Marianna Smith

@mariannasmith.bsky.social

Children’s Illustrator. Art Educator. MFA Illustration SU 2026. BFA Communication Arts VCU 2020. #SCBWI Member. She/Her. Brazilian-American. Portfolio: mariannasmith.com Email: ms@mariannasmith.com

Cover reveal for my illustrator debut There's the Rub, published by Charlesbridge! A joyful story about how friction is around us all day, everywhere. Available 2-23-2027! Preorder now to support! Thank you AD Ellie Erhart, MD Donna Spurlock, author Ainissa Ramirez, and the Charlesbridge team!

There's the Rub: The Hidden World of Friction

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1 of 5 illustrations for “My Soul is My Captain,” a picture book dummy I illustrated about life. The illustrations are inspired by poetry. The story is about diversity and life. I also used my heritage as a Brazilian-American woman as inspiration for the book 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart

A pink and blue children’s book illustration of a child with a bike standing in front of a giant wall overgrown with vines. The vines form the shape of Goliath, and the child represents David. Birds fly over the wall.

1 of 5 illustrations for “My Soul is My Captain,” a picture book dummy I illustrated about life. The illustrations are inspired by poetry. The story is about diversity and life. I also used my heritage as a Brazilian-American woman as inspiration for the book 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart

A pink and blue children’s book illustration of a diverse family walking under the shade of an emancipation oak tree. The tree is in the shape of a grandparent. The tree shades and protects the family.

1 of 5 illustrations for “My Soul is My Captain,” a picture book dummy I illustrated about life. The illustrations are inspired by poetry. The story is about diversity and life. I also used my heritage as a Brazilian-American woman as inspiration for the book 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart

A children’s book illustration of a girl sleeping underwater. The girl holds onto a dog stuffed animal. Glowing angelfish swim around the girl and protect her.

1 of 5 illustrations for “My Soul is My Captain,” a picture book dummy I illustrated about life. The illustrations are inspired by poetry. The story is about diversity and life. I also used my heritage as a Brazilian-American woman as inspiration for the book 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart

A pink and blue picture book illustration of a diverse family sitting at a table sewing a patchwork quilt of the Earth.

1 of 5 illustrations for “My Soul is My Captain,” a picture book dummy I illustrated about life. The illustrations are inspired by poetry. The story is about diversity and life. I also used my heritage as a Brazilian-American woman as inspiration for the book 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart

A picture book cover featuring a baiana de acarajé, a woman of African descent from Bahia, Brazil, holding the earth. The title of the book is “My Soul is My Captain,” by Marianna Smith.

Making a starter pack for authors who do school visits, so schools can easily find us. This starts off one for primary schools go.bsky.app/5u2ArqX but I'll also do one for secondary. Let me know if you do school visits and you want to go on the list - and whether you do primary or secondary. Thanks.

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Recently read To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, by Angela Dalton and Lauren Semmer. A lovely blend of Nichols’ biography and the author’s childhood connection to Star Trek. Themes of discrimination, equality, hope and advocacy. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #KidLit #WomenInSTEM

The cover of a picture book titled To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, by Angela Dalton and Lauren Semmer, New York Times bestselling illustrator. A bold, stylised illustration of Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura against a dark blue background with stars.