Oshún And Me: A Story Of Love And Braids ornament

Oshún And Me: A Story Of Love And Braids ornamentIn this warm, joyful debut picture book, a little girl learns about her Afro Latin heritage as her mom braids her hair with cowrie shells. PUB DATE: 45671 Author: NELSON, ADIBA MEDIUM: PICTURE BOOK Illustrator: HARRIS, ALLEANNA

Someday reveals how even the smallest gesture can have a lasting impact

sweet almond oil

Neon is locked in Aria's bathroom

where he reports on his own book’s banning

and in their own time

hair in a ponytail

when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books

It’s all good—until old wounds reopen

marvelous in our own unique ways

without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly

But what do “healthy boundaries” really mean–and how can we successfully express our needs

thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond