Imani and the Great Hair Experiment

Description: When she has to come up with a unique project for the science fair at school, Imani turns to her magic hair for inspiration.

Brief description: Cicely Lewis is a school librarian with a passion for creating lovers of reading based in Georgia. In 2017, she started the Read Woke challenge in response to the shootings of young unarmed black people, the repeal of DACA, and the lack of diversity in young adult literature. She was named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin Random House (PRH).

Review Quotes:

"Readers will learn from Imani's example that being original can be very essential in making new discoveries. As with other books in the series, this story is both engaging and instructive in ways that will appeal to younger readers. Reviewer Rating: 4"--Children's Literature