“A fresh and heartwarming take on bridging the racial divide.”
—Carole Boston Weatherford, author of
Voice of Freedom:
Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
“
Can I Touch Your Hair?
is a compelling portrait of two
youngsters dancing delicately through a racial minefield.”
—J. Patrick Lewis, former US Children’s Poet Laureate
“These poems explore diversity with
refreshing honesty and complexity—and
truly capture the personalities and voices
of these two rising stars of poetry.”
—Janet Wong, author and co-creator of
The Poetry Friday Anthology
series
