Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

by Charles Waters and Irene Latham

Book Overview

Two poets, one white and one black, explore race and childhood in this must-have collection tailored to provoke thought and conversation.

How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to.

Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is Black, use this fictional setup to delve into different experiences of race in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151240442X
• ISBN13: 9781512404425
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7