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Wavy, Curly, Kinky : The African American Child’s Hair Care Guide (Paperback)

Your hands-on guide to the best care for your child’s hair Now taking care of your child’s hair can be fun, easy, and trouble-free! In Wavy, Curly, Kinky, renowned stylist Deborah Lilly shows parents the best ways to style and maintain African American boys’ and girls’ hair from infancy to the preteen years. She presents clear, easy-to-follow hair care guidelines for the three different types of African American hair and gives you expert recommendations for the best products and techniques for each hair type. Featuring step-by-step instructions, photographs, illustrations, and a helpful question-and-answer section, this comprehensive, user-friendly guide shows you how to: Determine your child’s hair texture Get up to speed on hair care basics from washing to combing to braiding Press, relax, or texturize hair Weigh the pros and cons of cutting your child’s hair Train, nurture, and manage problem hair Keep your child’s hair heal (more…)

It’s All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling and Grooming Black Children’s Hair (Paperback)

What are you going to do with your children’s hair? Combing your daughter’s hair is giving you a headache and now your son is asking you for cornrows. Relax. Finally, there’s a lifeline for those who are desperately seeking help in styling their Black children’s hair. Learn the tricks and techniques for today’s most popular hairstyles with the easy-to-follow steps found in It’s All Good Hair. It features hair-care and styling tips from a variety of experts, and you’ll learn all the secrets to braiding, relaxing, and locking, as well as discover many other creative styling ideas. Say good-bye to those disastrous attempts at doing it alone. Here’s the support you need to help your children look good and feel their very best.

About the Author
Michele N-K Collison is a veteran journalist who has written for such national publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Black Enterprise.

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Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Awesome Hair, A Guide to Growing Black Hair Long (Kindle Edition)

A guide showing Black women how to care for their hair and using the right products to grow hair long.Features:Discussion about clipping endsPhases of the moonHair Recipies for GrowthHair OilsList of Resources

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Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
In 1992 two mothers founded Black Books Galore, the nation’s leading organizer of African American children’s book festivals, and set out to identify and distribute fine children’s literature that was for and about African American kids. Ultimately, authors Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker selected a stellar assortment of books for boys from birth through eighth grade for inclusion in this fabulous resource for boys (as well as hundreds more in the version for girls: Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls). Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids themselves will find this an invaluable resource, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. The authors include brief, lively descriptions of over 350 books, such as Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, often including text excerpts and pictures of book covers to impart the flavor of the books. They inc (more…)

Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guide to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair (Kindle Edition)

Twist it! Braid it! Loc it! Enjoy the freedom and beauty of naturally textured hair.Textured hair styles like Locs, Braids, Twists, Cornrows, and Knots are all the rage, adorning the heads of celebrities, athletes, and everyday folk now more than ever before. Yet, the actual caring, styling, and maintenance of textured hair still remains a mystery to many.Now, Diane Da Costa, celebrity stylist and master designer of natural hair, unravels the tresses of textured hair, providing readers with information on the proper care of natural hair as well as a step-by-step guide on achieving various exciting styles.Textured Tresses will help you: * Identify and celebrate the texture you were born with (whether it’s wavy, curly, very curly, or tightly coiled) * Keep your hair healthy and strong by using hair products and tools correctly and managing stress effectively * Select the right stylist and salon to suit your hair care needs * Transition from chemically relaxed ha (more…)

It’s All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling and Grooming Black Children’s Hair (Paperback)

What are you going to do with your children’s hair? Combing your daughter’s hair is giving you a headache and now your son is asking you for cornrows. Relax. Finally, there’s a lifeline for those who are desperately seeking help in styling their Black children’s hair. Learn the tricks and techniques for today’s most popular hairstyles with the easy-to-follow steps found in It’s All Good Hair. It features hair-care and styling tips from a variety of experts, and you’ll learn all the secrets to braiding, relaxing, and locking, as well as discover many other creative styling ideas. Say good-bye to those disastrous attempts at doing it alone. Here’s the support you need to help your children look good and feel their very best.

About the Author
Michele N-K Collison is a veteran journalist who has written for such national publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Black Enterprise.

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The Black Hair Care Revolution – A Simple Pocket Guide to Growing & Maintaining Healthy Natural & Permed Hair (Paperback)

The Black Hair Care Revolution – A Simple Pocket Guide to Growing & Maintaining Healthy Natural & Permed Hair, is the ONLY hair care pocket guide on the market. It gives you the facts you need in order to make important hair care decisions. You will gain a better understanding of how harsh chemicals can affect your hair and how to correct the situation. You will also find practical hair care tips and economical hair care “recipes” that were created by the author. The recipes are all natural and include ingredients found in your own pantry or from the local grocery store. The book targets women with natural, relaxed and wavy/curly hair who are looking for simple and economical solutions for having and maintain healthy, long, soft, beautiful hair.

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Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children’s Books for Boys (Paperback)

Review
By Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker, offer advice on finding and choosing the best African–American books for children. ––Diane Parker

“Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black children in its focus.” ?Jim Trelease, author The Read–Aloud Handbook on Black Books Galore! These are exciting times for African American children?s literature. Never before have there been so many titles available. Now two of the mothers who founded Black Books Galore!?the nation?s leading organizer of festivals of African American children?s books?and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children?s Books share their expert advice on how to find and choose the best African American books in two new fully annotated guides?one featuring boys, one featuring girls?open the door to a wonderful world of reading for children. Discover hundreds of young black heroes, heroines, and positive role models of every (more…)