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  • Cornrows

Cornrows

Author
Camille Yarbrough
Illustrator
Carole Byard
Publication Date
April 18, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Cornrows
Only 2 copies currently available
Description

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

Publication date
April 18, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780698114364
Lexile Measure
560
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV016010 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Africa
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
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Camille Yarbrough
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.
Coretta Scott King Award
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Winner 1980 - 1980
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