Vive La Difference! Boonoonoonous Hair! by Olive Senior

I hate my hair. It hurts. It's a pain.

Jamilla tries hiding the comb when it's time to braid her hair for school. She pouts. She cries.

She's in a tizzy 'cause her hair is frizzy!

She longs for hair like Brittany and Claire:

Their hair is long and flowing and can swish around their shoulders.

But mom has a point that Jamilla can't deny.

"... your friends' hair always looks the same.
You can have...
A DIFFERENT HEAD OF HAIR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!

And it's true. Jamilla can have two puffs on Monday, followed by plaits, then braids, and then cornrows, and twists. On Saturday she can go as wild and natural as she pleases, but...

On Sunday, you must be Grandmother's child!

It's big and beautiful Boonoonoonous Hair (Tradewind Books, 2019), in Olive Senior's tale of hair today... and hair tomorrow. To all the little girls who struggle with the hair they've got--with tangles and frizz... or snarls and curls... or limp and flat, hair care can be a pain. Styles come and go, but with hair we all get what we get, and author Senior's theme, to love the hair you're in, is good advice. Laura James' big and bright illustrations fill the pages with colorful portraits of the ordinary and the famous with all sorts of hair in a book that boosts appreciation of the many varieties of hair out there.