Happy to be nappy

bell hooks, 1952-

Book - 2017

Celebrates the joy and beauty of nappy hair.

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Subjects
Genres
Picture books
Board books
Published
Los Angeles : Disney, Jump at the Sun 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
bell hooks, 1952- (author)
Other Authors
Christopher Raschka (illustrator)
Edition
Second board book edition
Item Description
Cover title.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781484788417
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

Ages 2^-5. With all the current fuss about Herron's Nappy Hair (1997), this picture-book celebration of happy nappy hair will be welcome. And who better to do it than the great black feminist writer hooks, whose adult books include the powerful memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (1996), and Raschka, whose fine picture books include Yo! Yes? (1993). This book is less a children's story than a greeting card with just one exuberant message; but adults and small children will enjoy sharing the joyful words and the playful color wash pictures with thick black lines. Every page shows that there are all kinds of ways for small girls to be nappy and happy, their hair "full of frizz and fuzz . . . smooth or patted down, pulled tight, cut close, or just let go . . . to let girls go running free." --Hazel Rochman

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Review by Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-A short, rhythmic tribute to little girls with "nappy" locks. "Girlpie hair smells clean/and sweet/is soft like cotton,/flower petal billowy soft,/full of frizz and fuzz." Raschka's illustrations are a perfect accompaniment to the brief, handwritten cursive text. They bring out the spirit behind hooks's writing and have great child appeal. With only watercolor-washed squares as background, the whimsical figures dance and caper. Reduced to the simplest childlike element, they nevertheless convey emotion and movement with the curve of a mouth or the jut of a hip. Using broad brush strokes, the artist creates fantastic hair that curls, whirls, and flows across the page or flips and piles over heads. This title is sure to invite comparisons to Carolivia Herron's Nappy Hair (Knopf, 1997). Hooks's text is gentler, a single, almost dreamy, literary voice. It is less personal than the lively call-and-response device found in Herron's book, which is full of the loving, yet pointed teasing of a large, close-knit family. Both authors, in their different ways, have written joyous celebrations that give hair a life of its own and encourage self-acceptance.-Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

In this response to Carolivia Herron's [cf2]Nappy Hair[cf1], naps are even more a source of pride. The simple, spare text (Hair for hands to touch and play! Hair to take the gloom away) may not appeal to many post-preschoolers, but anyone can appreciate the stellar illustrations: energetic black zigzags and coils represent hair; the watercolor background panels evoke Matisse. From HORN BOOK Spring 2000, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Intentionally or not, this short paean to natural, in-all-its-glory hair constitutes a spirited response to the voices raised in protest over Carolivia Herron's Nappy Hair (1997). Raschka pairs hook's song praising ``girlpie hair . . . for hands to touch and play!/Hair to take the gloom away'' with impressionistic compositions of exuberantly dancing children, all sporting inky black locks rendered with calligraphic brush strokes. The big daubs of background color seem to dance and spin with the figures, visual music to match the verbal. (Picture book. 6-8)

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