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This joyous ode to hair may well restart conversations that began last year with the controversy over Carolivia Herron's Nappy Hair. [1]

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Summary

Happy To Be Nappy!

Happy with hair all short and strong.

Happy with locks that twist and curl.

Just all girl happy!

Happy to be nappy hair! [2]

Happy To Be Nappy is a celebration of all the different hairstyles that Black girls have. Whether long or short, styled or not styled, there is a reason to appreciate all different types of hair.[3] This sweet book is fun for all kids, but focuses specifically on girls hair. You will be swept up in the verve and swing of its words and pictures. Really, this one is just pure joy. [4]

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Pros

Dani as a verified reader gave her testimonial about this book, she said that her nephew just had to read this book with the little African-American girl on the cover! And he 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. [5]

The illustrations in Happy to Be Nappy were drawn with paint. The colors used are very vibrant and alive; the color choice adds to the happy theme in the book. The book also uses a wide variety of colors, which I feel is symbolic of the different types of hair mentioned throughout the story. Happy to Be Nappy also depicts girls throughout the story smiling and having fun. The choice to show the young girls in the story as carefree was another way in which the illustrator could have been reaffirming Black girls that there is joy to be found in themselves. [6] 


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