{"id":1277,"date":"2024-05-17T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/?page_id=1277"},"modified":"2024-08-14T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:21:09","slug":"publishing-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/en\/publishing-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing house"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"hero-slider relative overflow-x-hidden max-w-[1600px] mx-auto\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n              <div class=\"swiper-slide relative\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vorlag-1280x600.png\" class=\"w-full\" alt=\"\" \/>          <div class=\"lg:container lg:absolute lg:left-1\/2 lg:-translate-x-1\/2 lg:bottom-0\">\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:75px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:75px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:75px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-acf-section\">\n    <div class=\"container max-w-5xl\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"text-5xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  The gratitude publishing house<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-left prose text-base\">\n  <p>Gratitude Verlag was founded by actress, speaker and author Dayan Kodua and stands for \u201cempowerment and diversity\u201d through storytelling. The publishing house wants to show and make visible new role models who are outside the German majority society.<\/p>\n<p>With the foundation in 2014 and the simultaneous publication of the first book \u201cMy Black Skin: Black. Successful. Deutsch.\u201d, Gratitude Verlag is one of the first German-language publishing houses founded by a black woman. We are one of the few publishing houses that mainly publishes books with BPOC heroines and heroes.<\/p>\n<p>The protagonists of the books of the publishing house are always black or POC heroines, who usually transport a positive message through the stories.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Gratitude Verlag BPOC wants to give newcomer authors and illustrators the opportunity to make their voice heard and visible through their stories or illustrations and to reach children to young adults with these.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate goal is to use the identification potential between protagonists and readers, to show young people from different backgrounds exactly these empowering protagonists and to promote their self-discovery and freedom within it.<\/p>\n<p>Why the name \u201cGratitude\u201d publisher? Gratitude, and the expression of it, is often interpreted as submissiveness within a capitalist, patriarchal society.<\/p>\n<p>We see it differently and would like to \u201crewrite\u201d this word. Gratitude and appreciation are strengths! Gratitude can become a philosophy of life that leads to discovering the beautiful sides of life. It is not about not being critical or looking at everything only through the \u201crose-colored glasses\u201d, but about appreciation towards what is, one\u2019s own family, circle of friends, nature and above all appreciation towards one\u2019s self.<\/p>\n<p>And we have a lot to be thankful for every day. Gratitude also wants to express a special gratitude to all the authors and illustrators who publish through the publishing house and share their empowering stories with the world.<\/p>\n<p>While it is difficult for a person who has lived and grown up in a white majority society since birth to gain a foothold in the literary world and find her own voice, being a Black author means a different kind of struggle, a different kind of courage, an extra commitment to achieve the same goals. Gratitude recognizes this and wants to support those very people who do it anyway and embark on this path, and get their words out there.<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude Publishing wants to contribute to a more diverse literary landscape. In doing so, it is important to consider and, if necessary, change which perspective is taken, which is represented, and whose story is told. Dayan Kodua, through Gratitude, appears not only as an author, but also as a founder of the publishing house, as a manager, as an artist, and especially as a human being. The publishing house thus springs from a diverse perspective and carries it forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"button align wp-block-acf-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"\">\n  Contact<\/a>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-acf-section\" id=\"authors-and-illustrators\">\n  <a class=\"relative block -top-24\" name=\"authors-and-illustrators\"><\/a>  <div class=\"container text-7xl\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"text-5xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Authors and illustrators<\/h2>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:25px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:25px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:25px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-[1fr_1fr] lg:grid-cols-[1fr_1fr_1fr] gap-8 wp-block-acf-columns\">\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dr-holly-y-mcgee-e1721286492426.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Dr. Holly Y. McGee<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Ich bin Dr. Holly Y. McGee, Professorin f\u00fcr Geschichte und Kultur an der University of Cincinnati. Mein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Geschichte des Rassismus und der B\u00fcrgerrechtsbewegung in den USA. Ich hoffe, dass du diese Informationen n\u00fctzlich findest und dazu beitr\u00e4gst, Ungerechtigkeiten zu bek\u00e4mpfen und eine bessere Welt f\u00fcr alle Menschen zu schaffen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nina-jablonski-e1721285763447.jpeg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Dr. Nina Jablonski<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Ich bin Dr. Nina Jablonski, Professorin f\u00fcr Anthropologie an der Pennsylvania State University. Meine Arbeit dreht sich um die Biologie und die Evolution der Hautfarbe des Menschen. Ich habe viele Jahre damit verbracht, \u00fcber die Anpassung der Hautfarbe beim Menschen zu forschen und zu schreiben und das Thema in Schulen und f\u00fcr die \u00d6ffentlichkeit weltweit zu pr\u00e4sentieren. Die Haut ist unser gr\u00f6\u00dftes Organ und sie hat viele wichtige Funktionen. Sie sch\u00fctzt uns vor Krankheiten, vor sch\u00e4dlichen Umwelteinfl\u00fcssen und hilft uns, unsere K\u00f6rpertemperatur zu regulieren. Die Hautfarbe ist nur eine von vielen erstaunlichen Eigenschaften unserer Haut. Ich hoffe, dass du meine Arbeit \u00fcber die Hautfarbe interessant findest, und dass sie dir hilft, zu verstehen, warum wir so verschieden aussehen. Bis bald, und vergiss nicht: \u201eEs ist nur Haut!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grace-byers.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grace-byers.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grace-byers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grace-byers-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Grace Byers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Grace Byers ist Schauspielerin und Aktivistin, die durch ihre Rollen in der Fox-Erfolgsserie \u201eEmpire\u201c und Marvel\u2019s \u201eThe Gifted\u201c bekannt wurde. Als multikulturelle Black Person of Color CODA (Child of Deaf Adults \u2013 Kind geh\u00f6rloser Eltern) wurde Grace w\u00e4hrend ihrer gesamten Kindheit gemobbt, was sie zu ihrem ersten Bilderbuch inspirierte, dem New York Times-Bestseller \u201eI Am Enough\u201c \u2013 eine Ode an die Selbstbestimmung junger M\u00e4dchen. Heute lebt Grace mit ihrem Mann, dem Schauspieler Trai Byers, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/keturah-a-bobo.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/keturah-a-bobo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/keturah-a-bobo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/keturah-a-bobo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Keturah A. Bobo<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Keturah A. Bobo ist K\u00fcnstlerin und New York Times-Bestseller- Illustratorin, die daf\u00fcr bekannt ist, lebendige, nachvollziehbare und unverwechselbare Bilder zu kreieren. Ihre Leidenschaft ist es, Kunst zu schaffen, die inspiriert, aufmuntert und sich f\u00fcr ihre Gemeinschaft einsetzt. Keturah hat viel Lob f\u00fcr ihren farbenfrohen Illustrationsstil erhalten, der Geschichten zum Leben erweckt. Sie schloss ihr Studium am Columbus College of Art and Design mit einem BFA ab und lebt mit ihrer Familie in Columbus, Ohio.Ihre Liebe zur Illustration wurde mit der Zeit immer st\u00e4rker und bildet mittlerweile den Schwerpunkt ihrer kreativen Arbeit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis.jpg 870w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RaissaFigueroa-by-Laquita-Parks-Lewis-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Raissa Figueroa<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/britta-schmeis-.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/britta-schmeis-.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/britta-schmeis--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/britta-schmeis--100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Britta Schmeis<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Born and raised in Hilden near D\u00fcsseldorf in 1972, she studied American Studies and Business Administration in Hamburg. She then did a traineeship at the Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Since then, she has worked as a freelance journalist and author specializing in film, literature and society for Die Welt\/Welt am Sonntag, Spiegel online and epd Film, among others. She wants to give a voice to people who are otherwise hardly heard and tell of lives that are completely foreign to many, in order to open people\u2019s eyes to the diversity of our world. Britta Schmeis has a daughter and lives with her family in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/michaela-ludwig.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/michaela-ludwig.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/michaela-ludwig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/michaela-ludwig-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Michaela Ludwig<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>worked as an editor for a Hamburg television production company after studying modern German literature and sociology and internships at the L\u00fcbecker Nachrichten and the Hamburger Morgenpost. Since a volunteer stay in Uganda, the native of Schleswig-Holstein writes for newspapers, magazines and non-governmental organizations. As a partner at agenda fotografen &amp; journalisten, she researched reports and features in Hamburg and around the world. Today she works mainly in PR and writes about topics from the world of work and education. She is enthusiastic about meeting a wide variety of people and immersing herself in their lives. She wants to give them the opportunity to tell their stories and present their view of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sean-qualls.png\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sean-qualls.png 420w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sean-qualls-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sean-qualls-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sean-qualls-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Sean Qualls<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Sean Qualls has illustrated many highly acclaimed children\u2019s books, including \u201cGiant Steps to Change the World\u201d by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, \u201cLullaby\u201d by Langston Hughes, and \u201cBefore John was a Jazz Giant\u201d by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was named a \u201cCoretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book.\u201d Sean also created the art for \u201cDizzy\u201d by Jonah Winter, which received five stars, and \u201cFreedom Song\u201d by Sally M. Walker. Learn more at seanqualls.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/laurie-ann-thompson-.png\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/laurie-ann-thompson-.png 400w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/laurie-ann-thompson--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/laurie-ann-thompson--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/laurie-ann-thompson--100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Laurie Ann Thompson<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Laurie Ann Thompson is the author of Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters, a guide for teens who want to change the world. Laurie is an advocate for social justice and is dedicated to inspiring and empowering young readers. Emmanuel\u2019s Dream is her picture book debut. Visit her at lauriethompson.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nicole-gebel.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nicole-gebel.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nicole-gebel-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Nicole Gebel<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Nicole Gebel is an illustrator and graphic designer. Born and raised in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, her passion for design brought her to Kiel in 2007. Here she studied at the Muthesius Academy of Art and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design. Since then, she has been working from Kiel as a freelance illustrator and designer for a diverse group of clients. Art and illustration have always been a big part of her life. She has been influenced and inspired by everything and everyone in her life. Especially by her childhood at the Baltic Sea. Her illustrations live from their complexity and attention to detail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dayan-kodua.png\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dayan-kodua.png 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dayan-kodua-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dayan-kodua-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Dayan Kodua<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Dayan Kodua is an actress, speaker, author and founder of Gratitude Publishing. Born in Ghana and raised in Kiel, Germany, Dayan followed her heart after graduating as a business assistant and studied acting in Berlin and Los Angeles. In addition to her work as an actress and speaker, she is passionate about empowering People of Color and making them more visible as role models. In 2014, she therefore published the illustrated book \u201cMyBlack Skin: Black. Successful. German\u201d and launched a traveling exhibition and corresponding workshops. It is particularly important to Dayan to make children aware of their inner strength. She addresses this topic in her picture books \u201cOdo\u201d and \u201cOdo and the Beginning of a Great Journey,\u201d among others, which will be published in 2019 and 2021. With Gratitude Publishing, she wants to give other authors the opportunities to present their diverse stories to the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/robby-krueger.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/robby-krueger.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/robby-krueger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/robby-krueger-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Robby Kr\u00fcger<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After a short time in Berlin, Robby Kr\u00fcger has already focused on two creative areas: Interior Design and Illustration. The field of illustration has developed very successfully, especially in the last 5 years, and she has already been able to work on some exciting projects, such as a planned American animation series, a 5-volume fantasy book series, the first part of which will be published this year, and of course the first part of \u201cOdo\u201d.<br \/>\nHer love for illustration grew stronger over time and is now the main focus of her creative work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/susanne-dorn.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/susanne-dorn.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/susanne-dorn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/susanne-dorn-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Susanne Dorn<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>completed a PR traineeship after studying business administration. Afterwards, the Hamburg native worked for several years as a local reporter for the Hamburger Abendblatt and as an online editor for the Milchstra\u00dfe publishing group. She has since returned to PR and is responsible for the website, exhibitions and publications of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft selbstst\u00e4ndiger Migranten e. V. (ASM). (ASM). Susanne Dorn is the author of the first volume \u201cMy Black Skin. Successful. Deutsch\u201d, which Dayan Kodua published in 2014. \u201cI have great respect for the life achievements of those I portrayed. I was enriched by the work on the two volumes, and I am grateful for the openness with which my interview partners met me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jando.jpeg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jando.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jando-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jando-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Jando<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>In 2012, the modern fairy tale \u201cSternenreiter \u2013 Kleine Sterne leuchten ewig\u201d was published as a hardback and audio book edition. Another publication is the modern fairy tale \u201cTraumflieger \u2013 Lena schreibt Briefe an Gott\u201d, which has been available as a hardback and audiobook edition since May 2015. In September 2016, \u201cDie Chroniken der Windtr\u00e4ume\u201d (The Chronicles of Wind Dreams) was published, a story about parting, mourning, about eternal becoming and passing away, but above all about hope and the irrepressible power of life. The title is also available in hardback and as an audio book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full relative mb-5 lg:mb-0 wp-block-acf-column\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudeverlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ali-donmez-e1721382096230.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto mb-5 rounded-full grayscale\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%;\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-4xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  Ali D\u00f6nmez<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center prose text-base\">\n  <p>Ali D\u00f6nmez, geboren 1986, ist Logop\u00e4de und Lehrer f\u00fcr Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Als freiberuflicher Logop\u00e4de konzentriert er sich haupts\u00e4chlich auf die Arbeit mit t\u00fcrkisch-deutschsprachigen Kindern im Kindergartenalter. In seinem Masterstudium &#8220;Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache&#8221; hat er sich auf einen rassismuskritischen Ansatz zur Mehrsprachigkeit spezialisiert. In seinem Workshop &#8220;In der Schule wird Deutsch gesprochen!&#8221; diskutiert er mit Sch\u00fclern und Lehrkr\u00e4ften Themen wie Sprachverbote und Sprachgebote in Bildungseinrichtungen. Als engagierter Bildungsaktivist hat er die Petition #LasstKinderGemeinsamLernen ins Leben gerufen und leistet Aufkl\u00e4rungsarbeit \u00fcber Social Media (Instagram).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:100px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-acf-section\">\n    <div class=\"container max-w-5xl\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"text-5xl mb-5 text-center\">\n  The world of children is diversity<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-left prose text-base\">\n  <p>To me, diversity means that we can all work to tell stories in which a wide variety of people, from different backgrounds, people with physical challenges, people with different sexual orientations, people of all religions, and so on, can also find themselves in books. 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