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Friends | Rosa Guy

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#SelfImprovementSept - Friends: This is a favorite book from my childhood. Rosa Guy was a favorite author because she put stories in front of me that had a sense of familiarity. She wrote about African-American children in African-American neighborhoods and communities. She filled them with Afrocentric culture. Most importantly and significant she put beautiful brown-skinned faces in all their lovely hues on the front cover!👇🏽

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Nute Hard to believe, but that was a rare gift! I discovered this book about friendship at the right time and it became mighty important to me as a young girl in middle school trying to figure out other girls and find the one friend or group of girlfriends made for me. We all know how treacherous that journey can be.👇🏽 (edited) 5y

Cathythoughts Love this picture ♥️ 5y

Nute This book helped me know what kind of friend I wanted to be and who I was searching for.
I couldn‘t find my copy. I‘ve looked everywhere. I know that I would not get rid of it, but it‘s been a long time. I recreated a digital cover of the 1974 edition for this Litsy post. Highly recommended!
Cover Art: Painting by Max Ginsburg (edited) 5y

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SW-T Love the cover! I missed this one growing up but sounds like one to look for. Thanks for the post 😊 5y

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! A great cover too! 5y

CaliforniaCay I love this. Hearing stories likes this reminds me of why I want to go into book publishing myself. I want to help authors of all genders, colors, backgrounds get their stories out there. Stories with characters in the minority, so that more people can see themselves represented in the books that they read 💜💚💙 5y

batsy Beautiful painting. I've never heard of Rosa Guy and now I'm going to look up her books... Thank you! 5y

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