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Tonya Duncan Ellis on Her Book, Sophie Washington: Secret Santa
Tonya Duncan Ellis on Her Book, Sophie Washington: Secret Santa Book Spotlights
Sophie Washington My BFF
Sophie Washington My BFF Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776387 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL BOOK AWARD WINNERAn Amazon Bestselling Book!!Fans of Junie ...
Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback)
Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706064 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT! Santa Claus is Coming to TownChristmas is three...
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback)
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706002 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! This entertaining, illustrat...
Sophie Washington The Gamer
Sophie Washington The Gamer Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776325 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games for 40 Days? Oh No! Sophie and Cole...
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback)
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706026 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Only Los...
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback)
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706019 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! **Purple Dragonfly Book Award Firs...
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706095 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing Only Losers Don’t Have Cell Phones… That’s what Sophie thin...
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4)
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781721149452 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE "FIVE STAR" RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games fo...
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706071 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A READERS’ FAVORITE FIVE STAR RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! This entertaining, illustra...
Sophie Washington Secret Santa
Sophie Washington Secret Santa Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776356 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A FUN READ ALL YEAR ROUNDAn Amazon Bestselling Book!! Santa Claus is Coming to Tow...
Tonya Duncan Ellis
Tonya Duncan Ellis NONE Tonya Duncan Ellis, acclaimed author of the Sophie Washington children's book series, combines her love for writing and travel in her books. Her award-winning series, aimed at...
Sophie Washington The Snitch
Sophie Washington The Snitch Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706088 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing **Purple Dragonfly Book Award First Place Winner** Should Sophie Stand Up to the Sch...
Sophie Washington Code One
Sophie Washington Code One Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776318 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! GIRL POWER! Xavier Academy is having a computer c...
Sophie Washington Mismatch
Sophie Washington Mismatch Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776370 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK!!What’s up with Mackenzie?Sophie Washington is trying out f...
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback)
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706040 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Are you ready for the hurricane? St...
Sophie Washington Mission Costa Rica (paperback)
Sophie Washington Mission Costa Rica (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706057 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Sophie’s lost in the jungle...
Sophie Washington Hurricane
Sophie Washington Hurricane Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776332 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS!! Are you ready for the hurricane? Strap in for a...
Sophie Washington Lemonade Day
Sophie Washington Lemonade Day Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338934 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade Sixth-grader Sophie Washington and friend...
Sophie Washington Class Retreat
Sophie Washington Class Retreat Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338927 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing An entertaining story that celebrates friendship, diversity, environmental awaren...
Sophie Washington Activity Book
Sophie Washington Activity Book Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338903 Nonfiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing Learn and play with characters from the Sophie Washington series with this ent...
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull MULTIPLE Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program, which focuses on improving legal access for incarcerated individuals. Falsely accuse...
Santa’s Gotta Go!
Santa’s Gotta Go! Derrick Barnes 9780593530436 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House The book opens with siblings Monte and Mabel penning their Christmas lists, with a peculiar top wish - a...
The Jailhouse Lawyer
The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull 9780593834329 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House A USA Today Bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library ...
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams NONE Sophie Williams, an anti-racism advocate, speaker, and former advertising professional, uses her experience to promote diversity and black representation. She now runs her own bu...
A Santa Like Me
A Santa Like Me Tonya Abari 9780316515726 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Celebrate a child’s first experience meeting a Black Santa Claus! Christmas is just aroun...
They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park
They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park Tonya Duncan Ellis 9780063286054 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins A moving picture book about the history of Em...
Bad Girlz 4 Life
Bad Girlz 4 Life Shannon Holmes 9780312359027 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers #1 bestselling author Shannon Holmes returns with the explosive sequel to his national bestseller, Bad G...
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Thomas Sayers Ellis 0000000052292843 AALBC Mourns Thomas Sayers Ellis Passing July 17, 2025 Thomas Sayers Ellis is a poet, photographer, and educator. He co-founded the Dark Room Collective, promoting...
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Renita Bryant 9781957092928 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday cheer with nothing...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Tonya Lewis Lee
Tonya Lewis Lee NONE Tonya Lewis Lee is an attorney, author, and health expert, known for her work as a children's television producer with Disney and Nickelodeon. She is an award-winning author of c...
Tonya Barbee
Tonya Barbee NONE Tonya Barbee, born 1962, is a storyteller from Durham, NC who shares her personal trials to empower others. Now based in Bowie, MD, she uses her experiences and perseverance to insp...
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Mother Love and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, known for their engaging and insightful works. Mother Love, a popular TV personality, combined her wit and wis...
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America Justin Ellis 9780063091245 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins “In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a bo...
The Angels’ Share
The Angels’ Share Garfield Ellis 9781617753732 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "It takes a lot to stand out in the crowded field of Caribbean lit, but Garfield Ellis grabs mystery, family, love, h...
Jay Ellis
Jay Ellis 0000000042134892 Jay Ellis, a South Carolina-born actor, is known for his role in HBO's Insecure, winning an NAACP Image Award. His career started with BET’s The Game, and includes a role i...
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Bolden 0000000116508683 Tonya Bolden, a Princeton and Columbia University graduate, is an award-winning author/editor of over 40 books, including children's nonfiction and historical novels. He...
Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop
Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop Lenny Duncan 9781506479026 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media If you want to understand the Black experience in the US, you ...
In Plain Sight: A Game
In Plain Sight: A Game Richard Jackson 9781626722552 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers Sophie lives with Mama and Daddy and Grandpa, who spends his days by the window. Every day after ...
Sophie Adriansen
Sophie Adriansen 000000012303368X Sophie Adriansen, born in 1982, is a French author and member of renowned literary societies. With over 56 diverse works including novels, graphic novels, non-fictio...
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US Lenny Duncan 9781506452562 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Forme...
United Stated of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope
United Stated of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope Lenny Duncan 9781506483061 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media "This lyrical testament to life as ’a blind d...
The Education of Nevada Duncan
The Education of Nevada Duncan Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips 9781645562160 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spi...
Al Tonya Washington
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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire Karl Jacoby 9780393239256 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A prize-winning historian...
The Real Santa
The Real Santa Nancy Redd 9780593647394 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books Join one Black family on their journey to discover what Santa looks like in this joyous tale celebrating identity, famil...
Veronica Freeman Ellis
Veronica Freeman Ellis NONE Veronica Freeman Ellis is a renowned author known for “Land of the Four Winds” and “AFRO-BETS First Book about Africa.” She has contributed to “Book of Black Heroes: Great...
Ellis and The Hidden Cave
Ellis and The Hidden Cave Cerece Rennie Murphy 9780985621094 Fiction LionSky Publishing LionSky Publishing Book II in the Ellis Series Early Reader Chapter Book Adventure Series. Coming Soon! An Anci...
Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden
Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Eartha Kitt and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors known for their unique writing styles. Kitt, a singer and actress, gained fame for her autobiography, while Bol...
Tonya Abari
Tonya Abari NONE Tonya Abari is a multigenre storyteller. She is the author of many celebrated books for children, including Locs, Not Dreads; Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth; and My Hair, My Crown. T...
Stone Cole: A Blink, Texas Story
Stone Cole: A Blink, Texas Story J.D. Mason B016VJAZGW Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The hotter-than-Texas e-serial continues!Ellis Brewer is a free man and is, surprisingly, the d...
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee MULTIPLE Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee are renowned figures in the entertainment industry, with significant contributions to film and literature. Their creative works ha...
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony
Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony MULTIPLE Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal Mccrary Anthony are renowned authors known for their engaging works. They've made significant contributions to the lit...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tonya Bolden
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, known for their significant contributions to literature and cultural studies. Henry Lou...
Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors known for their extensive contribution to literature. Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
Introduction Tonya Bolden and Foreword Cokie Roberts
Introduction Tonya Bolden and Foreword Cokie Roberts MULTIPLE Tonya Bolden and Cokie Roberts are renowned authors known for their impactful writings. Bolden's work often focuses on African-American h...
Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Their works encompass various genres and the...
Take Three: Agni New Poets Series: 1 (Vol 1)
Take Three: Agni New Poets Series: 1 (Vol 1) Thomas Sayers Ellis, Larissa Szporluk, and Joe Osterhaus 9781555972394 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press Take Three PoetsTake Thomas Sayers Ellis: Ell...
Kiss the Sky: A Novel
Kiss the Sky: A Novel Farai Chideya 9781416585954 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. From nationally acclaimed political commentator and multimedia personality Farai Chideya comes ...
Monique James-Duncan
Monique James-Duncan NONE Monique James-Duncan holds a BA in Business Management from Golden Gate University and is passionate about creating literature that provides representation and mirrors for c...
Full Figured 16
Full Figured 16 La Jill Hunt and Kamaryn Hunt 9781645561279 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance La Jill Hunt teams up with her daughter Kamaryn for two stories about beloved characters, Sonya ...
Trey Ellis
Trey Ellis 000000011675397X Trey Ellis is a multi-talented writer, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, and Associate Professor at Columbia University. He's known for his Emmy-nominated HBO ...
Monique Duncan
Monique Duncan NONE Monique Duncan is an American author of Jamaican descent who aims to inspire and affirm children through her books. Monique Duncan is an American author of Jamaican descent who a...
The Family Business 7: New Orleans
The Family Business 7: New Orleans Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips 9781645565611 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Keep up with the Duncan family down South as we travel to New Orleans in ...
Life AFTER the Down Low
Life AFTER the Down Low Ingrid M. Ellis 9780998784205 Nonfiction The Land of Ellis The Land of Ellis What would you do if you found out that the person you were married to for more than a decade was l...
Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for a World beyond the Church
Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for a World beyond the Church Lenny Duncan 9781506479064 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media When Lenny Duncan wrote Dear Church in 2018, they had a vision for a ...
Alice Faye Duncan
Alice Faye Duncan 0000000067711692 Alice Faye Duncan is a librarian and author, crafting books for young readers and adults. She aspires to write lyrical prose that compels children to read repetitiv...
The Family Business 4: A Family Business Novel
The Family Business 4: A Family Business Novel Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips 9781622861927 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. National bestselling authors Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt retu...
The Family Business 3: The Return of Vegas
The Family Business 3: The Return of Vegas Carl Weber and Treasure Hernandez 9781622865703 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. National bestselling authors Carl Weber and Treasure Hernande...
Duncan Long
Duncan Long NONE Duncan Long, a freelance writer/illustrator, has authored 13 novels and ghostwritten over a dozen titles for TV, radio, and stage celebrities. Duncan Long is a freelance writer/illus...
Lenny Duncan
Lenny Duncan NONE Lenny Duncan is a writer, speaker, and scholar focused on racial justice. They authored “Dear Church” and “United States of Grace”, co-created the BlackBerryJams podcast, and are cu...
Shelly Ellis
Shelly Ellis NONE Shelly Ellis is an award-winning journalist and author known for her novel, Another Woman’s Man, a 2014 NAACP Image Award nominee. Besides writing, she enjoys painting and cinema. S...
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina Judy Allen Dodson 9781499811681 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fi...
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just MULTIPLE Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Santa in the City
Santa in the City Tiffany D. Jackson 9780593110256 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House A little girl’s belief in Santa is restored in this ode to the magic of Christmas. This is a holiday gift rea...
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Coloring Book
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Coloring Book Renita Bryant 9781957092959 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday chee...
Ingrid M. Ellis
Ingrid M. Ellis NONE Ingrid M. Ellis, a New York-born, California-educated author, turned a passion for writing into a 20-year career. From children’s series to a stirring memoir, she bravely self-pu...
Ellis Cose
Ellis Cose NONE Ellis Cose, a renowned journalist and author, is known for his work with Newsweek and notable books like “The Rage of a Privileged Class.” Starting his career at 19, Cose has received...
The Little Christmas Elf
The Little Christmas Elf Nikki Shannon Smith 9780375873485 Fiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Celebrate Christmas all year round with Nina, the littlest elf in Santa’s workshop! Nina doesn’t...
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel NONE Tonya Engel, a self-taught painter from Houston, Texas, is renowned for her children's book illustrations and expressive figurative art inspired by southern folk artists. Notably, sh...
Ronique Ellis
Ronique Ellis NONE Ronique Ellis, a New York-based illustrator with a BFA from Syracuse University, utilizes her Jamaican upbringing and love for nature in her work. Her art intertwines collected sou...
Ellis and The Magic Mirror
Ellis and The Magic Mirror Cerece Rennie Murphy 9780985621056 Fiction LionSky Publishing LionSky Publishing As a mother of a 7 year old boy and a 4 year girl, I know that there are a lot of great book...
Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems
Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems Thomas Sayers Ellis 9781555975678 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press The ambitious, combative, and spot-on new poetry book by Thomas Sayers Ellis, author of the awa...
This Kid Can Fly: It’s about Ability (Not Disability)
This Kid Can Fly: It’s about Ability (Not Disability) Aaron Philip with Tonya Bolden 9780062403544 Nonfiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins Hi there! I’m Aaron, and I have a disability called cerebral ...
Tonya M. Evans
Tonya M. Evans NONE Tonya M. Evans is a distinguished professor, speaker, and author with expertise in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and law. She's recognized in Forbes 50 Over 50 Investment List and t...
Ellis Cose: An Author You Should Know
Ellis Cose: An Author You Should Know Troy Johnson Article [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Author Ellis Cose (l) with childhood buddy Verdeen White of Earth White and Fire"][/...
Justin Ellis
Justin Ellis NONE Justin Ellis is a writer and journalist whose first nonfiction book is The Cruelty of Nice Folks. He is a projects editor for Defector, an employee-owned media company, where he...
The Land of Ellis
The Land of Ellis The Land of Ellis The Land of Ellis
The Land of Ellis
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Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood Jay Ellis 9780593243190 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House What to do when you’re the perpetual new kid, only child, a...
Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for a World beyond the Church
Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for a World beyond the Church Robert Fleming Book Review In this modern age of random death and mayhem, there are powerful voices shouting for the church to retake...
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks Neoma Nwasike Book Review Gwendolyn Brooks was a very influential African American poet who became the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize award (Poetry). In the ch...
To Paris with Love: A Family Business Novel
To Paris with Love: A Family Business Novel Carl Weber and Eric Pete 9781601626318 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Ripped from the pages of the New York Times bestselling series The Fa...
The Family Business 5: A Family Business Novel
The Family Business 5: A Family Business Novel Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt 9781601620934 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt r...
Beverley Manley
Beverley Manley NONE Beverley Anderson Duncan, known for her influential role in Jamaica's 1970s politics as Prime Minister Michael Manley's wife, helped shape the nation's post-Independence identity...
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks Alice Faye Duncan 9781454930884 Fiction Sterling Children’s Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc “A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for ...
One Night With You (Grayson Friends)
One Night With You (Grayson Friends) Francis Ray 9780312365066 Fiction St. Martin’s Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Cougars, brush fires, snow storms―rancher Duncan McBride tackles it all without a fl...
Player Haters
Player Haters Thumper Book Review No one writes drama like Carl Weber. I don’t know how he does it. He keeps throwing out books that I swallow whole with no salt or pepper while having a croo...