From play and adventure, to social and personal challenges, join us on this journey of engaging storytelling and artistic expression of real-life experiences.
An Amazon Bestseller, our debut book "Mommy is My Hair Nice?" introduces our family and our main characters Kaliah and Asara. Kaliah was picked on by a classmate who told her that her hair isn't nice, which really saddens her and prompts her to ask her mom if her hair is nice. Join the family for the discussion as Kaliah and her sister learn just how nice their hair is.
In Kaliah's Club, the second in the Growing Up With Kaliah and Asara series, Kaliah learns it won't always be easy to fit in - even when dealing with a most trusted institution. After several months of participation, Kaliah is excluded from a very important ceremony. How will the family deal with this situation and keep the girls' spirits high in the face of this challenge?
Book three, Let's Go Ice Skating! finds the family exploring life in Canada, more specifically the thrill of ice skating! Persistence is the key and adventure awaits as Kaliah and Asara take to the ice for the very first time. Will they have a great time? Will they get it right the first time. Find out more and join the girls on this exciting evening on the ice.
We are a family of four - from the tropical climes of Jamaica to the much more cooler, sometimes downright frigid weather in Canada - we've experienced life - the ups, the downs, the highs, the lows and the in-betweens. While these experiences don't define us they have helped to shape our lives.
Our stories are real. As we've grown, we've evolved, and we are sharing our stories through words and through art -- as seen from the perspectives of our children 'Kaliah' and 'Asara'. We are helping them to find their voices in this new space, helping them to determine their own narrative, telling their stories and in some cases bringing awareness to issues that many face but few talk about.
Thank you for stopping by our page and we welcome you on this journey of Growing Up With Kaliah & Asara! Enjoy our authentic stories of encouragement, empowerment, acceptance, adventure, courage, learning and persistence.
TANIKA is a practicing communications professional with over 17 years in the field. For much of those years, a large part of her work involved writing content for various audiences. Writing about her daughters’ experiences was something she always thought about doing, especially when the girls were younger, but she never got around to it for one reason or another. Tanika, her husband Marlon, and their daughters Amira and Gianna moved from Jamaica to resettle in Canada in 2016. Their time in Canada and their experiences along the way inspired her to start writing and chronicling their journeys.
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