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[words] Bookstore will observe Black History Month with a window display. The books featured are a selection of books from our shelves written by black authors, featuring black characters and celebrating black history.
"In her debut children's book, "Liam's First Cut, Taye Glover weaves together the beauty of fatherhood, community, and neurodivergence as Liam, a black boy with an autism spectrum disorder, approaches a day he's been anticipating, for quite some time."
Meet Taye Jones
Shontaye aka “Taye” is an alumnus of Morgan State University and received her masters of science degree in communication disorders from William Paterson University. She is a certified speech language pathologist and founder of Having Our Say LLC where her private therapy practice focuses on evaluating and providing therapy to children with communication disorders. She also produces a blog for parents and caregivers providing tips and resources to help enhance language development in children.
Shontaye’s dedication to children with special needs has a global reach as she serves as an executive board member for Smiles for Speech, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides services and resources to children from disadvantaged communities across the globe. Through her speaking engagements and presentations she has presented to over 15,000 professionals on the importance of diversity and inclusivity in children’s literature.
Her commitment to supporting language development, literacy and increasing diversity in children’s literature has now led to the completion of her first children’s book- Liam’s First Cut. Written under the pen name of “Taye Jones,” Shontaye weaves together the beauty of fatherhood, community, and neurodiversity as Liam, an autistic Black boy, approaches a day he’s been anticipating for quite some time. Taye gives readers a glimpse at how Liam prepares for his first visit to the barbershop!