Talking with J. Dillard

Master barber, entrepreneur, and new author Dillard discusses the writing life and his new chapter books about a young barber and his growing business.

Terrell A. Young, Barbara A. Ward

BOOKS AND AUTHORS Grades 1 to 3 Talking with J. Dillard Master barber, entrepreneur, and new author Dillard discusses the writing life and his new chapter books about a young barber and his growing business. By Terrell A. Young and Barbara A. Ward There is a new series of early chapter books featuring a Black boy in Meridian, Mississippi, that readers have eagerly embraced. In J. Dillard’s J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, J.D. and the Family Business, and J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown, J.D. Jones, thanks to a supportive extended family and strong critical-thinking skills, deftly—and sometimes humorously—turns problems into profit. The first of these titles was named a 2022 Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book and was cited among the New York Public Library Best Books for 2021,…

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