{"id":316306,"date":"2026-06-23T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316306\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:33:12","slug":"like-a-dream-tallahassee-authors-childrens-book-featured-in-chicago-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316306\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like a dream\u2019: Tallahassee author\u2019s children\u2019s book featured in Chicago libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Former WCTV anchor turned author Shonda Knight is celebrating a new milestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Her children\u2019s book \u201cMy Omnilocks: Hair with Endless Looks\u201d will soon be featured in Chicago public libraries, including the one inside the newly opened Obama Presidential Center. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis is like a dream. This really is like a dream,\u201d Knight said. \u201cWhen I first wrote the first book it was just literally something I knew kids needed to hear and I wanted to put it in a form that was very appealing to them. So now to be able to have it in the hands of children in the third largest city in the country is just unfathomable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Tallahassee author featured in Chicago libraries\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KZJTLPDUFJGRXLMWU6SLEEKJ5I.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"452\" \/>Tallahassee author featured in Chicago libraries(Shonda Knight)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Knight said she wrote the book as a confidence booster to try to help girls love their hair and themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s about hair, but more so it\u2019s about confidence building in little girls. So many little brown girls struggle with a love hate relationship with their hair,\u201d she said. \u201cIt just makes my heart feel so good inside to know that little girls are going to read this and really feel good about the hair that God gave them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Knight said copies of the book are being coded and routed and are expected to be on library shelves in Chicago soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/06\/22\/like-dream-tallahassee-authors-childrens-book-featured-chicago-libraries\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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