Sonja Thomas

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Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com 📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action! 📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence

Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Lost & Found: Derrick Barnes & Jose Pimienta moderated by Sonja Thomas 2PM at the Judy. Book covers of the Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes & Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta.
back of cat laying on human legs, white paws, one lifted with black toe beans spread wide
Sign Up for First-Chapter "Free Day" A live read aloud with Erik Jon Slangerup on Friday Feb 28 1-1:30 PM EST. Picture of Molly and the Mutants book cover.
On pink stationary with rose border: February 14, 2025 A Love Letter To Libraries: Whether spending Sundays searching for another Judy Blume book, plling an all-nighter in college, or answering teens' questions about writing, THANK YOU for making me feel safe, seen, and inspired. Forever yours, Sonja
Photo of author Sonja Thomas on screen wearing lit-up cat ears reading to kids.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison book cover
Dig. by A.S. King book cover winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor book cover with Black albino femaile holding a dagger with colors of blue, yellow and orange flowing out the blade's point
going bovine by Libba Bray book cover with cow staring at reader, standing upright with gnome under it's front leg.
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson blue book cover with yellow floating feather and the quote "hope is the thing with feathers . . . " - Emily Dickinson
A WRINKLE IN TIME blue book cover
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead book cover
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson book cover with close up of face and leaves in green & white hue
Remember Me by Christopher Pike cover with white teen's face from nose down to neck
Where the Sidewalk Ends the poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein book cover with a boy looking over the edge of the end of the sidewalk, a girl behind him and a dog hanging on behind her.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume book cover. Blonde girl in orange & black dress in front of two-story yellow house.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White book cover. Young white girl hair in ponytail holding pig looking up at spider hanging from thread.
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Drawings by Robert Lawson, bull on grassy hill holding & sniffing flower
Book Cover for Olive Blackwood Takes Action! Black girl with curly hair filming with phone on tripod. Lake behind her with beaver resting on a tree and stick in its mouth. "Two thumbs up for this necessary novel about anxiety and self-advocacy." - Kirkus Reviews. Preorder Signed Copies at Vintage Books! Out May 14.
Kidlit author Sonja Thomas holding book, Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence (cover: determined girl on bike with grey cat in basket).
"Preorder Signed Copies available at Vintage Books!" Olive Blackwood Takes Action! by Sonja Thomas book cover with Black girl (high curly ponytail and red glasses) filming with cell phone on a tripod. Beaver with a stick in its mouth leaning on log in the river behind her.
Words & Pictures Festival 2023 November 4, 10AM - 6PM. Learn more at fvrl.org/words-pictures