Page 3 - Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
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CONTENTS
The Poem Project WRITING PARTNER • 4
Shoes SHOPPING WITH DAD • 6
Hair STRANDS • 8
Church SUNDAY SERVICE • 10
BEACH DAY Beach • 12
THE ATHLETE Horseback Riding • 14
Playground FRESH START • 16
GHOST Geography • 18
DINNER CONVERSATION Best and Worst • 20
FORGIVENESS Apology • 22
OFFICER BRASSARD News • 24
PUNISHMENT Punishment • 26
SLEEPOVER Why Aunt Sarah Doesn’t Go Downtown after Dark • 28
THE N-BOMB Piano Lessons • 30
Bedtime Reading AUTHOR VISIT • 32
Quiet Time BLOOMING FLOWER • 34
DEAR MRS. VANDENBERG • 36
AUTHORS’ NOTE • 38
ILLUSTRATORS’ NOTE • 39
