Children’s books

Books shape how we see the world.
With the ‘representation’ series, Editions Mālama creates children’s books that are just as colorful and multifaceted as the world we live in.

“Books are sometimes windows,
offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange.
These windows are also sliding glass doors,
and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part
of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author.
When lighting conditions are just right, however,
a window can also be a mirror.
Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us,
and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences
as part of a larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means
of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop

Every child deserves to see themselves as the hero of a story.
We want to give a voice and a face to all those children
who are still far too often invisible in conventional narratives.
Because seeing yourself reflected in a story brings a sense of belonging—and stepping into someone else’s world builds true empathy.