About the Author/Illustrator
Monique Duncan is dedicated to teaching and positively impacting our youth through education and the arts. She is the founder of Sweet Pea Books, Inc. and has served students throughout New York City.
Duncan writes multicultural stories for children that inspire, amuse and foster a love of reading. Her books invite children to interact with images and experiences with which they can identify. She aims to help cultivate a child’s understanding of themselves, their communities and the world around them.
Born and raised in White Plains, NY, Duncan always enjoyed writing and drawing. She earned a BA in Journalism from Temple University and an MA in Childhood Education from Iona College. Duncan has published 2 picture books for children. Her first book, D is for Dragon Fruit, received honorable mention from the New York Book Festival in 2012. Her second book, When Mama Braids My Hair, was nominated for an Ezra Jack Keats Award in 2019. It was also selected for the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2019 best-of-the-year list and it was featured on the PBS series, Let's Learn.
Duncan currently lives in the Bronx and continues to teach children as she works on future book projects.
Monique Duncan is dedicated to teaching and positively impacting our youth through education and the arts. She is the founder of Sweet Pea Books, Inc. and has served students throughout New York City.
Duncan writes multicultural stories for children that inspire, amuse and foster a love of reading. Her books invite children to interact with images and experiences with which they can identify. She aims to help cultivate a child’s understanding of themselves, their communities and the world around them.
Born and raised in White Plains, NY, Duncan always enjoyed writing and drawing. She earned a BA in Journalism from Temple University and an MA in Childhood Education from Iona College. Duncan has published 2 picture books for children. Her first book, D is for Dragon Fruit, received honorable mention from the New York Book Festival in 2012. Her second book, When Mama Braids My Hair, was nominated for an Ezra Jack Keats Award in 2019. It was also selected for the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2019 best-of-the-year list and it was featured on the PBS series, Let's Learn.
Duncan currently lives in the Bronx and continues to teach children as she works on future book projects.