Tiana has recently been on International News with interviews on ITV, Channel 5 and BBC Radio London.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Will her mum be able to give Tia the same hairstyle as her twin best friend Aaoki for 'picture day'? It wasn’t something I consciously planned to do, but it was through realising that so many people were not being heard, having their voices diluted or having their stories told in a way that wasn’t authentic, that I decided to create a platform for these unheard stories and voices. Daniella Blechner, 42, from West Norwood, south London, the founder of Conscious Dreams Publishing, said she initially helped aspiring authors as a “labour of love” by “connecting them to editors, typesetters and illustrators and mentoring them through the process of publishing”, all while working full-time as a teacher. They love to dress and style their hair the same, but Tia's afro hair can be unruly and sometimes hurts to style and manage.It's about empowering young Afro hair babies to see the magic in their beautiful Fro's but not ignoring that their friends of other races are equally as beautiful and amazing. Beautiful story of besties Tia and Aoki and how they surmounted challenges the class was facing ahead of picture day.

At the age of five, I started having writing classes with my mum who edited and guided me through writing short stories. By purchasing the item from Charlies Chapters Ltd you agree that you are happy to receive a revised edition.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Although I felt a little bit dejected, I believed in the messages in my books and but then I heard about Danni and Conscious Dreams Publishing through the launch of another published author, and I found somebody who also believed in my stories, and that was the beginning of a long, successful partnership, which is destined to continue with the publication of three more Nzingha books. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Now, if day by day, week after week and year after year what you’re doing is picking up books and seeing characters that don’t look like you, that will consciously or unconsciously affect your sense of wellbeing, your sense of identity and sense of what you believe you can aspire to achieve.

And so it’s really important that we have positive representation in books … so when you, as a young black girl, pick up a book and you see that mirror reflected back to you as a young, black, positive character, it’s affirming of you and your identity. You know, she’s not seen a book ever with a character with brown skin and dreadlocks, and the pleasure and pride on her face when she was saying it made me think, this is what I wanted to achieve through my books,” she added. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Speaking during Black History Month, which runs in October in the UK, Tiana told the PA news agency: “I wanted to show that people who have my type of hair have challenges and sometimes find it hard to love their hair texture plus all the struggle of making it look beautiful.