Hair to Share
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A joyful exploration of friendship, generosity, and confidence that comes from within.
A fresh take on celebrating the beauty of natural textured hair, HAIR TO SHARE tackles the difficulty of childhood medical hair loss and the impact empathy and generosity can have on one's self-esteem.
Suri was born with more hair than anyone had ever seen on a baby. As she grew, so did her hair until it eventually reached all the way down to her knees! But when she makes a new friend a girl who has no hair, Suri wants to find a way to help her feel comfortable and confident.
Complete with backmatter addressing the many causes of medical hairloss, how to support kids managing hair loss, and how to donate or receive natural hair wigs, this sweet story is the embodiment of generosity and self love.
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A child's abundant hair becomes the means through which she expresses care for a playmate in this well-meaning tale. "Born with more hair than anyone had ever seen on a baby," Suri, a bespectacled Black child, delights in the many hairstyles she sports. When Suri compliments Amaya, a child portrayed with light brown skin, on her purple headscarf, the two become fast friends on the playground, but Amaya runs off after the scarf slips off during a cartwheel, revealing that she doesn't have hair. Suri searches to no avail until she spots a sign at a salon ("We make wigs from donated hair") and learns that Amaya has been awaiting a wig. It's not long before Suri has had her hair "washed, cut, measured, wrapped, and mailed," and the resultant headpiece provides a happy ending for both Amaya and the children's friendship. Though the limited portrayal focuses squarely on Suri's feelings about Amaya's situation, emotive watercolors portray the scenario in delicately wrought, fine-lined detail. A note, "Why We Share Our Hair," concludes. Ages 3–7.
