Hair braiding is a Sunday night ritual for a little girl and her mama. “Tugging, combing, pulling, twisting—Mama parts my thick coils to smooth out all the tangles.” As her mama works, she tells the girl that her hair style echoes those worn by women thousands of years ago. The little girl imagines herself as an Egyptian queen, a Nigerian goddess, a Zulu warrior, and a Maasai girl, each with a different hairstyle. All of the hairstyles are rooted in specific geographic and cultural regions of Africa (shown in the back with a map and brief description) but all also reflect contemporary styles worn by Black women and girls today. The history and cultural grounding of these styles is further detailed in brief descriptions accompanying photographs of children wearing them at book’s end. The warmth between mother and daughter is as lasting as the cultural pride in this picture book featuring bold acrylic and collage illustrations. (Ages 3–8)