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Barnes, Derrick

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

32 pp. | Agate/Bolden | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-57284-224-3 $17.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-57284-808-5
(1) K-3 Illustrated by Gordon C. James. The unnamed black protagonist tells of his barbershop haircut from start to finish, narrating most of it in the second person. James's color-saturated illustrations capture the boy's bravado, swagger, and even his humility, which he needs in accepting a post-cut kiss from his admiring mother. Alternately precise, metaphorical, and culturally specific, Barnes's descriptions make each page a serendipity. A not-to-be-missed portrayal of the beauty of black boyhood.
Reviewer: Michelle H. Martin | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017

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