Dabiri, Emma
Summary: Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society's perception of black hair--and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.5 DABStrebe, Jenny
Summary: This essential resource for little girls and their parents features 50 fun styles to wear to school, parties, and playdates. Each style is accompanied by chic photography, easy-to-follow illustrations, and cross-references to other similar styles to try. This comprehensive guide also includes tips for junior hair care and advice on accessories such as clips and ribbons. From a Minnie Mouse bun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 646.724 STRPorter, Rebecca
Summary: Popular hairstyle blogger Becky Porter teaches you the basics of braids, buns, and twists, and helps you combine them to create amazing hairstyles for any occasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plain Sight Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 PORHiscox, Sarah
Summary: Learn to style intricate braids with a choice of designs from a plaited halo to an elaborate fishtail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 HISLowe, Scott
Summary: "About how the manipulation of human hair holds fascinating symbolic meanings and provokes profound visceral impacts in all cultures of the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 LOVMero, Stephanie.
Summary: Hairstylists and hair care and styling educators Stephanie and Dennis give you their simple, scientific and straightforward approach to hair care, products, and styling. You will learn the truth behind common hair myths, how to correctly identify the needs of your hair, how to transition damaged hair and maintain healthy hair, tips for haircuts and hair growth, a scientific approach to choosing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Life MeroRoe, Mechal Renee
Summary: "A celebration of sisterhood and friendship, told in positive affirmations spoken by Black and Brown girls sporting natural hairstyles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Learn how to create beautiful hairstyles, including braids, updos, buns, and ponytails, inspired by Disney's Frozen princesses, Anna and Elsa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Edda Publishing USA 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 646.7 JACJack, Theodóra Mjöll Skúladóttir
Summary: Learn how to replicate the royal sisters' famous hairdos, and create your very own hair accessories inspired by the Frozen princesses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Edda Publishing USA LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 644 JACRoe, Mechal Renee
Summary: "A visual and rhyming celebration of African-American girls' hair"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ROEDetrick-Jules, St. Clair
Summary: In rhyming text, celebrates the natural hairstyles of African American children, encouraging them to see themselves relected in the wonders of nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Create 50 gorgeous hairstyles, from casual braids to the elegant beehive, by Berlin-based top stylist Andre Martens. Following the visual step-by-step instructions by a top stylist, it is really easy to take minutes to be beautiful. Start with basic techniques, like braiding, waves and volume, and with a little practice you can change your look every day. Learn everything about hair care, tools...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 MARRoe, Mechal Renee
Summary: "An illustrated, joyful celebration of African-American boys' hairstyles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ROEKann, Victoria.
Summary: Pinkalicious has been looking forward to Crazy Hair Day, but when she get on the bus she sees that Rose has the same exact hairstyle. Can the friends find a way to save the day?
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KANPhillips, John
Summary: Yo, what's up, Fuzznut? Sing along with the viral TikTok song Bad Hair Day in this riotous journey through the world's worst bad hair day EVER!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarto Publishing Group USA 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHISundh, Emma.
Summary: Offers step-by-step instructions on how to achieve retro hair styles, including finger waves from the 1920s, the beehive from the 1960s, and a 1940s-inspired Gibson tuck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Life SundahSummary: Ask a woman about her hair, and she just might tell you the story of her life. Ask a whole bunch of women about their hair, and you could get a history of the world. Surprising, insightful, frequently funny, and always forthright, the essays in Me, My Hair, and I are reflections and revelations about every aspect of women’s lives from family, race, religion, and motherhood to culture, health,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 MEDuvall, Erin.
Summary: Country music’s greatest mullets, bobs, beehives, and bouffants collected together in one entertaining volume, illustrated with dozens of color and black-and-white photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781 DUVCherry, Matthew A
Summary: A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEKrulik, Nancy E.
Summary: While practicing her clarinet for the upcoming band concert, reluctantly agreeing to a new hairstyle, and competing with a rival fourth grade class in kite flying, Katie anxiously wonders when the magic wind will transform her into someone else. Includes kite flying tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KRUO'Connor, Jane.
Summary: Preparing for picture day at school by choosing just the right outfit, Nancy wonders how she should style her hair and considers pigtails, a bun, and long ringlets before formulating a plan that has her reaching for the scissors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOTaylor, Maureen Alice.
Summary: Genealogist and photo identification/preservation expert reveals information you can learn from family photographs about a person's fashion sense and character. Taylor writes for those interested in using "this handy guide to study the tresses and trims in your ancestral portraits and learn when different hairstyles and facial hair were in vogue." Her analysis of sample photographs from each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Perfect Press 2009
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.1072 TAYSummary: A quirky gaggle of Western hairstylists armed with blow dryers and designer scissors improbably open a school to teach eager Afghan women the high art of fixing hair. The women of Kabul embrace the beauty lessons with unbridled hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEA1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BEA
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022