It was really hard to find a Black lead easy reader before 2000.  But Nikki Grimes has been writing forever and I was pleased to find this book for those beginning readers.  The story was about a girl who gets her hair braided weekly and she doesn't want to do it.  The story is great and I think it needs to be given new life with new illustrations.  These current illustrations feel as dated as they are (1996) and ages a story that is timeless.