Explore and appreciate Earth's diverse environments and cultures as you travel along with Mariana and her new friends. The first book, Mariana Travels to the North Pole, introduces this unique suitcase with special powers. Mariana understands human and animal languages and also speaks Bagali, the universal language of bags. Join us as the bags learn cooperation, along with respect for age, experience, and diversity. The story is vividly illustrated and unfolds as the bags get to know each other and share this journey to the North Pole with their new friends.

The intended reader is in the 1st to 4th grades. Ignite your wonder and curiosity for learning and creativity; and remember, when you are curious, it can inspire you to explore further and discover where your next adventure might be!

Illustrator Bio
Lisa Yvonne, illustrator, travel blogger, author, and poet, thrives when traveling and exploring the world. After a lifetime of learning how to integrate her logical, engineering self with her free-spirit, dancing self, Lisa finds fulfillment and freedom in personal growth and bringing awareness to every day practices. She believes that travel expands the collective view of self and others; and helps us remember that we are one human family. Lisa’s nomadic life-style allows her to spend time in Seattle, WA and around the Southeast region, in the USA.