She has presented in forums such as the United Nations, the PBS series The United States of Poetry, and National Public Radio. She is the recipient of the Barnard New Women Poets Prize and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, among others. Ruth Forman is the author of award-winning poetry collections We Are the Young Magicians and Renaissance and children's books Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon and Curls. This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four friends who celebrate the joy of their hairstyles from bouncing curls to swinging braids. A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their curls.
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