Know Your Hairitage Book Series
KNOW YOUR HAIRITAGE
BOOK SERIES
The Know Your Hairitage ™ Book series is a collection of children’s books (ages 5-9) that celebrates global cultural hair traditions. This beautifully illustrated series was designed to empower, educate and uplift children and adults with heritage by way of “hairitage.”
Author Zenda Walker, a licensed cosmetologist, has always viewed the world through beauty and fashion. Growing up, wash day was a rite of passage and a bonding ritual with her twin sister and mother. She later found many Black friends and clients shared these traditions, while others carried hair rituals tied to their ancestry.
When Zenda began sharing the cultural meaning of hair with her daughter during wash days, she saw a shift—greater confidence, stronger resilience, and improved grades. She also found boys with textured hair faced similar insecurities. Exploring hair stories, she realized, helps children build identity, cultural connection, and critical thinking.
Know Your Hairitage™ believes that understanding each other brings us closer to a more inclusive world. Education is key.
ZARA’s WASH DAY
It’s wash day and Zara is not excited about wearing her hair in the same styles Mama usually creates. But once Mama takes Zara on a cultural journey to help her understand the significance of each hairstyle, wash days will never be the same!
“Zara’s Wash Day” includes a foreward by Academy Award winning actor and New York Times best selling author Lupita Nyong’o, a how-to tutorial on the cover Fulani-Inspired Afro Puffs, and glossary of hairitage terms that empowers adults to dive deeper into the history..
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ZION’S CROWN
The second book in the Know Your Hairitage series, “Zion’s Crown” features a boy protagonist who learns about how his cultural hairstyles connect his ancestry and the stories of influential leaders of the past and present. “Zion’s Crown” includes a cover blurb from Award-Winning author and anti-racist activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, a how-to tutorial on the cover Ethiopian-Inspired Crossover Cornrows, and Glossary of hairitage terms that empowers adults to dive deeper into the history.
ZION’S CROWN
The second book in the Know Your Hairitage series, “Zion’s Crown” features a boy protagonist who learns about how his cultural hairstyles connect his ancestry and the stories of influential leaders of the past and present. “Zion’s Crown” includes a cover blurb from Award-Winning author and anti-racist activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, a how-to tutorial on the cover Ethiopian-Inspired Crossover Cornrows, and Glossary of hairitage terms that empowers adults to dive deeper into the history.
