Uncle Jed's Barbershop (Paperback)

from ChengYenLee

A brief but informative history about segregation between African Americans and white Americans in the past. Uncle Jed is trying to achieve his dream in one of the most challenging periods of time....

from ReplayGuy

This is an excellent book which is set in the south during segregation and the Great Depression. It involves a man who saves up for a barbershop but due to circumstances has to delay his dream. Man...

from cpaavola

This is a children's picture book about a man who dreamed of opening a barbershop. His niece narrates and tells about how he would travel around cutting people's hair to save up for it. She got sic...

from mlsweatman

Uncle Jed's Barbershop was the book that i chose for my first read aloud at Holt Elementary. This book made the children ask tons of questions about the book and I could really tell they were inter...

from matthewbloome

This is a great, inspiring story. It also brings to light the idea of another time when hair cutting wasn't the simple run to the local barber that it is today. It has a happy ending and really enc...