I Love My Hair!

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Especially note that oil is being applied to the hair and there is a bonding experience happening between Mother and child as the hair care is accomplished.

I need not have worried, I Love My Hair is an outstanding book that should be on every little curly girl’s bookshelf. A thoughtful folktale from Madagascar and spare, painterly watercolors affectingly cohere in this compassionate book about a boy's encounter with death.waiting to read to my daughters, and thankful to have a stack of picture books that celebrate diversity. Valentina’s best bits: She likes when the little girl describes her afro style like a globe and the illustration shows an out of space scene. It would be terrific to just read this book without having an emphasis on differences, but similarities. At times it was unpleasant, especially if my hair was sometimes snagged while combing out tangled areas. With breathtaking paintings and a lilting, poetic text, Aston and Lewis present a book that sparkles with the beauty and grace of the subject it celebrates—a newborn child.

Keyana doesn’t feel lucky to have such a head of hair–until Mama reminds her of all the lovely ways her wonderful hair can be fixed. Young Alamayu's bravery goes unrewarded by a selfish rich man until the boy's clever sister puts things to rights. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. In history's past, wearing an Afro was a way to stand up for what the person believed in- this books reassures a message for all children about the importance of appreciating what they look like as part of who they are.Wearing an Afro was a way for them to stand up for what they believed, to let the world know that they were proud of who they were and where they came from. It starts by describing care given to african hair, and then the following pages are about accepting and loving her beautiful hair. The Love My Hair salon offers a modern, friendly, and fresh interior, newly renovated from the old Post Office in 2023. Creating images and stories that speak to the hearts of children and those that guide them is her greatest joy. When family recipes are passed down from one generation to the next, stories often accompany them; so it is with the tea cakes that Tosh's grandmother, Honey, bakes for him.

But the style also has historical importance, for, as her teacher tells her, ""wearing an Afro was a way. Print pictures of all students and have them each use supplies to make different hair on themselves. Keyana’s hair is spun on a spinning wheel, becomes part of rows of plants in a garden, and merges with a globe of the whole world.Teaching Idea: I would let my African American students read this book so they could feel good about themselves. Debut illustrator Lewis's exceptional watercolors of Ethiopian mountains and mountain people quicken Kurtz's (Pulling the Lion's Tail) revision of a well-known tale.