I was honored to be selected as a speaker in the Texas Book Festival’s Reading Rockstar program. Meeting with students at Houston’s Wilson Elementary School was a blast, and each child left with their very own copy of my book, Sophie Washington: Lemonade Day.
The Texas Book Festival’s Reading Rock Stars program is a hands-on literacy initiative that sends nationally recognized authors into Title I schools in Texas to inspire young readers with dynamic presentations and send them home with the most empowering experience of all – owning their very own book. The Texas Book Festival funds and coordinates the author visits and donates the books to the children as well as a set of books to each school’s library.
Since the inception of the program, the Texas Book Festival has donated more than 133,000 books to students in Title I schools and provided 400+ author visits. Title I eligibility means that at least 50% of children in the school’s population qualify for free or reduced priced lunches.
Tonya Duncan Ellis
Tonya Duncan Ellis is author of the bestselling, award winning Sophie Washington children’s book series, geared toward readers ages 8-12 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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