Since this story is a sequential experience. Why was the barber shop important to the boy? 2. Example Questions: What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite? How did you feel when the boy described his experience? Describe 3 important experiences that the boy described. Keeping questions open-ended using “How, When, What, and Why. This story lends itself to multiple skills. When reading stories such as Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut, here are some tips on how to engage with the story. He provides details and vocabulary words that makes the story true to the story. This story opens the reader into another world and celebrates #Brownboyjoy.ĭerrick Barnes provides a visual and auditory narrative of a young man’s visit to the barber shop. Barnes even builds your imagination about the different characters in the shop and what they can be. Barnes’ rhythmic language keeps the story flowing, and makes the reader understand what it truly means to get a haircut at a Black barber shop. A picture book story for 2nd and 3rd grade readers.Ĭrown an Ode to the Fresh Cut celebrates the experiences of what it means to get a “Fresh Cut” in the barber shop.How to Read Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut, a modern-day story about a black boy getting a hair cut.In his afterword, Barnes notes that the barbershop and the church are “pretty much the only place in the black community where a boy is ‘tended to’ - treated like royalty.” A not-to-be-missed portrayal of the beauty of black boyhood.įrom the November/December 2017 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. In the accompanying text, Barnes creatively portrays and affirms the boy’s hubris and hyperbole: he calls himself a “brilliant, blazing star” so bright that “they’re going to have to wear shades when they look up to catch your shine.” Alternately precise, metaphorical, and culturally specific, Barnes’s descriptions make each page a serendipity. James’s color-saturated, full-page illustrations aptly capture the protagonist’s bravado, swagger, and even his humility, which he needs in accepting a post-cut kiss from his admiring mother. The unnamed protagonist tells of his haircut from start to finish, narrating most of it in the second person, which invites all readers, regardless of ethnic background or hair texture, to witness and share in his experience. Barnes takes a weekly, mundane activity for an African American boy - a trip to the barbershop - and shows its potential for boosting his self-esteem and therefore his place in the universe. Primary Millner/Bolden Books/Agate 32 pp.īrown skin, a dimpled smile, and a fresh haircut worthy of a standing ovation.
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