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Bad Hair Day (Level 1, Preschool - Grade 1)
On the way to get a hair cut, a child sees others with not-so-perfect hair.
- GenresPicture Books
Unknown Binding
First published September 1, 1999
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Susan Hood
245 books142 followersSusan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ada's Violin; Lifeboat 12; The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics; Shaking Things Up; Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team; and We Are One: How the World Adds Up.
Susan is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people.”
COMING IN MARCH, 2022!
Susan's newest book is Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Co-authored with Anna's (a.k.a. Zhanna's) son Greg Dawson, this biography in verse celebrates the life-saving power of the arts.
Susan is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people.”
COMING IN MARCH, 2022!
Susan's newest book is Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Co-authored with Anna's (a.k.a. Zhanna's) son Greg Dawson, this biography in verse celebrates the life-saving power of the arts.
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November 10, 2019
This was terrible! The girl’s mom takes it upon herself to do a DIY haircut and BOTCHES IT. She ends up taking her to a barber and on the way says not to worry, “bad hair days come to all of us!” Uhhh, *YOU* RUINED HER HAIR with your “snip snip snip”!
The book goes on to make fun of everyone else’s hair as they walk to the barber and actually says “I’m glad my hair is not like that!” to perfectly normal hair, along with a bench of people with different styles that has the words “not all hair does what it should do” underneath. Okay... what should hair be doing???
I think the book gets this wrong, wrong, wrong on many levels. Luckily not a library book—I’m throwing it in the trash!
The book goes on to make fun of everyone else’s hair as they walk to the barber and actually says “I’m glad my hair is not like that!” to perfectly normal hair, along with a bench of people with different styles that has the words “not all hair does what it should do” underneath. Okay... what should hair be doing???
I think the book gets this wrong, wrong, wrong on many levels. Luckily not a library book—I’m throwing it in the trash!
May 15, 2024
Will the narrator of this story be doomed to wear hats every day for the rest of her life?
After all, in this book, Mom gives the narrator a really bad haircut. And she's the Mom. Will she do that repeatedly in the future, like a walking sartorial nightmare for the hapless narrator?
One easy reader-type book cannot answer such a broad question. But the story does include having the narrator being taken for a professional haircut -- at an actual beauty parlor.
ABOUT TIME I FOUND A PICTURE BOOK ON THIS TOPIC!
Can you Goodreaders remember your first bad haircut?
How many of you, like me, gave that awful haircut to yourself?!!!!?
THE AMBITIOUS AUTHOR INCLUDED RHYMING HERE, AS WELL
And you know what? It works pretty well for me. Here's a sample:
Crazy curls
from too-tight perms
bob along like
wiggly worms!
FIVE STARS for this entertaining story.
After all, in this book, Mom gives the narrator a really bad haircut. And she's the Mom. Will she do that repeatedly in the future, like a walking sartorial nightmare for the hapless narrator?
One easy reader-type book cannot answer such a broad question. But the story does include having the narrator being taken for a professional haircut -- at an actual beauty parlor.
ABOUT TIME I FOUND A PICTURE BOOK ON THIS TOPIC!
Can you Goodreaders remember your first bad haircut?
How many of you, like me, gave that awful haircut to yourself?!!!!?
THE AMBITIOUS AUTHOR INCLUDED RHYMING HERE, AS WELL
And you know what? It works pretty well for me. Here's a sample:
Crazy curls
from too-tight perms
bob along like
wiggly worms!
FIVE STARS for this entertaining story.
October 21, 2017
A fun early reader.
A little girl's hair is in need of a trim but her mother doesn't quite get it right. They go to a professional and the little girl is shy about letting others see her new style.
Cute story in rhyme, great illustrations.
A little girl's hair is in need of a trim but her mother doesn't quite get it right. They go to a professional and the little girl is shy about letting others see her new style.
Cute story in rhyme, great illustrations.
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February 13, 2015The book Bad Hair Day involves a young girl who just simply cannot get her hair the way she would like. The character tries many different things to help her hair. This book follows a storyline with a strong plot. The conflict involves many attempts to solve her hair issue, yet there was no resolution until Mr. Tom gave her a lovely hair style. Children reading this book will get to see the struggle she faced with her hair in the vivid illustrations. The main character is very round because she hates her hair and needs to find new solutions. As the story progresses, she becomes more open minded with the new ideas about her hair. This is an excellent book for children to read when learning about problem solving. Things will not always work out right away, you must keep trying to find desirable results.
Also, this book introduces figurative language for the children. The author uses words like "clip" and "snip" as well as rhymes within certain sentences to help the story appear more light hearted.
Also, this book introduces figurative language for the children. The author uses words like "clip" and "snip" as well as rhymes within certain sentences to help the story appear more light hearted.
September 9, 2014
As one of the first books I was able to read on my own, I fell in love with this book. It takes a simple thing and goes miles away from it only to come back and remind children that they aren't alone in their issues. It makes a seemingly difficult issue very comical and relatable.
July 11, 2013
Read aloud by 6-year old daughter.
July 23, 2015
A story about a little girl and her bad hair day.
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