
Layla's Head Scarf by Miriam Cohen
Layla, the new girl in first grade, is hesitant to participate in school-day activities because she is afraid that her head scarf makes her look too different from her classmates. But as the day progresses, and the curious first graders learn more about Layla's culture, they help to make her feel more comfortable in her new school.
Miriam Cohen is Evalyn Clark Professor of History in the Department of Women's Studies at Vassar College. Her book, Workshop to Office: Two Generations of Italian Women in New York City (1993, Cornell University Press) was a finalist for the Thomas Znaniecki Prize of the American Sociological Association. Her specialties include the history of American women and the history of twentieth-century social reform. She has published numerous articles on the history of social welfare, including Reconsidering Schooling and the American Welfare State, which was selected as one of the most important articles published by the History of Education Quarterly in its first fifty years. Miriam was also a senior advisory editor of the Encyclopedia of Women in American History (M.E. Sharpe, 2002). Series Editor Carol Berkin is a well-known women's historian and the author of many popular and scholarly books, including Civil War Wives. She is Professor of History Emerita at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and she is a member of the Society of American Historians.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781595721778 |
| ISBN 10 | 1595721770 |
| Title | Layla's Head Scarf |
| Author | Miriam Cohen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Star Bright Books |
| Year published | 2009-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Multicultural) 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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