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Junie B. Jones series volume 11
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English
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After her first trip to a beauty parlor Junie decides she wants to work there, and she practices on her bunny slippers, her dog, and herself with disastrous results.
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Indigenous People's Month Children
Native American Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Native American Heritage Month 2023: Kids
Native American Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Native American Heritage Month 2023: Kids
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After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
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Black History Month - Youth
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Juneteenth (June) - Youth
Telling a People's Story
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Juneteenth (June) - Youth
Telling a People's Story
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A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.
8) Crazy hair
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English
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Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair.
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
BPL Find Your Voice 2023
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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BPL Find Your Voice 2023
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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Stella travels planet to planet visting her aunties looking for a stellar hairdo for the Big Star Little Gala, but she is not convinced by any of their suggestions.
10) Bugs in my hair!
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A horrified boy discovers he has head lice and tries some wild remedies to get rid of them.
11) This is my hair
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English
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Simple text and child-like drawings describe how hair can look in many different situations.
12) Karen's haircut
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"Karen feels like an ugly duckling. Her baby teeth are all falling out, and she has to wear new glasses, too! Karen needs a new haircut to make her look glamorous.But the beauty parlor lady cuts Karen's hair all wrong. Now she's uglier than ever! What will all the kids at school say?"--
14) Cornrows
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As Mama and Great-Grammaw skillfully weave and braid their children's hair into the intricate cornrow patterns of Africa, they retell fascinating tales of ancestral life in Africa and praise contemporary African American activists.
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Back to School (teens)
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
GPLD Best of 2022
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
GPLD Best of 2022
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A talented violinist, Lotus Bloom just switched from her inner-city school to a fancy arts academy. Boys think it is hilarious to throw wads of paper into Lotus's hair. It starts as a prank, but escalates after she reports it to the administration-- and finds herself facing suspension. Now Lotus must choose whether to stay quiet and risk everything she has worked so hard for, or fight back. Is this school really where she belongs? -- adapted from...
18) Hair twins
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Follows a Sikh father and his daughter as they go through their daily hair routine.
Every morning Papa combs through his daughter's waves like he does his own-parting it down the middle, using coconut oil to get all the tangles out. Some days he braids her hair in two twists down the side of her face. Other days he weaves it into one long braid hanging down her back. But her favorite style is when he combs her hair in a tight bun on the top of her...
19) Princess hair
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Little girls pretending to be princesses celebrate the different shapes, textures, and styles of their black hair.
20) Shop talk
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English
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A boy describes his fun visit to the barbershop, including who he sees there, how they interact, and how the conversation is "different from talking anywhere else."