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Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

Written by Irene Latham and Illustrated by Sean Qualls

A collection of poems that looks at the experience of race through fifth graders Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is African American.

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Age Range 8 - 11 years
Genre
nonfiction
poetry
Copyright Year
2018
Page Count
39
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Grade Level 3 - 6
ISBN
9781512404425
Themes
friendship
community
emotions and feelings

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