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Books like Curls

Explore 24 books like Curls by Ruth Forman — a handpicked selection united by Body, Prejudice & Racism, New Experience, and Social Topics.

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Top related books to Curls

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Glow

Ruth Forman

Themes: Body • New Experience • Social Topics

Hello, Beautiful You!

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

More Than Peach (an Original Picture Book)

Bellen Woodard

Themes: Body • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

We’re All Wonders

R. J. Palacio

Themes: Body • New Experience • Social Topics

When I Smile A Book of Kindness

Jo Witek

Themes: Body • New Experience • Social Topics

Ways to Grow Love

Renée Watson

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

All Because You Matter

Tami Charles

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

Timid: a Graphic Novel

Jonathan Todd

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

Stella by Starlight

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

#10

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

#11

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

Shani Mahiri King

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#12

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Raúf

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

#13

The Hair Book

LaTonya Yvette

Themes: Body • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#14

Hey, Baby Girl!

Andrea Pinkney

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

#15

Baby Boy, You Are a Star!

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • New Experience • Social Topics

#16

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Stretch It, Shape it

JoAnn M. Deak

Themes: Body • New Experience • Social Topics

#17

Good Night to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain

JoAnn Deak

Themes: Body • New Experience • Social Topics

#18

Shady Baby Feels A First Book of Emotions

Gabrielle Union

Themes: New Experience • Emotions & Feelings • African American & Black

#19

Happy Habits 7 Practical and Proven Ways to Feel Better Every Day

Alex George

Themes: Body • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#20

The ABCs of Black History

Rio Cortez

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#21

ABC Black History and Me An Inspirational Journey Through Black History, from A to Z

Queenbe Monyei

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#22

Baby Young, Gifted, and Black With a Mirror!

Jamia Wilson

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#23

Blended

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

#24

The Stars of Whistling Ridge

Cindy Baldwin

Themes: New Experience • Social Topics • Emotions & Feelings

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Body, Prejudice & Racism, New Experience — the same threads that run through Curls by Ruth Forman. Among the authors featured: Ruth Forman, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Bellen Woodard, R. J. Palacio, and others.

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