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2) Hair story
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Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.
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Stella discovers that her new glasses are magic, allowing her to see the knit-knotters--night sprites that are flitting around town tyeing knots in children's hair so they need haircuts--and when a conversation with one of them, Trixie, reveals the reason, Stella comes up with a plan to deal with the mischievous fairies.
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When one of Henry's toys gets stuck in Heidi's hair, mom cuts a chunk of Heidi's hair off. The hair salon can't fix the problem, so Heidi calls on her Aunt Trudy and her book of magic spells for a new hairdo. However, the spell goes awry and it's up to Heidi and her mom to come up with an old-fashioned solution.
8) What once was mine: a twisted tale : What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
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Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety...
12) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the classic fairy tale about a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair who is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. Written in graphic-novel format.
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Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Doña Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly leftovers of naughty children to nosh on. But what happens...
15) Frizzy
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Best Graphic Novels and Comics 2022
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Best Graphic Novels and Comics 2022
Middle School Project Lit Titles
Project Lit - Full List
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Marlene loves three things: books, Her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have "presentable good hair." But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment,...