Tonya Abari

About the Author

Tonya Abari is the author of many books for children, including Locs, Not Dreads; Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth; and The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II. Her writing has also appeared in Essence, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Good Housekeeping, AARP, Parents, ZORA, PBS Kids for Parents, and more. Tonya lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her spouse and children. She invites you to visit her online at tonyaabari.com or on Instagram at @iamtabari.

Raissa Figueroa is the illustrator of several picture books, including You Will Do Great Things by Amerie, the Oona series by Kelly DiPucchio, and We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, which received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor. Raissa lives outside San Diego, California. She invites you to visit her online at rizzyfig.com.