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Author: Sean Qualls ,
Sean Qualls
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Weight: 0.349kg
ISBN: 9780063144279
ISBN 10: 0063144271
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 20 January 2026
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Embark on an informative tour through the history of African American dos... As conversational as a stylist chatting with a client, this work of nonfiction has narrative flair and pizzazz. ..Vivid, empowering, and culturally rich."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Qualls highlights prominent Black hairstyles as well as Black figures who boosted cultural pride and influenced social change in this stylish authorial debut."" -- Publishers Weekly
""Embark on an informative tour through the history of African American dos... As conversational as a stylist chatting with a client, this work of nonfiction has narrative flair and pizzazz. ..Vivid, empowering, and culturally rich."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Embark on an informative tour through the history of African American dos... As conversational as a stylist chatting with a client, this work of nonfiction has narrative flair and pizzazz. ..Vivid, empowering, and culturally rich. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Qualls highlights prominent Black hairstyles as well as Black figures who boosted cultural pride and influenced social change in this stylish authorial debut. - Publishers Weekly Swinging between observant cultural historian and thoughtful interpretive poet, an upbeat voice traces the history of Black hair in America as both fashion and freedom... Blending history, style, and celebration into both primer and anthem, an important, powerful affirmation of the many ways Black hair declares beauty, freedom, and pride. - Booklist
""Embark on an informative tour through the history of African American dos... As conversational as a stylist chatting with a client, this work of nonfiction has narrative flair and pizzazz. ..Vivid, empowering, and culturally rich."" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Qualls highlights prominent Black hairstyles as well as Black figures who boosted cultural pride and influenced social change in this stylish authorial debut."" - Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Sean Qualls is an award-winning Coretta Scott King Honor illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. His art appears in many children's books, including Questlove's The Idea in You, Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford, Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, and Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. You can visit him at seanqualls.com. Sean Qualls is an award-winning Coretta Scott King Honor illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. His art appears in many children's books, including Questlove's The Idea in You, Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford, Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, and Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. You can visit him at seanqualls.com.
