Maya and the Beast: A Picture Book Cover:Hardcover • 2010 Wellcome Trust Book

• 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize winner

Today is the day

is the first Native American woman in US history to die in combat

• 2002 Coretta Scott King Honor (Illustrator)

But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English

Maya and the Beast: A Picture Book Cover:Hardcover • 2010 Wellcome Trust BookA fairy tale picture book of big waves and even bigger courage, inspired by the personal story of professional surfer Maya Gabeira, who smashed records and gender stereotypes. Young Maya is shy and often feels fragile and scared because of her asthmaexcept when shes in the water. Its the one place where she feels strong. While everyone else in her town is scared of the Beast, the giant wave heard all around the world as it crashes into the shoreline,