I Love My Hair!

by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Earl B. Lewis (Illustrator)

Overview

This whimsical, evocative story about a girl named Keyana encourages African-American children to feel good about their special hair and be proud of their heritage. A BlackBoard Children's Book of the Year. Full-color illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442014152
Publisher:	Baker & Taylor, CATS
Publication date:	07/10/2009
Product dimensions:	10.25(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and numerous other awards.

E.B. Lewis is the illustrator of two Corretta Scott King Honor Books, including The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis and Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes

Editorial Reviews

In I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, illus. by E.B. Lewis, the narrator loves the nightly ritual of her mother combing her hair (it is "thick as a forest, soft as cotton candy, and curly as a vine winding upward, reaching the sky." About the 1998 hardcover, PW said, "In this gracefully told story, a young African-American heroine celebrates her lovely head of hair as part of her heritage." Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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