From the illustrator, Mike Reed:

"I use a stylus on a large Wacom pad and paint and draw just as I would with traditional materials.

Despite how facile one can be using digital media there’s still no substitute for working with pencil on paper to sketch out the design and characters."

I have mixed feelings about this book. It's a book that's more enjoyable once you figure out the rhythm-- either reading it more than once yourself or listening to someone else read it. I liked that it's culturally different in style and language. Once I figured out what was going on, I thought that the plot was also fun. But I have to admit that I didn't enjoy reading it as I read it through the first time.

Little girl doesn't want to get her hair combed, cute mother-daughter play jungle story.

This has become one of my very favorite read aloud books EVER.