Saturday At the New You

By Barbara Barber, Anna Rich
Paperback: $11.95

A girl spends the day at her mother’s hair salon, a neighborhood gathering place.

Description

Saturday is Shauna’s favorite day of the week, because that’s the day she helps Momma at her beauty parlor, The New You. Shauna describes how she and Momma prepare for the day’s customers – stacking clean towels, donning smocks, making fresh coffee.

An engaging array of customers comes and goes, all of whom are as colorful as the cheerful salon. Though Shauna is a big help, Momma is the only one who gets to do the hair-styling. But when temperamental little Tiffany proves to be the toughest customer to please, it’s Shauna who comes up with the perfect solution. And after the last customer leaves, this loving mother-daughter team work on their favorite customers of all – each other.

About the Creators

Barbara Barber

Barbara E. Barber is the author of poetry that has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Writer, and Midwest Poetry Review. She lives in New York City.

Anna Rich

Anna Rich has provided illustrations for national magazines and newspapers. She has wanted to be an illustrator since she was in high school. Ms. Rich attended the Rhode Island School of Design and works for the Graphic Artists Guild. She resides in Elmont, New York.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year

    Bank Street College of Education

Reviews

  • "Barber, a poet and first-time children's author, brings bountiful atmosphere and sensuality to the text. . . Equally skilled in the art of ambiance, Rich paints with joie de vivre, imparting kindliness to every face. Story and illustrations overflow with familial tenderness and neighborly love."

    - Publishers Weekly
  • "An expressively written and beautifully illustrated story. . . The first-person narration mirrors the myriad activities of the shop and the child's enthusiasm about spending her day there."

    - School Library Journal
  • "Kids will enjoy the bustle of the work day, the clowning around, and the intimacy between mother and daughter."

    - Booklist
  • "Barber makes readers feel as if they have really spent the day with Shauna and Momma, and she makes a day spent working hard at a beauty parlor seem very appealing. Particularly touching is the end, when Shauna, who is both real and likable, brushes her exhausted mom's hair. Rich's paintings are just right, matching the warm story with warm, soft colors, and the depiction of the African American cast has an expansive spirit."

    - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
  • "Saturday at The New You is both funny and welcoming. It is a book that should be shared with children of all ages so that they can grow and flow, blossoming into the beautiful hues of Rich's artwork."

    - Quarterly Black Review of Books (QBR)

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781880000434
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 10.625 × 8.375 in
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1263
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Family / Parents
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Girls & Women
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Business, Careers, Occupations
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Dreams & Aspirations, Fiction, Mothers, Neighbors, Occupations, Pride, Realistic Fiction
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 6 - 9
  • Grade Range Grades 1 - 4
  • Guided Reading N
  • ATOS Book Level 3.8
  • DRA 30
  • Interest Level Grades 1 - 4
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 710
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 4
  • SRC 3.1
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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