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"In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason Reynolds's For Everyone, this poem can now be read in a...
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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?"--
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2023 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Back to School: Magic Edition (SCPL-YS)
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2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
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When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.
7) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
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Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society's perception of black hair--and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything...
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The world's funniest kindergartner is back with four more silly escapades in one audiobook.
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
Someone has taken Junie B.'s new black furry mittens! And they kept them! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right?
Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
Lucille is having a slumber party at her nanna's big giant house! For Grace and Junie B., sleeping at nanna's...
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
Someone has taken Junie B.'s new black furry mittens! And they kept them! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right?
Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
Lucille is having a slumber party at her nanna's big giant house! For Grace and Junie B., sleeping at nanna's...
14) The knot fairy
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In this rhyming book, a playful little pixie, dressed in pajamas and fuzzy slippers, visits children while they sleep and delights in weaving their hair into tangled knots.
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The gym teacher from the black lagoon: The kids say the new gym teacher is a real monster! Imagine their surprise when they discover he is a regular guy, and they like gym.
Splat the cat: A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.
Crazy hair day: Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.
Miss Nelson has a field day: The notorious Miss Swamp reappears...
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Fancy Nancy: Spectacular Spectacles: Nancy thinks that Bree's new glasses are simply spectacular. After all, they are lavender. They are glittery. And best of all, they come in a silver case. So when Bree tells Nancy all about her trip to the eye doctor, Nancy can't help but wonder if her own eyesight is perhaps getting a little blurry, too ...
Fancy Nancy: Hair Dos and Hair Don'ts: Picture Day is the best day of the year, in Nancy's opinion. She...
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