Braided Roots by Pasha Westbrook and Madelyn Goodnight - ADVISABLE

Braided Roots by Pasha Westbrook, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight. PICTURE BOOK. Orchard Books (Scholastic), 2025. $19. 9781339015385

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

APPEALS TO: SOME

A young girl's father lovingly and perfectly braids pink and brown ribbons into her hair before she leaves for school.  He tells her that they weave their hair into a braid to remember history and family, and that her hair is like an unbreakable rope attaching her to her family.

Braided Roots is a poetic reminiscing about family endurance and history, and explores the love between a father and daughter.  I enjoyed Goodnight's sweet illustrations.

The history of the family is of enslaved, mixed-race Black, Chickasaw, and Choctaw.

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