"This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four friends who celebrate the joy of their hairstyles from bouncing curls to swinging braids"--

"Karen feels like an ugly duckling. Her baby teeth are all falling out, and she has to wear new glasses, too! Karen needs a new haircut to make her look glamorous.But the beauty parlor lady cuts Karen's hair all wrong. Now she's uglier than ever! What will all the kids at school say?" -- Page [4] cover.

After Suzy Davis gives Brooke a bad hair cut, the Sparkle Spa crew spend a lot of energy trying to convince her to go back out into public again.

"Katja Spitzer's delightfully informative and reaffirming celebration of hair through the ages not only explores the most outrageous and unusual hairstyles from across history, but also shows how hair can be a powerful means of expression, no matter what your sex, age, or race."--

While her mother works magic styling her hair, a young Black girl recalls how her hairstyles can reflect the natural world and show that her hair can be elegant, mischievous, or whimsical.

"When I tie up my hair, it feels like I'm wearing a new pair of shoes." A young woman is out in the world for the first time, living on her own. When she decides to tie up her hair one day, she embarks on a journey of small, almost imperceptible but important changes. Relationships develop, problems emerge and decisions are made. As the year progresses and she navigates the ins and outs of daily life, she also discovers new ways of styling her hair....