Big Hair, Don't Care by Crystal Swain-Bates

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Big Hair, Don't Care was written By Crystal Swain-Bates. It teaches the readers to embrace, self-acceptance and loving who we are also it is something that the adults should be teaching the children and also reminding them. [1]   

Summary

This story tells about a young girl named Lola, who shows us how she embraces her very big hair. She loves to wear her hair in different style: braided, twisted, puffs. This is a good book for your toddlers, because this little girl shows us how she accepts and embrace who she really is. The message is quite simple, it is okay to be different (in her case, it is her hair) and its okay that people might see you as different, but you have to embrace yourself and love you and let people learn to love you, for you. [2]

Pros

Jackson as the reviewer gave his thought about this book. He mention that the ideology of self-love for young black girls is necessary to be communicated. This book serves as a mirror for girls and boys that may have curly natural hair. It helps boost self-esteem and give confidence to a child that may be self-conscious about having hair that is different than their peers. The illustrations help to communicate the ideology. The focus on many of the pictures is the hair. The depictions of the African American characters as vibrant and happy. The full page illustrations pull you into Lola’s world, while the vibrant bright colors help readers feel the pure joy and happiness in this young girl who is unapologetically black and happy. The illustration of the children going to school is also very diverse which looks more like a school now day would look. [3]

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