Reviews for Happy to be nappy

The average rating for Happy to be nappy based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-02 00:00:00 George Swan This is just a kids' book...a happy nappy kids book...that expresses joy for black hair. This is the way I think about black hair. bell hooks wrote the words here and she was unambiguous: This can be a joy. Happy to be nappy. The paintings within are really great: blobs of color and streaks of hair that represent styles. "These short tight naps, or plaited strands all...let girls go running free. Happy with hair all short and strong...Happy with locks that twist and curl...Just all girl happy!" Yup. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gets it. But what do I know?

Review # 2 was written on 2017-03-24 00:00:00 Ivan Swanson Check out more Picture book reviews @ Perspective of a Writer... A group of little girls with natural hair textures learn about the many things they can do with the hair they were born with. My nephew just had to read this book with the little African-American girl on the cover! I actually quite love the art in this book. Since he also has long hair like the girls I think he really related to the book despite the girls wearing dresses. He loved the rhyming text and the bright poppy colors. He chose the color blocked spread to draw with the single girl with the long rope of hair. To me the draw were the illustrations. They were quite compelling and empowering even for me and I don't have textured hair! I loved seeing the moms with their daughters showing them all the possibilities! My nephew enjoys his time with his mom as she also helps him learn to take care of his natural hair. I think that is the best thing about the book - showing the relationship of parent to child and how parents are there to help us learn to love and accept ourselves. I do wish there had been a little more story to go along with the text and illustrations. This isn't a book you can read over and over - it is more for a girl to pour over and be uplifted. BOTTOM LINE: Happy to have read it! ______________________ You can find this review and many others on my book blog @ Perspective of a Writer. See my picture book reviews in a special feature called Boo's Picture Gallery...