5 Top juvenile books like Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham

Cover of Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham

Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

By: Irene Latham

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each o…

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Cover of Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson

1. Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful." CJ… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Last Stop on Market Street book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • african american
  • juvenile
"He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

"Nana, how come we don't got a car?' 'Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Daniels, who always has a trick for you."

-Matt de la Peña, Last Stop on Market Street

Cover of Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy, Michael Austin

2. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

By: Carmen Agra Deedy , Michael Austin

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Thanks to award-winning author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy, you'll never look at a cockroach … read more

Similar categories in Carmen Agra Deedy's Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Am Not a Number by Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Jenny Kay Dupuis

3. I Am Not a Number

By: Kathy Kacer , Gillian Newland , Jenny Kay Dupuis

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school … read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's I Am Not a Number book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens

4. The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

By: R. Gregory Christie , Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lewis's dad said he had an itch he needed to scratch - a book itch. How to scratch it? He started t… read more

Similar categories in R. Gregory Christie's The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

5. I Am Jazz

By: Shelagh McNicholas , Jazz Jennings , None

1.80

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become… read more

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6. A Different Pond

By: Bao Phi , Thi Bui

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and s… read more

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7. Alma and How She Got Her Name

By: Juana Martinez-Neal

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In which the protagonist asks her father about the long name he gave her. read more

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Cover of Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty

8. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez

By: Andrea Beaty

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

The newest picture book from the creators of Iggy Peck, Architect ; Rosie Revere, Engineer ; and Ad… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beaty's Sofia Valdez, Future Prez book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

9. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Noble Maillard's Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5) by Kwame Alexander

10. Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.30

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5) book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
"...it's just one miss, but you're gonna have a whole lotta makes in this life, 'cause you're just that good, and it's okay to be down and upset as long as you're not down and out"

-Kwame Alexander, Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)

Cover of Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

11. Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around … read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Milo Imagines the World book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • african american
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin

12. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

13. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book) by Oge Mora

14. Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Oge Mora

4.44

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's pe… read more

Similar categories in Oge Mora's Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • african american
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Drawn Together by Minh Lê

15. Drawn Together

By: Minh Lê

4.42

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustr… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Drawn Together book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park

16. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • juvenile
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

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17. 24 Hours in Nowhere

By: Dusti Bowling

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignifica… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's 24 Hours in Nowhere book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
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18. Half Moon Summer

By: Elaine Vickers

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo… read more

Similar categories in Elaine Vickers's Half Moon Summer book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham

19. Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

By: Irene Latham

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each o… read more

Similar categories in Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • poetry
  • race
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • juvenile
Cover of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

20. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present by Cerrie Burnell

21. I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present

By: Cerrie Burnell

4.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

“An inclusive and upbeat collection ideal for classrooms and libraries” – School Library JournalIn … read more

Similar categories in Cerrie Burnell's I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present book and Irene Latham's Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • middle grade
  • childrens

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Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

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4.31

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I Am Not a Number

Kathy Kacer , Gillian Newland , Jenny Kay Dupuis

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Andrea Beaty

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Jory John

4.17

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Andrea Beaty

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Jory John

4.31

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Jory John

4.41

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