Don't Touch My Hair!It seems that wherever Aria goes, someone wants to touch her hair. In the street, strangers reach for her fluffy curls; and even under the sea, in the jungle, and in space, she's chased by a mermaid, monkeys, and poked by aliens . . . until, finally, Aria has had enough! Author illustrator Sharee Miller takes the tradition of appreciation of black hair to a new, fresh, level as she doesn't seek to convince or remind young readers that their curls are

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and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all

they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives

Artist Samara Hardy brings this multi-layered story to life with vivid

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And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition

with disaster after disaster threatening the hard-won peace Malik has found as Farid's apprentice

leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins