TAMPA, Fla. — For a Father-Daughter dance, Shonda Knight's daughter, Zya, wanted to wear her hair straight. But Shonda knew the weather wouldn't cooperate.
"The weather said no, so Mommy said no, and she felt defeated at that moment because she really wanted long flowy hair for the dance," Knight said. "So, I took it as an opportunity to really pour into her and so I started telling her, yes, you can straighten your hair but your hair can also be curly and cute."
My Omnilocks became more than just another children's book, as Shonda and Zya now travel to pop-up book tours across the country together.
"For a lot of little brown girls, hair, it's a love hate relationship, especially if they have very coarse hair," Knight said. "It can be painful hair days, getting your hair braided can take hours, so we just wanted to take an opportunity to celebrate hair that we believe is a gift from God."
Saturday's 100 book giveaway was sponsored by McDonald's and Derrick Brooks charities. You can find out more about the rhyming board book here.
It's been one year since Hurricane Milton impacted our community. Tampa Bay 28 revisited some of Tampa Bay's hardest hit areas to show the recovery and the work that still needs to be done.
