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It's Reading with Rella B. Rella B. I just have one question.
Are you ready?
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To come along with me?
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To imagine with Rella B?
Well, hello and welcome to Reading with Relibee.
I'm your host and fellow friend Relibee, and we will be reading some amazing books today, written by awesome authors.
But before we get into that, if you're new here, let me tell you a little bit about what we're going to be doing.
So first, we're going to start with a riddle and then we're going to do an interactive activity.
And following that, we're going to be listening to our amazing author friends read us their incredible story and answer a couple of questions about it.
So let's go ahead and get into our riddle.
Hint number one, I'm a hairstyle that's curly and big.
Do you know what I am?
I was popular in the 60s and 70s.
I grow naturally, wild and free.
Do you know what I am?
I'll give you a few seconds to guess.
If you guessed an afro, then you would be correct.
And the reason that we have an afro as our hint today is because we are going to be reading an amazing story by an author.
And she has a beautiful afro and she is telling the world about it.
But before we invite her out, let's think about all of the different ways our hair can be.
Some people have afros, some people have straight hair, some people have wavy hair and some people have loose, curly hair.
We can wear our hair up, we can wear it down, we can cut it short, we can grow it long.
All of us have unique hairstyles, and I would love to ask you, if you had your very best unique hairstyle, what would it look like?
Would it be blue or purple, rainbow?
Would it be long or short?
Take a moment to think about it.
And we're going to go ahead and invite our author.
Oh, my goodness, friends.
We have an amazing guest today.
This is Cassidy Brianna.
And I don't know about you guys.
But I have an afro sometimes, and sometimes I have straight hair.
Also, I have friends with curly hair.
I have friends with blonde hair.
I have friends with so many different types of hair.
So Cassidy Brianna is going to share a beautiful book about an afro, which is an amazing type of hair too.
So let's go ahead and welcome her.
Hi, Cassidy Brianna.
How are you?
Good.
How are you?
I'm great.
So I'd love to hear a little bit about your book.
What's it called?
Thank You, Snap Girl.
That is such a great title.
So what does your main character look like?
Well, my main character actually looks like me.
Wonderful.
And so can you tell me a little bit more about her and why you decided to write the book?
Well, I decided to write the book because I couldn't see books with boys and girls who look like me.
So I decided just to make it myself.
That is so amazing.
So I think we're ready to hear it.
Okay.
Thank you.
It's an afro.
As Cassidy woke up for her day, she was full of excitement.
She let out a huge yawn before pulling down her eye mask and making a bed angle on her sock and cozy afro unicorn bedsheets.
She knew today would be magical, but she would never guess it would be the most magical day ever.
Cassidy stumbled into the bathroom and smiled at the mirror.
She washes her face and brushes all 20 of her baby teeth.
Her mom sprayed her afro and fluffed it out to perfection.
When she was done, she looked in the mirror one more time and said, Today is going to be my day.
Next, it was time to pick out her outfit and accessories.
Hmm, what should I wear?
She wondered.
Then Cassidy remembered the perfect answer.
Wait.
What am I thinking?
She thought her Afro Unicorn shirt matched perfectly with her beautiful powdered skirt and always made her feel magical, unique and divine.
She grabbed her scarf to keep her warm and her lip gloss in case she needs an extra touch of fabulous.
And just like that, Cassidy knew this would be the perfect outfit for her photo shoot.
And she went off.
As Cassidy and her mom ran to the elevator, Cassidy saw her favorite neighbor, Miss Lovely.
Miss Lovely was an older woman who reminded Cassidy of dark chocolate and always had her adorable puppy woof woof with her.
Miss Lovely always let Cassidy play with Wolf Wolf and press the elevator buttons.
Miss Lovely always admired Cassidy's hair.
But as a matter of fact, mostly everyone admired her hair.
But Miss Lovely always said it.
Cassidy, you have the most beautiful afro.
Cassidy would always reply with her blush and a smile.
Thank you, she would say.
The elevator came to a stop.
Cassidy and her mom saw more neighbors.
As she passed each one, they all said how beautiful the afro was.
Cassidy loved the hair, but also knew they loved her hair because it was unique, as she was.
Cassidy said goodbye to the doorman, Mr. Roberts.
He told her to have a great day.
She jumped in the car and headed to her photo shoot.
As Cassie and her mom arrived at the gardens for the photo shoot And Cassidy was ready for whatever came her way.
She checked her afro, fixed her coat, took out her lip gloss.
Just as she began to apply it, she saw a beautiful girl that reminded her of the unicorn on her shirt.
She must be a real-life unicorn, Cassidy thought.
Just as Cassidy went back to apply her lip gloss, the girl yelled, I love your hair.
Cassidy responds with confidence.
Thank you.
It's an afro.
One unicorn sees another.
An unwritten rule to give a compliment.
After all, unicorns are rare.
In case you don't see one today, look in the mirror and say it yourself.
Thank you.
It's an afro.
That was such an amazing book.
So I know you said that you wanted to write the book because you didn't see a lot of kids in books that looked like you.
How did that make you feel?
Well, it made me feel happy and it made me feel proud that there would be a book that looks like me, that I actually created.
And that is amazing.
So do you have some words for other kids if they wanted to write their own book?
Yeah, so be yourself.
Make sure your book is perfectly how you want it to be.
It may not be what you want the first time, but wait, it will be one day.
It might take a long time, but that doesn't mean it won't happen.
That's beautiful.
Thank you.
Is there anything else you would like to share with us today?
No.
And if we want to see the amazing pictures that's in your book and connect with you, where do we do that?
My Instagram is tasky underscore Brianna and it's an afro.
Wonderful.
And do you have a website or where can we purchase the book?
Yes. www.thankyoutonaphrow.
Well, thank you so much for joining us today, Cassidy Brianna.
I hope you have a great rest of your day.
Thank you.
Bye.
Wow, that was such an amazing story.
It's so important to realize that we all have different hair and we should all embrace it.
And you know what time it is.
It's time to find out our co-creators.
I hear my friends Joe, Kathy, Lotta, and Murray had fun today.
Won't you join us another day?
Thank you so much for listening to Reading with Relibee.
It was so amazing having you and I hope you'll tune in next week to hear another amazing story by an amazing author.
I'd also love to remind you that all the links that we talked about will be down in the description below, as well as a free printable that goes with the episode today.
We'll see you next time.
Toodles!
