My Girls & Curls

by Layla Steele, Young Authors Publishing

Overview

A fun day at the pool turns into a day at the hair salon as three young girls, Lila, Sarah, and Ashley, navigate the world of Black hair and help Ashley figure out how to style her curls. My Girls & Curls is all about friendships and learning to love what makes you naturally you.

It’s Lila's birthday, and what better way to celebrate than spending the day with her best friends, Ashley and Sarah, at the pool? Before going to the pool, Ashley gets a silk press, but that doesn’t stop her from jumping in the pool with her friends. Ashley's curls come alive the moment she rises from the pool and she runs to the bathroom. Realizing her hair is no longer straight, she cries to her friends that she doesn't know what to do with her hair when it's curly. Lila and Sarah take it upon themselves to help Ashley. However, Lila and Sarah don’t know how to style natural hair either! What's going to happen to Ashley's hair?

The story of My Girls & Curls celebrates the natural hair journey of three young girls finding beauty in friendship and their coils.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951257798
Publisher:	Young Authors Publishing
Publication date:	07/26/2022
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	AD640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Layla Steele, 9, lives in Hoschton, GA and is an elementary school student who is passionate about singing, drawing, and playing video games. The daughter of a supportive, yet crazy mother, Layla enjoys talking to her friends and expressing herself through fashion. She loves being around her family, especially her younger cousins. She hopes this book inspires them, and her readers, to love their hair and always be confident. Layla is currently starting her own business, Blue Paradise, creating affordable perfumes.

Young Authors Publishing is a children’s book publisher that exists to share the stories of Black & Brown children. We believe that all kids are story-worthy and should see themselves reflected in the books they read. We also believe in writing our future, which is why we publish books that reflect how diverse our world is. Our two-part mission is to produce diverse and culturally relevant children's books and to use book publishing as a vehicle to economic mobility for our young authors. Royalties from their book sales are deposited into our authors' savings accounts for their post-secondary plans.