Uncle Jed's barbershop
By: by Margaree King Mitchell ; illustrated by James Ransome
Contributors: Ransome, James, illustrator
Series: Paperback plus; Paperback plus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin School
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780395732465
Subjects: Barbers; African Americans; Uncles; Fiction
Description: Despite serious obstacles and setbacks Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop.
Notes: Story originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1993. This ed. includes additional information on the history of haircare and fulfilling dreams.

Grade 4.
Table of contents: title: Uncle Jed's barbershop / by Margaree King Mitchell; title: Kids did it! in business; title: Hair, there, and everywhere; title: The dream keeper [poem] / by Langston Hughes.