Cozbi A Cabrera
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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.
2) Me & Mama
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Picture Books to Celebrate Mothers
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Picture Books to Celebrate Mothers
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For a little girl on a rainy day, the best place to be is with Mama.
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"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using 'The Golden Shovel' poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original...
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From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking...
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Contains free-flowing text and the work of thirteen award-winning artists to present a poetic history of the civil rights movement. Profiles ten African Americans who contributed to the struggle for equality and then passed the baton on to the next person including Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Barack Obama, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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"Edna loved to cook. Growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, she learned the value of fresh, local, seasonal food from her Mama Daisy, as well as how to measure ingredients for biscuits using coins and to listen closely to her cakes to know when they were done. Edna carried these traditions with her all the way to Manhattan, where she became a celebrated chef, cooking traditional French food in her signature Southern style and introducing the...
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Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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While visiting her grandmother in the Sea Islands, a young girl hears about her African heritage and learns to weave a sea grass basket.
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The bilingual picture book Luca's Bridge / El puente de Luca, by Mariana Llanos with illustrations by Anna López Real, tells the emotional story of a boy coming to terms with his family's deportation from the United States to Mexico. A powerful meditation on home and identity at a time when our country sorely needs it.