An island picnic Book

An Enchanted Hair Tale is a fictional story about a young boy who doesn’t understand why his hair is so different from everyone else’s and why did his parents decide to give him dreadlocks. He is teased because of his hair and decides to run away for a while. While away he runs into an old family friend that teaches him the importance of being proud of the hair he has.
I would use this text in my classroom to show students that not everyone has the same kind of hair and sometimes someone’s hair can be a result of their parent’s choice in what kind of hair they will have. Students could interact with the text in that they could see that the young boy in the story learns to accept is hair and becomes proud of it. After reading An Enchanted Hair Tale students might be able to understand that hair does not define who you are as a person.
Alexis De Veaux is the author and she is also a poet and author of African American literature. De Veaux does a good job of giving a very detailed story about self-acceptance about things that may just be out of your control. This book can teach children that different hair textures come from people being different and coming from different places.