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Cornrows Paperback - 2023 - 1st Edition

by Camille Yarbrough; Carole Byard (Illustrator)

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When Mama and Great-Grammaw weave the striking cornrow patterns of Africa into their children's hair, their gentle voices also weave a tale full of pride and heritage. A Coretta Scott King Award Winner.

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A Coretta Scott King Award Winner for Illustration
A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Every design has a name and means something in the powerful past and present richness of the Black tradition. Mama's and Great-Grammaw's gentle fingers weave the design, and their lulling voices weave the tale, as they braid their children's hair into the striking cornrow patterns of Africa.

"Camille Yarbrough captures the warmth of family affection and the pride of our rich heritage in a story that's superbly illustrated by Carole Byard." --Essence

"Camille Yarbrough is a poet, griot and storyteller who has crafted a special, rhythmic and moving story for you and yours. . . . The illustrations by Carole Byard dignify and give all due respect to the story." --Council on Interracial Books for Children

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  • Title Cornrows
  • Author Camille Yarbrough; Carole Byard (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Publication date 2023-04-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780698114364 / 0698114361
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 9.66 x 0.15 in (21.23 x 24.54 x 0.38 cm)
  • Age range 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 560
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Hair
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 78024010
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2023, Page 108
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2023, Page 0

About the author

Camille Yarbrough is an award-winning performance artist, author, and cultural activist. As an extension of her creative and activist self, Yarbrough turned to writing in the 1970's. Her published works have appeared in The New York Times, The Black Collegian Magazine, and The Journal of African Civilization. In 1979 Cornrows, the award-winning, groundbreaking family book that Essence magazine called "a gem," was published and later three more books followed: The Shimmershine Queens, The Little Tree Growing in the Shade, and Tamika and the Wisdom Rings.
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