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December 2018, Middle Grade Level

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Can I Touch Your Hair?

by Irene Latham & Charles Waters

illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko

Irene and Charles end up as partners for a poem-writing project—and the poems they write focus on family, friends, food, and what they learn about race and the world around them.
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