Oh, What A Tangle!
One Little Girl's Amazing Hair Raising Adventure
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
When Kiki’s hair develops, ‘a tangled knot, so small at first it was hard to spot’ she embarks on a hair raising journey like no other. But while Kiki marvels at her unusual, new bouffant, her mother is not so impressed...
‘Oh, What a Tangle!’ pays tribute to artistic little girls everywhere who’d rather not be the perfect princess but prefer a little excitement instead.
‘Outstanding artwork, powerfully imaginative, great fun.’
David Orme, poet, children’s writer and author of ‘Unlocking the Poet in Every Child’
‘Wonderful, bright and very funny... a treat for the eye and the ear’.
David Harmer, poet & performer, ‘Spill the Beans’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Horribly tangled hair is the bane of many a small child, but don't count Kiki in that camp. She disregards her mother's advice to brush her hair, finding other things to occupy her time: "Like drawing pictures on every right shoe,/ Or painting each toenail a different hue/ Or building a toppling tower of pans/ Or drawing designs on both of her hands." In short order, Kiki's once-silky brunette locks have transformed into a gnarled mass, perfect for carrying school supplies, growing herbs, and even cleaning out-of-reach windows. Trzpil's characters have the prominent brows of a Brancusi sculpture, and she makes the most of each wild scenario: eventually, Kiki's hair is more topiary than hairdo, and her mother is steaming from her ears. Writing in rhymes that are often forced, Pouroulis emphasizes Kiki as an unconventional, I'll-do-it-my-way kind of girl, which makes the ending with Mom using pruning shears to give Kiki a plain old bob feel like a real loss. The invitation to "See Kiki's other hairstyles" on an available app isn't much compensation. Ages 3 8.
