Raschka's bold paint strokes on a color wash background are strikingly original-a perfect match for the exuberant text. In bell hooks's first venture into children's books, she wisely teams up with Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Chris Raschka ( Yo! Yes?, Mysterious Thelonious). Going still deeper is the much-needed message encouraging girls to love and accept themselves (and others) just the way they are.
The rituals implied in the book are rooted in the traditions of hooks's own childhood, when "doing" hair was just as much an excuse for girls to laugh and tell stories and just be together. hair! "Hair for hands to touch and play! Hair to take the gloom away." This rhythmic read-aloud is, on the surface, all about hair: nappy, plaited, long, short, natural, twisted, "soft like cotton, flower petal billowy soft, full of frizz and fuzz." Comb through the surface and find a celebration of childhood and girls and the freedom to express individuality. Renowned feminist and social critic bell hooks takes on.
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