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Cornrows Cover Image Book

Cornrows / Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard.

Yarbrough, Camille, (author.). Byard, Carole, 1941-2017 (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593625071
  • ISBN: 0593625072
  • ISBN: 9780698114364
  • ISBN: 0698114361
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Putnam, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
AD560L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.8 0.5 59737.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1980.

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Subject:
Hairdressing of African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Braids (Hairdressing) > Juvenile fiction.
Hair > Juvenile fiction.
Hair.
Genre:
Picture books.
Fiction.

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