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Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship

Title
Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship / Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko.
Author
Latham, Irene
Publication
  • Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Waters, Charles, 1973-
  • Qualls, Sean
  • Alko, Selina
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
39 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
Subject
  • Race awareness > Juvenile poetry
  • Race relations > Juvenile poetry
  • Friendship > Juvenile poetry
  • Friendship
  • Race awareness
  • Race relations
  • United States > Race relations > Juvenile poetry
Genre/Form
  • Didactic poetry.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Poetry.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 8 and up.
Contents
The Poem Project : WRITING PARTNER -- Shoes : SHOPPING WITH DAD -- Hair : STRANDS -- Church : SUNDAY SERVICE -- BEACH DAY : Beach -- The ATHLETE : Horseback Riding -- Playground : FRESH START -- GHOST : Geography -- DINNER CONVERSATION : Best and Worst -- FORGIVENESS : Apology -- OFFICER BRASSARD : News -- PUNISHMENT : Punishment -- SLEEPOVER : Why Aunt Sarah Doesn't Go Downtown after Dark -- The N-BOMB : Piano Lessons -- Bedtime Reading : AUTHOR VISIT -- Quiet Time : BLOOMING FLOWER -- DEAR MRS. VANDENBERG.
Call Number
Sc F 18-154
ISBN
  • 9781512404425
  • 151240442X
LCCN
2017006279
OCLC
971515079
Author
Latham, Irene, author.
Title
Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship / Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko.
Publisher
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 8 and up.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Waters, Charles, 1973- author.
Qualls, Sean, illustrator.
Alko, Selina, illustrator.
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc F 18-154
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