Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker painting " And to all the

" And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room--to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs

Expecting respect

"Some islands are busy

soaking up the colors around her

So hungry it swallows a sprout

Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker painting " And to all the***Staff Favorite! Tip your hat to fashion designer and civil rights icon Mae Reeves in this picture book biography written in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture! "Mae had a dream to make one of a kind hats. But the path for a Black female designer was unclear, so Mae made a way, leaving her home in the segregated South to study at the Chicago School of Millinery. Mae had the skills, but craved