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1) Black Beauty
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...
2) Black Beauty
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a horse as he is passed through the hands of many masters prior to returning to his original young master and a happy retirement.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The author, founder of the Fund for Animals, tells stories of mistreated and unwanted animals he has rescued and given sanctuary at Black Beauty Ranch in East Texas, and discusses the early childhood influences that led to the development of his deep feelings for animal life.
4) Hot comb
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story "Hot Comb" is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming "too white" in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In "Virgin Hair" taunts of "tender-headed" sting as much as the perm itself. It's a...
5) Black beauty
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
While working at a city pound, a fifteen-year-old girl convinces her grandfather to adopt a horse who has been abused.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Washington Square marks the culmination of Jamess apprentice period as a novelist. With sharply focused attention upon just four principal characters, James provides an acute analysis of middle-class manners and behaviour in the New York of the 1870s, a period of great change in the life of the city.
Author
Language
English
Description
Brown skin has a naturally warm, glowing complexion that ranges in shade from yellow to olive to dark brown and black (Asian, Latin, African-American, and Native American skin). The extra melanin that imparts these rich tones and helps protect skin from the sun can also make brown skin vulnerable to discoloration, uneven tone, scarring, and breakouts. This unique book will help you enhance and protect the health and beauty of your brown skin, as well...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A celebration of natural hair, from afros to cornrows and everything in between, My Hair is Beautiful is a joyful baby board book with a powerful message of self-love. Governor General's Award-nominated author Shauntay Grant brings her unique spoken-word style to this fun read-aloud, featuring minimalist text and vibrant photos of toddlers sporting fresh dos" --