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Meet the Black Children’s Books Trio – Father Writes, Daughter Writes, and Son Illustrates
Meet Omar Bala, his son Khalil, and his daughter Aniya, an African American family from Oakland, California, that runs a publishing company called BooksByBalas. It initially began as a father/son author and illustrator duo created by Omar and Khalil; however, the duo quickly became a trio once Aniya Bala joined the two, and became an author at six years old.
Aniya collaborated with her older brother Khalil Bala and published two books titled, I Love Myself and ABCs for Babies.
Khalil begin drawing SpongeBob at three years old, then he quickly transitioned into drawing animals. Khalil always displayed a keen interest in drawing, so his father Omar, decided to create a book answering an age-old tale titled, Why Dogs Chase Cats.
