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Adventures of Bray Bray

"That's My Baby!" is the first in a series of children's picture books about the adventures of a little Black boy, nicknamed Bray Bray. Join Bray Bray on his real world adventures, making new friends and learning.

This series started when the author's first nephew turned 2yr. old and she went looking for children's picture books. She went to Barnes and Nobles and Books & Books in Miami and searched and searched for a book with a little Black boy on the cover for her nephew's age range. She was only able to find one! This inspired her to start a series of picture books about the everyday adventures that her nephew embarks upon. 

She knew she needed an illustrator, so she reached out to her friend Joanah whom she attended college with at the University of Florida. Go Gators!
Joanah loved the idea and decided to join that same day. 

Ashley and Joanah's hope is that this series will help to fill the gap in children's picture books, so that little Black boys will see children that look like them in the picture books they read.  This series will highlight children of different races, ethnicities, gender, ability, and family background so that all children will see themselves in this series!



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Meet the
​Author & Illustrator

Author
Ashley Maxie-Moreman

The author goes by her last name, Maxie. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami studying to become a child psychologist. She works primarily with children and adolescents, and she is interested in how ethnic-racial identity and ethnic-racial socialization impact academic outcomes for children of color.

Maxie has two adorable nephews, and another on the way, that are the inspirations for this series. She hopes to continue to grow this series and plans to include learning content as well as positive self-esteem and ethnic-racial identity messages in future adventures.

Illustrator
Joanah Whitely

Miami Art Basel Visual Artist, Joanah, born in the beautiful island of Jamaica, was raised in South Florida where she developed the desire to create and empower. Joanah believes that art exists not simply to entertain, but to provoke thought, aid in personal development, and when necessary to disrupt.

​Her aim is to utilize her art to sew positivity into as many lives as possible- showing aspects of beauty in things that are deemed unappealing, and watering spiritual plants to facilitate growth and empowerment of souls. The same purpose lies in the production of this book series. Joanah aspires to reinforce positive self identity including ethnic-racial identity for children like her lovable Goddaughter.
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