Marigold Story BlazersColoring books for curious kids

About the story world

Welcome to Marigold Ridge.

Marigold Story Blazers is a Black-centered, culturally expansive children’s story world where neighborhood friends follow everyday questions into discoveries about their community, nature, and one another.

One community · Three familiar places

Home, block, and farm.

The approved Cul-de-Sac Home Base with a large shade tree, warm family home, and rounded street.

Cul-de-Sac Home Base

Family warmth, routines, driveway play, counting, shapes, feelings, and neighborhood discoveries.

The approved Mural Block setting with community art, book nook, and a gated court.

Mural Block

Community art, public stories, books, making, maps, music, and civic care.

The approved Story Farm garden with raised beds, picnic table, shed, and flowers.

Story Farm

Seeds, soil, water, weather, food systems, tools, patience, and care.

The Story Blazers

Nine friends, many ways to notice.

The Crew’s interests help stories begin. No child is limited to one subject or one kind of leadership.

Miles Carter, a young Black boy with shoulder-length locs wearing blue, holding a blue chalk piece.

Miles Carter

Path Spotter / Noticer

Zora Bennett, a dark-skinned Black girl with two puff buns wearing a yellow hoodie.

Zora Bennett

Feeling Reader / Repair Spark

Tomi Adebayo, a Nigerian American girl with long braids, a notebook, and a purple shirt.

Tomi Adebayo

Story Keeper / Interviewer

Andre Dre Wilson, a young Black boy in coral overalls holding a model bridge.

Andre “Dre” Wilson

Maker / Prototype Kid

Anika Patel, a young Indian American girl examining a seedling with a magnifier.

Anika Patel

Nature Noticer

Hana Park, a South Korean American girl with two low pigtails, a blue headband, pink flower shirt, cardboard viewfinder, and color cards.

Hana Park

Art Mapper / Detail Comparer

Mateo Rivera, a Mexican American boy in a green shirt moving through colorful chalk circles.

Mateo Rivera

Movement Tester / Map Mover

Eli Rosen, a white Jewish American boy with curly hair and round glasses sorting counting stones.

Eli Rosen

Number Navigator / Pattern Keeper

Christina Chrissy Valdez, a light-skinned Cuban American and Greek American girl in a denim jumper and purple shirt.

Christina “Chrissy” Valdez

Context Catcher / Social Mirror

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