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Sophia is excited for her first day at her new school. She has a new dress,new shoes, and a new hairdo. Her mom has combed Sophia's hair intocornrows with blue and white beads to match her dress. She loves hearingthe beads in her hair hit together, like tiny wind chimes.When she arrives at school, Sophia discovers her hair is different than theother girls' hair. The children are curious about Sophia's cornrows, and oneeven seems to tease her. Sophia is sad; she begs her mom to style herjust like her friends'.This picture book helps young girls and women understand there are anamazing variety of styles and textures of hair and no one type is thedefinition of pretty. Children learn to embrace their differences as well as thedifferences of others.

It's almost time for the Spring Recital. Maya chooses Country as the musical genre that she will be performing. It's not the type of music that she usually listens to and she doesn't know much about it.There are many who believe only certain people enjoy or perform certain genres of music, but Maya is determined to prove them wrong. She stuns everyone with her song and proves that you can be black and be Country.Come along with Maya as she learns about some African-American pioneers of the music industry -- proving we can all live above society stereotypes.

This engaging study of women in early Texas fills an important gap in the history of the state. First published by John Jenkins in 1975 and long out of print, Women in Early Texas is now available again with a new scholarly introduction by award-winning Texas historian Debbie Mauldin Cottrell. The volume contains biographies of fifty notable women representing a wide variety of ethnic groups and classes whose lives deeply influenced the way Texas developed. Many of the biographies were written by descendants of the women and have been extensively researched and supplemented by heretofore unused family records and papers. The stories of these inspiring women are fine examples of local history and will be of interest to scholars doing research, teachers seeking classroom material and general readers looking for stories of women out of Texas's past. Debbie Mauldin Cottrell's introduction places this groundbreaking book and these diverse women in historical perspective, and provides an excellent bibliography of other sources for researchers and readers.