Crown
Haircutting
African American boys
Hair, fiction
Boys & Men
Self-confidence, fiction
award:Caldecott_award
award:Newbery_award
People & Places
Newbery Honor
African American
Self-confidence
Juvenile audience
Juvenile works
Social Themes
Picture books for children
African americans, fiction
Picture books
African Americans
Children's fiction
Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut is a 2017 picture book by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James. The book, Barnes' first picture book, is a poem describing a boy's feelings and experience while getting a haircut. James, who was not the first choice to be the illustrator, wanted the oil color…
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