Sonja Thomas

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Sonja Thomas (she/her) writes for readers of all ages, often featuring brave, everyday girls doing extraordinary things. She's a contributing author for Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (expected publication Sept 2021). Her debut middle grade novel Sir Fig Newton & The Science of Persistence is set for publication in Spring 2022 with Aladdin/Simon & Schuster. She was the 2016 Oregon Literary Arts fellowship recipient for the Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature. Raised in Central Florida (the wonderful world of Disney, humidity, and hurricanes) and transplanted to DC for 11 years (go Nats!), she's now "keeping it weird" in the Pacific Northwest with her roommate and four pawesome cats.

Visit her website at www.bysonjathomas.com or connect with her at @bysonjathomas on Twitter and Instagram.

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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic Sep 28, 2021

by Jestine Ware , Diana Odero , Sonja Thomas , Lilly Workneh , CaShawn Thompson

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The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 barrier-breaking Black women and girls who showcase the spirit of Black Girl Magic.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic celebrates the lives and accomplishments of 100 barrier-breaking Black women and girls who showcase the spirit of Black Girl Magic. Edited by award-winning journalist Lilly Workneh, with a foreword by CaShawn Thompson, creator of the hashtag #BlackGirlsAreMagic, the book includes stories of real women from all walks of life written in fairy tale style. Arranged in alphabetical order by first name, each brief biography is accompanied by a vibrant full-page illustration.

Contemporaries like tennis player Naomi Osaka, astronaut Jeanette Epps, and filmmaker Ava DuVernay join historical figures like aviator Bessie Coleman, Empress Taytu Betul, and journalist Ida B. Wells. Readers will also meet chess champion Phiona Mutesi, video game designer Muriel Tramis, punk rocker Poly Styrene, and chef Leah Chase.

The book exclusively features the work of Black female and non-binary editors, authors, and illustrators as they drive the stories of these phenomenal women from around the world and throughout history.

About Black Girl Magic
CaShawn Thompson, a proud third-generation native of Washington, DC, came up with the concept “Black Girls Are Magic” when she was a little girl growing up with her mother, grandmother, and aunts. It sprang forth fully formed from the mind of a poor little Black girl who didn’t yet have the words to describe the brilliance she saw in the women in her family, but had heard countless tales of fairies, witches, and magicians. It was just magic to her. And it still is.

Black Girls Are Magic became wildly popular in 2013 after CaShawn began using the phrase online (it was later shortened to the hashtag #BlackGirlMagic) to uplift and praise the accomplishments, beauty, and other amazing qualities of Black women.

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Oregon Reads Aloud: A Collection of 25 Children's Stories by Oregon Authors and Illustrators Oct 4, 2016

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Oregon Reads Aloud is a collection of twenty-five read-aloud stories for children, written and illustrated by Oregon authors and illustrators.

The twenty-five stories in Oregon Reads Aloud are a celebration of all things Oregon, including a great food cart feud, the dance of the Chapman Swifts, the creation of Oregon’s mountain ranges, and a legendary African American cowboy at the Pendleton Round-up.

The book is a tribute to twenty-five years of SMART Reading’s work empowering Oregon children for reading and learning success. Oregon Reads Aloud proudly features the state’s rich trove of talent within the children’s literary community, including Eric A, Kimmel, Elizabeth Rusch, David Horn, Brian Parker, and Trudy Ludwig, among many others.

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2015 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide (Young Explorer's Adventure Guides Book 1) Jan 3, 2015

by Marilag Angway , Deanna Baran , Mike Barretta , Eric Del Carlo , Salena Casha , Brigid Collins , Ron Collins , Cory Cone , C.J. Daring , Evan Dicken , Anne E. Johnson , Amy Griswold , Jeanne Kramer-Smyth , Nancy Kress , Wendy Lambert , Vanessa MacLellan , Phoebe North , Angela Penrose , Douglas Smith , Eric James Stone , Sonja Thomas , Deborah Walker , Jeannie Warner , Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

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Parents are saying:

"I just wanted to let you know that I received my print copy last night. I backed the book for my 6 year old daughter. My expectation was that we would need to hold on to it for a few years. I had to pry it out of her hands to get her to go to bed. The going is a bit slow, in part because the stories are the most advanced she has read, but in part because she is so excited she has to stop regularly to explain to me what is going on in the story. She has declared it her favorite book." Gary D.

"My daughter is on the couch presently, reading her copy, which I handed to her approximately 3 minutes ago. She is engrossed. Thank you. :)" Matthew McFarland

24 science fiction short stories for the middle grade reader from Hugo and Nebula winning authors as well as newer writers.

It’s time for a bigger universe.

Sally Ride, first American woman in space and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, famously said: “Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can’t be what you can’t see.”

Girls need to read stories where any number of possible roles are modeled for them. Just as importantly, boys need to read stories where girls are active participants in adventures. And children of all colors and backgrounds need to know the future includes them.

"When I was a child, the school library had a Girls' Section, which included fairy tales, and a Boys' Section, which included all the science fiction. Things have changed, of course, but not enough. There is a strong need for science fiction, as opposed to fantasy, aimed at girls, especially in the middle grades. This anthology is an important contribution to the effort to fill that need, and I'm delighted to be a part of it."

~ Nancy Kress, winner of five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award

Authors in the anthology are:

Marilag Angway
Deanna Baran
Mike Barretta
Eric Del Carlo
Salena Casha
Brigid Collins
Ron Collins
Cory Cone
C.J. Daring
Evan Dicken
Anne E. Johnson
Amy Griswold
Jeanne Kramer-Smyth
Nancy Kress
Wendy Lambert
Vanessa MacLellan
Phoebe North
Angela Penrose
Douglas Smith
Eric James Stone
Sonja Thomas
Deborah Walker
Jeannie Warner
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

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Dark Heart Volume 2 Jul 11, 2014

by Jennifer L. Mathison , J. S. Daly , Shauna Aura Knight , K.C Finn , Chris Kammerud , Alison Clarke , Rachel Anding , Laura Salas , Katie M John , Gerri Leen

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An anthology of Young Adult paranormal tales; fae, demons, ghosts, fairytales, shape-shifters, witches, trickery and magic.

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