Bøker av Shauntay Grant

Through the eyes of a child, shows how the act of hair wrapping travels through generations and can bring to mind memories of ancestors who are no longer present.

A fifteenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning debut picture book celebrating North Preston, NS, by the Governor General's Literary Award -- shortlisted author of Africville. Happy memories sparkle in this journey through poet Shauntay Grant's childhood visits to North Preston, Nova Scotia. Her words bring to life the sights, sounds, rhythms, and people of a joyful place, while Susan Tooke's vibrant illustrations capture the warmth of one of Canada's most important black communities. Up Home celebrates the magic of growing up, and the power in remembering our roots, now in a new softcover edition celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.

A celebration of Black joy and the simple pleasures of a day at the beach from acclaimed poet Shauntay GrantFollow along as a young boy spends the day at the beach with his family in this spare and poetic picture book from award-winning poet and picture book author Shauntay Grant. With a simple story-and simply stunning illustrations from Candice Bradley-this book is an ode to celebrating summer's wonders big and small.

With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.