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Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
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After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques. Includes tips for shampooing, conditioning, and protecting black hair, and recipes for hair products.
5) Shortcut
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" --
9) Happy hair
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"A visual and rhyming celebration of African-American girls' hair"--
African American girls will love seeing strong, happy reflections of themselves in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book celebrating the diversity of beautiful black hair. From a cute crop to pom-pom puffs, adorable illustrations of girls with gorgeous braids, blowouts, and bantus grace each page, side by side with a call-and-response affirmation that will make girls cheer. It's a...
10) Yo! Yes?
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
12) Yo, Jo!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jomar greets his neighbors using slang, but his grandfather wants to hear some more traditional words.
14) Metal man
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
One hot summer day, a man who makes sculpture out of junk helps a boy create what he sees in his mind's eye.
15) We march
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.
16) Lulu's birthday
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Laurie and J. Matthew plan a birthday surprise for Lulu. Includes a recipe for "One-Two-Three-Four Cake."
17) Lola gets a cat
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 5
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 2
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
Lola loves to hear Daddy read a new library book each night, an activity that spurs her imagination and results in inventive play the next day.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 3
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
Lola reads story books to her new baby brother Leo, and even though Mommy and Daddy are busy, they still have time to read to Lola at bedtime.
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