1 option
Cornrows / by Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.Y1955 Co 1979
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yarbrough, Camille, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Hair--Juvenile fiction.
- Hair.
- Picture books for children.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Hair--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] pages : illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Coward-McCann, Inc., [1979]
- Summary:
- Explains how the hair style of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can today in this country symbolize the courage of outstanding Afro-Americans.
- Notes:
- "Fourth paperback impression"--Verso of title leaf.
- Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1980.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Yarbrough, Camille. Cornrows.
- ISBN:
- 069820462X
- 9780698204621
- 0698205294
- 9780698205291
- 069830750X
- 9780698307506
- 9780780768741
- 0780768744
- OCLC:
- 4504360
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.