Meet the Author
Kara Navolio is a children’s book author and freelance writer. Her first picture book, Everybody Can Dance!, celebrates the joy of dance with a message of inclusion. Her second book, Maggie Discovers the Rainbow, is a magical adventure discovering how color can make us feel.
When she isn’t writing for children, Kara tells stories of real-life heroes, artists, and authors for local newspapers. Kara also volunteers her time as a docent at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA, where she takes school children on tours and teaches art in local schools. She loves to read, travel, take photographs, paint, hike, dance, cook, and spend time with her family, especially her now grown-up kids. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, and makes it a goal to learn something new every day.
Details
Format: Paperback, Hardcover
Pages: 36
ISBN Paperback: 978-1-958754-25-2
ISBN Hardcover: 978-1-958754-24-5
Release date: March 21, 2023
Endorsements
“Maggie’s magical flight to meet the colors of the rainbow is Kara Navolio’s brilliant gift from her painterly imagination. In this timeless story, Maggie floats into purple’s cuddles, whirls into happy yellow, and dances through the rest of the color spectrum. Ultimately Maggie races into red and discovers her inner strength. This book will reassure and empower, and is an inspiring beacon for anyone who has ever wished they could touch the rainbow and find the joy that lies beyond the arc.”
— Angie Alban, author of The Happiness Tree
“Maggie Discovers the Rainbow reminds us all of the adventures we can experience just by stepping outside . . . in this case, with a magical pair of rain boots. As the story unfolds, Maggie tentatively steps outside and tries on the rain boots that her grandmother has given her. She discovers their magic, and we join Maggie on a joyful ride through the colors of the rainbow while she describes how they make her feel. The adorable and whimsical illustrations accurately depict the author’s intentions of taking the reader on this magical journey. Enjoy this lovely story with your little ones and see their reactions as their imagination takes them up, up, up to the colors of the rainbow.”
— Denise Nomura, artist and past president of the Lamorinda Arts Council
“Journey through this magical world with Maggie! Readers young and old will delight in remembering just how important it is to experience all the colors of the rainbow. Explore the concepts of colorful connections to emotions with this thoughtful book that Kara and Tracie have created.”
— Dolores Stratford, elementary school librarian, mother, and artist
Meet the Illustrator
An enthusiast of all things whimsical and silly, Tracie Timmer has been drawing cute, fuzzy animals and ethereal mermaids since before she can remember. As a freelance illustrator from the Bay Area who specializes in children’s books, she uses her art as an outlet for all the zany ideas that bounce around in her head all day, bringing them to life on her canvas.
Tracie is a graduate of the Academy of Art MFA program, and illustrates in addition to her full-time job at The Walt Disney Family Museum creating public programming about art, animation, and the history of Walt Disney. In the past, she has worked as a painting instructor for both children and adults. Along with her work in children’s books, she also has a great love for visual development and animation. When she’s not in her studio or at the museum, you can most often find her eating huge bowls of spaghetti and exploring the many nooks and crannies San Francisco has to offer. Look for her debut children’s book, The Mermaid and the Moon, written by Susan Pace-Koch and published by Get Out Books. Maggie Discovers the Rainbow is her second book.
