDELVIVES, 2023)
The chocolate tree: A group of friends and a dog start a journey in search of the cocoa tree that will take them to the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
A great adventure full of emotions through the largest jungle on Earth.
A captivating, page-turning book, beautifully illustrated.
126 pp.
12 to 14 years old.
AN ADVENTURE IN THE PANTANAL, THE GREAT WETLANDS OF SOUTH AMERICA (Franco Editora, 2016)
Portuguese
The disappearance of some trees, the giant otter that cares about fish, the caiman that takes care of the nest: written with a very original and humorous approach, An adventure in the Pantanal (the largest wetlands on earth) introduces us to the Ecology and helps us understand how nature and wildlife work.
KEINE NÜSSE MEHR
FÜR EMILIE EICHHORN
(Bübül Verlag Berlin, 2023)
German
Emily the Squirrel lives in the trunk of a pine tree in the forest in Germany. And her life will change overnight when she develops an allergy… to nuts! Text by Henning Kreitel. The layout and illustrations by Yana Marull introduce us to life in the forests of Europe.
60 pp of which 55 illustrated! With coloring activities and information about allergies.
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DISCOVERING THE SEA
(Mais Ativos, 2018)
Portuguese
Marina and Lucas wake up every day with great curiosity. They want to know the world. Today they will explore the sea and who lives there. They will also learn how plastic and litter are harmful for nature.
Publications with institutions/NGOs
NEU
Just released, this book is directed to connect schools, teachers and students with nature. A proposal to take schools to nature and nature to schools, published by the Brazilian NGO Bichos do Pantanal and Instituto Sustentar.
The fire and the Savanna. Published by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) and the German Cooperation GIZ, 2016, and prepared with the experts of the Environmental Emergency Coordination of the Parks Institute of Brazil, ICMBio.
Discovering the Amazon. Published by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education (OEI), 2015. Two guides of 80p each, Student’s and Teacher’s book, aimed for ages 12 to 15. Chapters 1, 4, 5 and 6 are mine. Get to know the Amazon, climate change, water and environmental services.
Guide for children and young of public schools in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Published by the NGO Bichos do Pantanal. Co-authored with the journalist Juliana Arini, 2015.
Guide to environmental management. WWF, 2016. Edited and illustrated by Yana Marull. Shows focus and illustrations for young people.
Os rios que voam. Published by the scientific research and environmental education project Rios Voadores, 2014. Used in public schools in Brazil.
Yana Marull
I am a journalist, writer and illustrator of books for children and young people, about environment, sustainability and the great forests, wildlife, ecosystems and their science, of Brazil and South America.
For twenty years I was an international correspondent in South America, Specializing in covering the environment and the main topics that connect the Amazon and the great forests of the region with the world.
After 2015, I decided to use this experience with children and students, by writing and illustrating books. I also provide my knowledge on these issues to NGOs and other projects by working with project development and environmental consulting.
Of Spanish-German origin, I currently live with my family between Brasilia and Berlin.
I authored the award-winning books The Last Jaguar of the Savannah (Terra Books 2018) and The Flying Rivers (Terra Books 2019). Also books and guides published by recognized institutions such as the ICMBio parks institute and the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, the German cooperation GIZ and the Ibero-American Organization for Education (OEI).
A detail: I have personally met almost all the animals that I paint in my books and paintings.
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