My Hair Is A Garden
After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques.
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year:
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
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Holes In The Sky
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, gardens [X], loss (psychology), african americans [X], moving, family life, juvenile fiction / family / multigenerational, juvenile fiction / social issues / death & dying, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, california, picture books [X]
Uncle John's City Garden
While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
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