Thank you Jack and Jill of America’s South Central Region for including Sophie Washington books in your donations. Over 2,300 books were distributed to youth organizations during Jack and Jill’s Area Work Day event in October, including 160 books from the Sophie Washington series, which went to children at Houston’s S.H.A.P.E. Community Center.
Tonya Duncan Ellis
Tonya Duncan Ellis is author of THEY BUILT ME FOR FREEDOM: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park and the award-winning SOPHIE WASHINGTON chapter book series and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the Authors Guild, Black Creators in KidLit and the Brown Bookshelf’s Highlights Foundation Sponsored Amplify Black Stories storyteller cohort.
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