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Fast forward two months, and the sophomores said they have sold nearly 9,000 copies and helped raise over $17,000 in the process. Each book costs $5 and every $2 goes to a charity of the buyer's choice, such as a group related to the Black Lives Matter movement or a hospital's COVID-19 relief fund.

\"We've sold almost 9,000 books and we've donated a little bit over $17,000 throughout the two months we've been doing this,\" Migliazza and Rogers told \"GMA.\"

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Long Beach teacher Christine Bradfield found out about the coloring book on Twitter and purchased a copy for her 11-year-old and 6-year-old, Caleb and Cali.

\"I love to support students in their philanthropic efforts. They saw a need in the community and used their creativity to help others,\" Bradfield said.

John Napalan, father of 4-year-old Jax and 1-year-old- Zara Napalan, told \"Good Morning America\" how much his kids enjoy the book.

\"It has been very helpful with starting conversations with our kids about the current situation. Our son asks questions all the time -- 'Why can't we see grandma? Why are there so many germs? Why do we need to wear masks?' -- so this was a great kid friendly resource to help us explain what is going on,\" Napalan said.

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PHOTO: 4-year-old Jax and 1-year-old Zara Napalan from Long Beach, California loved the book and immediately took notice of the characters wearing their masks.
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Giving back while helping them cope

In addition to giving back to the community, the girls also said the book helped them.

\"I think it's helped us cope a lot during quarantine because we're really not doing much, so we've been actually kinda busy with this,\" Matlock explained.

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Each teen brought her own unique talents to contribute to publication of the book.

\"Laurnyn wrote the book, and Sofia and I do the drawings. Sofia does the activities in the book and Erin arranges it all in photoshop and works on our website as well,\" Matlock explained.

During this time, they've all been able to work together to grow Color Co.'s social media presence. The group plans to release another book in the coming months on how to talk to kids about racism and acceptance inspired by this moment of racial reckoning in the country.

\"It's called 'Stand Up for Yourself' and it's about racism and teaching kids to be kind to everyone even if they're different,\" Migliazza said.

\"We hope that the people reading the books, mainly the little kids, are learning,\" Matlock noted. \"We work hard to make that possible.\"

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PHOTO: 3-year-old Brooklyn Coffee's favorite part of the book was the page about Sam and Wally not liking bad germs or "germies" as she calls them.
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