Michael R. Strickland

This book is about three African American brothers that need to get a haircut at their local library, Sam's. So their mother makes a note of how she wants their hair, and the boys leave. The mother does not want their afro to be cut so short, even though the boys would like to cut it short. They get stopped three times on their way to the barber, and get told to get a fade cut. They want to obey their mother, but the barber knows what they really want. So they get the haircut that they want, show more get candy, and go home to surprise their parents. show less

A collection of poems about music. Good for connecting the two subjects.

This is a collection of different poems that make music. They talk about all parts of music from the melodies to instruments that make to music. This would be a great book for the music class.

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