| You Are The Vision Contributor(s): Corrado, Meagan (Author), Crow, Isaias (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1732581320 ISBN-13: 9781732581326 Publisher: Meagan Corrado OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.35 lbs) 42 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: You Are The Vision is a story about two children journeying through their neighborhood. In their travels, they discover their own ability to bring color, creativity, and vision to their community. They empower readers to identify their own sources of hope, inspiration, and vision. |
Contributor Bio(s): Corrado, Meagan: - Meagan Corrado is a Doctor of Social Work and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She earned her Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and her Master's degree from Bryn Mawr College. She works as a therapist and professor in the Philadelphia and Camden, NJ areas. She is the creator of the Storiez Trauma Narrative intervention. Storiez helps inner city youth to create, voice, and honor their life narratives. It helps youth look at the past challenges and victories that they have experienced and supports them in creating a future vision. Corrado's work is inspired by her experiences as a therapist, professor, and trauma survivor. Her hobbies include creative writing and mixed media artwork. Ever since she could pick up a pencil, Corrado loved to write. She penned creative writing pieces throughout elementary school and continued to write into high school and college. She values the power of words to engage, motivate, and capture the reader. Corrado began creating artwork in 2012. She makes mosaic, alcohol ink, and collage art as a way to abstractly express thoughts and feelings while also working through her own stress and trauma. Corrado authored seven other books: Storiez: A Guide for Therapists, Storiez: A Guide for Children and Teenagers, Storiez: A Do It Yourself Guide, Stronger Than You Think, You Are Never Lost, Storiez: A Feelingz Guide, and Storiez: A Group Treatment Guide.Crow, Isaias: - Isaias Crow- birth name Gibran Isaias Lopez- was raised in both El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. His artistic career began at the early age of five when he began drawing after watching his father paint on a poster board. At thirteen years of age, he explored graffiti art. At the age of 25, he moved to San Diego, CA to attend The Art Institute of California, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Media Arts and Animation. Crow's artistic work is motivated by the principles of peace, creativity, and love. He seeks to convey these concepts through creation of paintings and public murals, participation in speaking engagements, facilitation of hands-on workshops, and meaningful interactions with family. Crow authored three books: The Crow's Aura: The Path to Forgiveness, The Crow's Aura: Unearthing our Gifts Workbook, and The Crow's Aura: Vision Quest Coloring Book. |