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2) Hair story
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Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.
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Stella discovers that her new glasses are magic, allowing her to see the knit-knotters--night sprites that are flitting around town tyeing knots in children's hair so they need haircuts--and when a conversation with one of them, Trixie, reveals the reason, Stella comes up with a plan to deal with the mischievous fairies.
9) Cool cuts
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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.
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When one of Henry's toys gets stuck in Heidi's hair, mom cuts a chunk of Heidi's hair off. The hair salon can't fix the problem, so Heidi calls on her Aunt Trudy and her book of magic spells for a new hairdo. However, the spell goes awry and it's up to Heidi and her mom to come up with an old-fashioned solution.
12) My fade is fresh
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With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.
13) Bedtime bonnet
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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.
14) What once was mine: a twisted tale : What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
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Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety...
15) Bintou's braids
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When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.
16) I love my fur!
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Big Foot loves his soft, shiny fur so much it begins to affect his relationships with his friends.
17) The hair book
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Simple text and color illustrations celebrate all different kinds of hair--from long and short to beards and corn rows.
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TJ Powar and her cousin Simran have become the subject of a meme: with TJ being the "expectation" of dating an Indian girl and her Sikh cousin who does not remove her body hair being the "reality." TJ decides to ditch her razors, cancel her waxing appointments, and sets a debate resolution for herself: "This House Believes That TJ Powar can be her hairy self, and still be beautiful." The infuriating boy from a rival debate team seems determined to...