Search results
1 sty 2001 · The story “Nappy Hair” by Carolivia focuses on a young African American girl Brenda who has “Nappy Hair”. The story is told in a storytelling fashion that dates back to the 1800’s when African Americans were slaves.
In the “call and response” style of African American story and song, Nappy Hair presents a character whose family helps her appreciate her curly, “nappy” hair and take pride in her African heritage.
23 sie 2014 · This book presents a clever call and response narrative that may be shared with boys and girls of all races and hair types to encourage them to love how their hair naturally grows from their scalp and to encourage an appreciation for how they may be different from others but equally as beautiful.
Now in Dragonfly: a lively, empowering story about Brenda's knotted-up, twisted, nappy hair and how it got to be that way! Told in the African-American "call and response" tradition, this story leaps off the page, along with vibrant illustrations by Joe Cepeda.
The story is about a little girl named Brenda who has hair that is always "knotted-up, twisted, nappy hair." Throughout the story her family makes describes her hair in a funny way but at the same time enjoys the beauty and meaning of African American hair and the way God intent's the hair to be.
1 sty 2001 · Happy to Be Nappy is a cultural picture book by Bell Hooks with beautiful illustrations by Chris Raschka. It deals with the beauty of hair that just happens to be nappy. It sheds a beautiful light on the differences and elegance of having Nappy.
Nappy Hair. Carolivia Herron. Random House Children's Books, 1999 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages. Now in Dragonfly: a lively, empowering story about Brenda's knotted-up, twisted, nappy hair...
