African American Hair Celebration | Nashville Public Library

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As family members braid, brush, twirl, roll, and tighten their hair before bedtime, putting on kerchiefs, wave caps, and other protective items, the little sister cannot find her bonnet.

3) The black hair care revolution: a simple pocket guide to growing & maintaining healthy natural & permed hair

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Jude, Yetunde

4) Boonoonoonous hair!

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Senior, Olive

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In this picture book, a young black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage hair.

5) Can I touch your hair?: poems of race, mistakes, and friendship

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Latham, Irene

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Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.

6) Cool cuts

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Roe, Mechal Renee

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Happy hair

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Presents a picture book celebrating the diversity of African American boys' hairstyles. Features rhyming affirmations to accompany each illustration of a hairstyle ranging from afros and cornrows to curls and high-tops.

7) Crown: an ode to the fresh cut

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Barnes, Derrick D

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Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

8) Don't touch my hair!

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Miller, Sharee (Illustrator)

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Aria, a young black girl, loves her vibrant hair, but must take extreme measures to avoid the people, animals, mermaids, dragons, and aliens who want to touch it without her permission. Finally, she learns to speak up.

9) Hair

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Styles, Angela C

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Keely doesn't like her hair, and wants to fit in at school like everyone else. Her mom tells Keely some things about her hair that she doesn't know.

10) Hair love

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Cherry, Matthew A

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A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.

11) hair matters beauty power and black womens conscio

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12) Hair story: untangling the roots of Black hair in America

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Byrd, Ayana D

13) hair story untangling the roots of black hair in a

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14) Happy hair

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"A visual and rhyming celebration of African-American girls' hair" -- Provided by publisher.

15) Happy to be nappy

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hooks, bell

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A rhyming board book that celebrates African American hair. Features a variety of ways to twist and curl short or long nappy hair.

16) I love my hair!

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Tarpley, Natasha

Series

Keyana books

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A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.

17) It's all good hair: the definitive guide to styling and grooming black children's hair

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Collison, Michele N-K

18) Kinki kreations: a parent's guide to natural black hair care for kids

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Williams, Jena Renee

19) Madam C. J. Walker

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Hobkirk, Lori

Series

Journey to freedom

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This book is a biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women and became a great financial success.

20) My hair

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Lee, Hannah

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Faber picture book

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My birthday's coming up so soon, I'll need new clothes to wear. But most of all, I need to know, How shall I style my hair? Will it be dreads or a twist out? Braids or a high-top fade? Joyous and vibrant, this captures perfectly the excitement of getting ready for a celebration, as well as showcasing a dazzling array of intricate hairstyles.