This book would be best for upper elementary to middle school students. It is about a so-called scientists who has studied everything from the squishiness of bugs, to tha amount of salt in ink, and much more. He even has a collection of hairs from every species known to man. However, one day he finds a hair that is unknown to him and searches all over the land. In the end, he realizes, that he hardly even knows himself. The story has a great message that we need to get to know ourselves before w More...

The cover alone moved me to purchase this book, about the search by a 'great thinker' to discover the source of a single strand of hair. It could perhaps be subtitled, "The Hairiad", as it takes on the aura of adventure peculiar to Homer. Irony and wit is enveloped within the writing, and the art is simply wonderful.

"You know about the saltiness of ink and the bounciness of sausage". Well, I do now, thanks to this beautiful book.


Book Season = Win

Pretty illustrations, coy & derivative story about Hieronymus trying to find the origin of a hair.