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Article by Natasha Tarpley, author of I Love My Hair! : Why Do Kids' Books About Black Hair Draw So Much Attention -- and Controversy? 

Hair Love

By Matthew A. Cherry

Hairs / Pelitos

By Sandra Cisneros

Happy to Be Nappy

By bell hooks, Chris Raschka

I Love My Hair!

By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children

By Sandra L. Pinkney, Myles C. Pinkney (Photographer)

Bintou's Braids

By Sylviane A. Diouf,  Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

Bippity Bop Barbershop

By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

Crown An Ode to the Fresh Cut

By Derrick Barnes

Don't Touch My Hair

By Sharee Miller

Furqan's First Flat Top*

By Robert Liu-Trujillo

Grandma Says Our Hair Has Flair

By Sandy Lynne Holman

Hats Off to Hair!

By Virginia Kroll

I Love My Hair!

By Natasha Tarpley

My Hair is a Garden

By Cozbi A. Cabrera, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)

Princess Hair

By Sharee Miller

When Mama Braids My Hair

By Monique Duncan

Péinate: Hair Battles Between Latina Mothers & Daughters

Edited by La Pluma y La Tinta

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