About this title: A young African American girl named Keyana complains to her mother about how difficult it is to care for her hair. Keyana hates the nighttime ritual when her mother combs the knots out of her hair because, no matter how gentle her mother tries to be, it still hurts. Keyana's mother explains to her how lucky she is to have the kind of hair that she ...
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Binding: Board book
Publisher: L, B Kids
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780316525589ISBN:0316525588
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780316522755ISBN:0316522759
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780316522755ISBN:0316522759
Description: Lewis, E B, and Kays. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780316523752ISBN:0316523755
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Lewis, E B. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Picture book. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Board book
Publisher: L, B Kids
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780316525589ISBN:0316525588
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 1998-02-01
ISBN-13:9780316522755ISBN:0316522759
Description: Very Good. No folded pages or writing. Some dustcover wear, including rubbing & edgewear, plus a 1" tear and a little creasing around it. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston
Date Published: 1997
Description: Fine. Large sheets, unbound. Advance copy, sixteen long sheets in color to make 32 pages, marked "Proof". Enclosed loosely in projected dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Board book. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
"An empowering picture book for the older preschool age set and loving yourself just as you are. In this case, the young protagonist learns to love her hair and different ways to style it."
"My older niece loves this book, all about a black girl who, as you expect, loves her hair.
She describes it in various poetic and imaginative terms - her hair can be like a globe, or be spun into a braid; it's curly like a vine winding into space; she likes to wear her hair in "ponytails like wings".
There are some unnecessarily didactic elements - kids at school teased her, so her teacher talked to them about having Pride in Your Heritage (a good concept, the whole book is about that, but that page wasn't so well-handled, I think), and her mother starts talking to her directly about how she's "lucky to have this head of hair" when she complains that haircombing *hurts* sometimes.
Also, some of the illustrations have odd perspective - I'm thinking specifically of one where she's going down the street with beads in her hair.
However, overall this is a really great book. And my nieces (aged five and 2.5) agree. They love reading this book."
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