Three elementary-aged girls reading a book in a library

Ari J.’s Kinky, Curly Crown: Meet the writer and illustrator

Join the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and the Schubert Center for Child Studies for a discussion with writer Ain Heath Drew and illustrator Shamar Knight-Justice, of the children’s book Ari J.’s Kinky, Curly Crown.

This discussion will be Tuesday, March 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Register to attend via CampusGroups. The link to the Zoom meeting will be sent via email to registered participants the week of the event.

Book summary

Ari J. is in the first grade now, and she knew this school year would be perfect. She had perfect clothes. She had a perfect pair of glasses to give her perfect sight. She would be making perfect grades. She had the perfect friends: DJ, Rae, Dylan and Taj. She even had the perfect teacher, Ms. Windsun.

The only thing that Ari J. thought was not perfect was her kindergarten hair.