Nadia L. Hohn

NADIA L. HOHN is a writer and educator. Her first picture book, Malaika’s Costume, won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children’s Story Award and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Children’s Literature Award. She is also the author of Malaika’s Winter Carnival and Malaika’s Surprise, both illustrated by Irene Luxbacher; A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes; Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter, illustrated by Gustavo Mazali; and two titles in the Sankofa series — Music and Media. Nadia’s writing is inspired by her childhood memories, Jamaican heritage, Black culture, world travels, and social issues. She lives in Toronto.

Books by Nadia L. Hohn

Patty Dreams

Getting Us to Grandma’s

The Antiracist Kitchen

Malaika, Carnival Queen

La surprise de Malaika

Malaika’s Surprise

A Likkle Miss Lou

Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter

Le carnaval de Malaika

Malaika’s Winter Carnival

Le costume de Malaika

Malaika’s Costume