An image of the cover of the book 'Happy Hair' which features a cartoon image of a young Black girl with a blue and white polka dot shirt with pink star earrings and a pink bow in her hair. She is standing in front of a yellow striped background surrounded by pink hearts.
An image of a sample page from the book featuring a cartoon of a Black girl on the right wearing a blue and white polka dot shirt with white glasses. She has a pink heart-shaped hair clip on and blue earrings and is saying 'Cute Crop!'. On the left page is the text 'Cute crop, don't stop! I love being me!' surrounded by blue dots.
Wadsworth Atheneum

Happy Hair

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Mechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating girls with natural black hair that will have kids everywhere chanting: "I love being me!"

Full 'fro, cute bow! I love being me! Smart girl, cool curls! I love being me!

Girls will love seeing strong, happy reflections of themselves in this vibrant, rhythmic book full of beautiful Black hairstyles. From a cute crop to pom-pom puffs, adorable illustrations of girls with gorgeous braids, blowouts, and bantus grace each page, side by side with a positive message that will make girls cheer. It's a great read-aloud to promote self-esteem for girls of all ages, building and growing the foundation of self-love (and hair love!) and letting every girl know "You are made beautiful!"

Details:
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Author: Mechal Renee Roe

32 pages

Hardcover

ISBN: 9781984895547