Iyana Makes Sure

About the Book

Iyana is witty, bright, and imaginative. She has a way of expressing herself through her own fairytale imagination. Grandma wants Iyana to get ready so they can go to the park. But, full of joy, Iyana never makes it to the park because she is too busy creating and demonstrating the humor in Grandma’s words as she matches Grandma’s words into her logic of life the way she sees it.

About the Author

Tonya, an educator and advocate of children’s tomorrow, was born June 20, 1968, in Bronx, New York, and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a child, Tonya dreamed of becoming a teacher. After graduating from college and receiving her AS in early childhood education, she became a educator in early childhood then, later, found a great interest writing children books. She currently operates a childcare, teaching young children.