¡No Quiero el Cabello Rizado!

by Laura Ellen Anderson

¡NO! ¡No quiero tener esta melena de cabello RIZADO!
Desde cepillos a libros, y hasta globos INFLADOS
¿Cómo puedo acabar con estos tozudos bucles?

Un cuento muy divertido para aprender a querer y valorar lo que tenemos.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Friendship

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Laura Ellen Anderson is the illustrator of several books for children, as well as the author-illustrator of the graphic novel Evil Emperor Penguin. Laura Ellen Anderson lives in London.

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great little story book to help children realise that everybody is different and it is important to love themselves. As someone who didnt like their curly hair as a child, this book would have been super helpful!

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely story about a little girl who doesn't like her hair because it is curly. At the end, another girl who has straight hair wishes for curly and they both realise their hair is great. A great story for young children who may dislike their hair, helping them to realise they are special how they are. It could also lead to discussions about not teasing people for being 'different' and celebrating differences. I would use the book with KS1 and lower KS2 children.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great story told through rhyme with the text layout sometimes in swirls and in amongst the illustrations to represent the curly hair. Capitalisation and larger fonts are used to emphasise key words which is great when reading aloud. The illustrations are bright, fun and really accompany the text well to portray the character’s perspective on her curly hair. The story is funny and creative so would be enjoyable for children, but beneath the text the story is about acceptance of everyone’s individual characteristics such as curly hair rather than viewing it negatively, which can be a really important message for children. The character goes to all kinds of lengths to try and straighten her hair, with each one proving futile until she meets someone with straight hair who longs for curly hair which leads to both girls loving their own hair. This story could be enjoyed by any age from FS to KS2.

[Alaleh Arjmandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

In love with the illustrations! The story is focused on a subject that many books are about these days but the illustrations makes you smile in each and every page.

[Angel Torres · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was really cute and enjoyable.

[Jelka · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little girl is unhappy with her hair because it is too curly and hard to manage. In a humorous way, the story recounts her attempts to straighten it. Her perspective changes when she meets a straight-haired girl who admires her curls. Together, they realize that wishing for different hair doesn’t help. Instead, they style their hair in ways they like and discover how wonderful their hair truly is. The illustrations are colorful and playful, especially the depiction of the curly hair. The rhyming text is easy to understand.

[Hiipatiia · Rating 4 out of 5]

{ apariencia - incomodidad - lucha }

Últimamente solo leo literatura infantil, porque mi mente (pensaba) no está para cosas complejas.

Vaya.

¡Qué lecciones dan los libros de niños a los adultos! Como es de importante sanar y cuidar a nuestro niño interior.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and a good message for little girls.

[Jere. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oaaa me re gustó.

[LeighAnn Matthews ( EDCU 378) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Text to self connection

I picked this book because it caught my eye. The little girl on the front reminds me of my daughter and her wild curly hair. We both have the crazy, wild and sometimes a mind of its own hair. My daughter has a bit more reddish tint to her hair, but as she's gotten older she's complained more about how unruly it can be. In the story the little girl at first doesn't like her curly hair but then finds a new appreciation for her hair, just the way it is.

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book about curls, swirls, and hair. It was such a fun, hilarious, and cute book.

When I saw that one of my favourite artists had a new book coming out, I just knew I had to have it. So I immediately pre-ordered it and hoped, very hard, that it would be delivered around my birthday! And my wish came true, yesterday it was delivered, just 3 days before my birthday. And today (2 days before my birthday) I read and enjoyed this book, and I will be reading it many times.

It is about a little girl with a giant head of curls (really, a mega giant head of curls). She doesn't want the curls, she wants straight, pretty, easy flowing straight hair. So she tries out all sorts of, mostly hilarious, ways to get her hair to be straight. From piling big books on her head, to having friends help her out, to hoping that gravity will help her. Will any of her tricks work out?

We also meet another little girl, with a totally different problem, but also still quite the same as our curly haired girl. Whereas I couldn't totally understand the curly girl (I want curls too), I was totally agreeing with the new girl. :P

The ending was absolutely adorable, and I was happy for the two girls. I hope they will be able to make many fun new hairstyles.

The art was just fabulous, colourful, and fun. I just love how much detail there was in the curls. I can't imagine how much work that must have been to draw each curl, and then also in different colours of red/orange.

All in all, a sweet book, perfect for children, but also adults. I would highly recommend it to everyone.

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com

[Bruce Gargoyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy of this title from Bloomsbury Australia for review.

Ten Second Synopsis:
A girl with unruly curls tries everything to make her hair straight, with no success. Upon meeting someone with a different outlook, both girls start to appreciate what they have.

It's the age old tale of wanting something that everyone else has, before finding out that what you have ain't so bad after all. This isn't the most original picture book getting around the place - which is surprising, given that Anderson is the creator of The Phoenix magazine's brilliant Evil Emperor Penguin comic series - but its message, and the protagonist's daily struggles to tame her wild curls, will be familiar to anyone who has ever tried to brush a child's curly hair without the assistance of a detangling spray, detangling brush and several litres of spray-on hair anaesthetic.

The rhyming text and the inventive ways that the girl comes up with to solve her curly problem will have little ones entranced and giggling along and the ending clearly demonstrates how the greener grass - or in this case, the straighter hair - isn't necessariily the boon that our protagonist thinks it is. Overall, this story has been done before, many times, but the humour and rhyming text make this worth a look if you have a mini-fleshling with wild, untamed curls.

[Meika Bass · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is centered around a girl with orange big curly hair, which she hates. She tries everything from stacking books on her head to tying balloons to her hair to straighten it. She hates her hair and is desperate to have straight, soft hair. After trying everything she sits in a tree and over hears a girl with board straight hair wishing she could have curly hair. That was when it hit both of them that they should appreciate what they have -- you always want what you can't have so you might as well love what you got. The two girls end up having a blast doing all these new hair do's on themselves. I gave this book 5 stars. The theme I thought this book represented was self worth, self esteem, and accepting and loving who you are. I love this book, the illustrations and the text make it really enjoyable to read. The whole book flows. This isn't about race or gender its about loving your hair, which a lot of girls and boys can struggle with. You always want what you can't have. This is a book about loving yourself. I would read this to a class and you could make a lot of different valuable life lesson activities with the children. This book, even though is an easy read, is good for all ages to read. I felt good about myself after reading it. Overall, I highly recommend this book for school age children to read -- especially if you know someone is feeling insecure about themselves.

[Daniela Iñigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

La historia de una niña que no está conforme con la forma y apariencia de su cabello. Todo el tiempo anhelando tenerlo de una forma totalmente contraria, pensando que sólo de esa forma puede estar feliz y tranquila.

Con quejas y enojos escritos en rima y unas ilustraciones maravillosas de Laura Ellen Anderson, es una herramienta increíble para tratar el tema de la aceptación y autoestima en las niñas; y digo "en las niñas" porque son quienes más conflictos de este tipo hemos pasado (por mucho, más que los varones, y no digo que en ellos no suceda en edad infantil, pero sí es mucho mayor en las niñas); por lo que sin duda, puede ser de gran apoyo para construir una autopercepción más sana, real y adecuada; saberse que todas son diferentes, con características físicas, mentales y emocionales distintas entre sí que las hacen únicas y valiosas.

Incluso puedo asegurar que cualquier adulta que se lo lea, sentirá un abracito de su niña interior.

[Laura Valdez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found about this book searching for a book I marked as wanted to read in my Goodreads account and simply loved it.

The moral of this beatiful book is, love your hair and your self just the way you are, it doesn't matter if your hair is curly, straigh, wavy, kinky, short, long. It doesn't matter if you don't have hair at all, if you like to use wigs, hair extensions, etc...

You just have to love yourself and your hair the way it is, because is unique and it has a special combination of genes, a special color and sometimes, with forensic medicine you can track a person or identify someone, even an animal.

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my second time reading a life-affirming, individuality-appreciative book by Laura Ellen Anderson. (Here on Goodreads I was delighted to FIVE STAR another of her books, "I Don't Want to Be Quiet.")

Pain and anguish about one's coiffure are pretty ridiculous... although it takes some of us decades to learn this life lesson.

JOY PERVADES THIS PICTURE BOOK

Not only the zesty illustrations by Laura Ellen Anderson but also the words. For instance:

"We have hours of fabulous great hairy fun!"

To quote Paul McCartney: These are words that go together well.

FIVE STARS and thanks to you, Laura Ellen Anderson.

[Francis S. Poesy · Rating 4 out of 5]

There seem to be a lot of books out there about curly hair so I wasn't expecting much here. However, the rhyming was very good, only stumbling or forcing at a couple spots. The illustrations are fun and delightful and make the book worth an extra read or two. The story is, as you would expect, about finally coming to love your hair what ever its form, so no surprises here. But if you've got a young one not happy with their hair or other bodily feature, this would be a good choice for addressing the issue. This gets the fourth star for the fun illustrations and awesome end papers.

[Abbi DeRenzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

All a little girl with curly hair wants is for her hair to be straight. She tries everything she can think of tape, water, balloons, even books. Nothing she did straightened her curls. Just when she gives up, she meets another young girl with the smoothest, silkiest hair, who has tried everything to make her hair curl. The two girls end up spending their day creating all sorts of new hairstyles.

This story is about loving yourself for exactly who you are. This book is a great way to teach or remind kids that everybody is different and that it is important to love ourselves just as we are.

[Kinga (oazaksiazek) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jaka to była urocza książka! Ta historia uczy samoakceptacji i podejścia do życia z lekkim dystansem.

Znacie pewnie to uczucie, że mając proste włosy chciałyście mieć kręcone a mając kręcone chciałyście mieć proste? ;)

Jeśli tak, to koniecznie sięgnijcie po tę pozycję. Obiecuję, że mając nawet 30, 40 czy 70 lat będziecie się przy niej dobrze bawić. Ilustracje są tak piękne, że rozbawią Was do łez.

Naprawdę polecam i młodszym, i starszym :)

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good story with a good lesson. Two girls who don't like their hair that come together to realize that hair is a good thing and shouldn't want to change what we look like. She tries to do so many things with her hair to get her hair to be perfectly straight hair like she hopes and wants to have. Throughout the illustrations it allows for us to follow along on the funny adventure of her trying to get the perfect straight hair. This is an easy read with a good message.

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

So entertaining. The book is laced with all manner of funny descriptive words relating to curls, my favourite being 'Curly McWurlys'. The silly attempts to tame them are delightful and the quirky, colourful and expressive illustrations portray all the ups and downs the girl is feeling along the way. There is a uplifting message to the story and the ending is bright and cheerful. Beautiful!

[Madeleine Voss · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is one book great for children who are not confident in their appearance. The book is a story of how a girl doesn't want curly hair because of what people around her think but over time comes to accept her curly hair and love it. I would recommend this book to children in first or middle school ages.

[Gacela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Precioso. El dibujo, el cuento rimado y el fondo (los dos fondos, porque ya "solo" con el pelo acierta mucho en algo que vivimos tantas, y porque además por supuesto es extrapolable más allá del pelo y la apariencia, a poder convivir con cómo somos sacando lo bueno y sin vivir en una continua comparación con otres, en la que además salgamos perdiendo!)

[Lauri Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A girl tries many funny, creative methods to straighten her hair, but they don’t work. Then she meets a girl with straight hair who wishes her hair was curly! They become hair friends. Rhyming/Near rhymes.

[Jessica Sharland · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful rhyming story that is such an easy read - mainly aimed at young girls to embrace their hair whether curly or straight. You may wish for something else but also someone else may be wishing for what you have.

[Bella Moceri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book teaches children about a great message in life. How to love what you are born with. I grew up with really curly hair and wanted it to be straight sometimes. This encouraging novel discusses the importance of how everyone is unique!

[Diego M. Acosta. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me alegra tanto que en la actualidad poco a poco se vaya apreciando más la naturalidad de nuestro cabello, ya que todas las formas y estilos son hermosos. Naturales o realizados con instrumentos de calor, el punto es usarlo como queramos y verle una belleza, no una complicación.

[Agnès · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good fun, bright illustrations and a nice message.

[Adam Nickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scarlett (aged 6), Poppy (aged 4) both *****

[Jennifer B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute, and perfect for all the little curly-haired girls.