Tonya Duncan Ellis
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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 …
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If you're in the Houston area March 26, I'd love to see you at Lemonade Day Houston's Best Tasting contest! The Sophie Washington series is a sponsor of this event, where youth entrepreneur's will …
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New numbers are in, and the needle barely moved on the number of traditionally published books by Black authors from 2020 to 2021. According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) just 9% of …
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Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management system used by half the schools in the nation. Students take quizzes to earn AR points from books read, getting class credit and sometimes prizes. …
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I won a NATIONAL Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) book marketing award for independent authors! This grant will allow me to get my latest book, Sophie Washington: Lemonade …
I'm booked for the next few weeks with exciting author interviews on my Write This! Instagram Live show (@tonyaellisbooks) and speaking engagements. The IG Lives are on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. …
