February 2017, Bloomsbury Children's, 32 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Summary from Bloomsbury
NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR!
It's messy and silly and just plain unfair.
All Curly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smoothest, silkiest hair, who says all she's ever wanted is spirally, squiggly hair, they are BOTH confused!
It's messy and silly and just plain unfair.
All Curly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smoothest, silkiest hair, who says all she's ever wanted is spirally, squiggly hair, they are BOTH confused!
Nayu's thoughts
This tale totally brightened my evening with
the hilarious melodrama that the girl endures because of her hair.
I'm certain most readers have dreamed of having different
hair-watching anime where there are insanely long styles with exotic
flowers I easily related to the girl. She is inventive about the
methods she tries to get her hair straight-all involve a level of
discomfort and none work. The expression in the girl's posture fits
the mood of ecah scene.
I love the colourful illustrations, with the
totally out of control hair. When the twist in the tale happened I
smiled as it's true friends can have the hair we want, and there
really is a common ground to be found - I'm not saying what, you'll
have to read this uplifting in more ways than one tale!
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Suggested read
Another heartwarming powerful read about friendship is Be A Friend by Salina Yoon (Children's, Picture book, 10E/10E)
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