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Cornrows

Title
Cornrows / by Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
Author
Yarbrough, Camille
Publication
  • New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1979]
  • ©1979

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Book/TextUse in library Sc F 94-313Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Book/TextUse in library Sc F 80-162Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Book/TextRequest in advance J 646.7 YOffsite

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Additional Authors
  • Byard, Carole, 1941-2017
  • Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., publisher
  • Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection
  • Schomburg Children's Collection
Subject
  • African Americans > Juvenile fiction
  • African Americans > Relations with Africans > Juvenile fiction
  • Hairstyles > Juvenile fiction
  • Picture books for children
  • Black author
  • Hair
  • Secondary sex characteristics
Genre/Form
  • Picture books.
  • Fiction.
  • Juvenile works.
Audience (note)
  • AD560L
  • Decoding indicator: 70 (high) Semantic indicator: 80 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Structure indicator: 80 (high)
Awards (note)
  • Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1980.
Call Number
Sc F 80-162
ISBN
  • 069820462X
  • 9780698204621
  • 0698205294
  • 9780698205291
  • 069830750X
  • 9780698307506
LCCN
78024010
OCLC
4504360
Author
Yarbrough, Camille, author.
Title
Cornrows / by Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
Publisher
New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1979]
Copyright Date
©1979
Description
48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Description
age Age group: Children lcdgt
edu Educational level group: School children lcdgt
edu Educational level group: Kindergartners lcdgt
Summary
Explains how the hair style of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can today in this country symbolize the courage of outstanding Afro-Americans.
Audience
AD560L Lexile
Decoding indicator: 70 (high) Semantic indicator: 80 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Structure indicator: 80 (high) Lexile.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader LG 3.8 0.5.
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1980.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Byard, Carole, 1941-2017, illustrator.
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., publisher.
Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Other Form:
Online version: Yarbrough, Camille. Cornrows. New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, ©1979 (OCoLC)631446302
Research Call Number
Sc F 80-162
Sc F 94-313
J 646.7 Y
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