{"title":"Special Offers","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"my-hair-grows-like-a-tree-by-tamika-phillip","title":"My Hair Grows Like a Tree by Tamika Phillip","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBEAUTY. NATURE. Hair!  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Hair Grows Like a Tree is an experience for young girls to explore the beauty of nature in them. W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eith 60+ pages of activities for readers to sketch, colour, create and explore the outdoors, the book also includes discussion questions for parents and teachers to do with readers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Hair Grows Like a Tree has sold over 1000 copies and is presently published by Books of Africa and distributed in home schools and libraries across continents. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Hair Grows Like a Tree is available in the following locations:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll RIK Stores\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe M Store\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePiarco Int'l Airport\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGRENADA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe House of Chocolate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Street, St. George's\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunshine Stores\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaurice Bishop Int'l  Airport\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGanzee Shop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtlantic News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUNITED STATES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBLACK \u0026amp; NOBEL\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhiladelphia, PA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas Brooklyn\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUNITED KINGDOM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCalabash Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack History Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKENYA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBetween The Lines\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVillage Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUGANDA\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTurn The Page\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e091 Second Floor South Wing Wandegeya Market\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e+256 Kampala, Uganda\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e+256 776 010990\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'One of the things we enjoyed most about the book was that it uses analogies to really get the kids thinking about their hair and their skin and how they can be related to the shapes, colors, textures of things present in nature. Tamika Phillip and digital artist Janessa McKell have done an excellent job creating a study guide and conversation starter for families.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e...Families of all backgrounds can discuss the differences in their hair and the difference in the hair of others. For families with hair that grows straight, it is like a letter from a girl with different hair than they have that says “Your hair grows like this, but MY hair grows like this.” I would recommend this book for teachers who wish to discuss understanding of other cultures and ethnic traits in people of different backgrounds. - Socamom.com, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e''It is like the Aten text of the 18th Dynasty in Kemet. It uses hair as a focus but explores many different aspects of nature, earth, trees and shapes. This book could be taught using math, science, arts and crafts, and all the other subjects in a student's schooldays.''\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Educator, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e''I love the book and how it connects with nature.'' - Reader, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Tami, I dont understand your hair”. This question is the start of a seemingly short but deep journey into the world of a womans hair, what it means, or whether it should mean anything and its connection to the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA book written for young girls and women, it tries to show the connection between the earth, the trees, the mountains, the sun, the rain; and our bodies and hair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTamika's short book is written in very easy to read verse. Its an informative tract as well as a guide for the reader to think more about hair. The questions themselves are written as poetry. It is the kind of poetry that is tranquil and non-distracting for a young reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuite intriguing is its style. The cover of the book is at the back and to read you have to start from the back going to the front. Right to left, like Arabic. In a way it teaches us that a “hairstory” has history; that we must not look on things as they are but attempt to see where they start. So going backwards was sort of like going back in time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is well illustrated. Given that each page is a topic of sorts about hair, it is accompanied by an illustration. It is a given that any book for a young reader helps to have images to engage the visual understanding. While the illustrations go on to highlight historical names whose hair is drawn on as lessons; for example, Hatshepsut of Egypt; a lot of them are actually hairstyles. From Tamikas point of view, each hairstyle is a certain way to illustrate a connection; whether to the earth or the sun or the wind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor all women who love their “enviri-nacho” and who would love their daughters and sisters and friends to understand that it is more than the looks, “My Hair Grows like a Tree” is a good book to read!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTamika Phillip is a Trinidadian who has worked and lived in the United States, Jamaica, Italy, Ethiopia, London, Egypt and is presently living in Turkey. 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