Storybook · From the Block Storybooks, Book 8
From the Block to the Crown
Our People, Our Story
Ages 4 to 8
A natural hair story about wash day, history and wearing your crown.
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Picture day is Monday, and Zuri wants her hair to be perfect. On wash day, sitting between Grandma Pearl's knees on the porch steps, she hears the stories of Black hair: braiding traditions from West Africa, Madam C.J. Walker's business, and the CROWN Act. When a boy at school laughs at her puffs, Zuri has to decide how she feels about her crown.
A gift for Black girls with big, beautiful hair, and for anyone who loves them.
What's inside
- A complete story for ages 4 to 8, told across 15 full-color two-page pictures
- Wash day with Grandma Pearl, and the stories she tells while she braids
- Hair history from West Africa to Madam C.J. Walker and the CROWN Act
- Teaches kids to ask before touching someone's hair, and to love their own
- Fact pages with sources at the back for parents and teachers
A peek inside
For grown-ups Tell me when it's out
More in this series
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An African American family story about Christmas, Kwanzaa and Watch Night.
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African American inventors, doctors and scientists, discovered one room at a time.
Coming soonFrom the Block: Return to the Lab
The African American inventors who came next, and the ones still inventing today.
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Finish Line
Black sports pioneers, and a brother who learns to get back up.