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As someone with unruly hair, although not as unruly (or talented or helpful or useful or amazing!!!) as Zoe’s, I got a real kick out of this book.
It’s very funny and clever and sweet and completely zany. It’s a terrific read aloud book. A mini astronomy lesson is included.
Zoe has parents and a kindergarten teacher who love Zoe and her remarkable hair. Unfortunately, when Zoe enters first grade, her new teacher is not only not impressed, but impatient and has no tolerance for Zoe’s hair. The teac ...more
It’s very funny and clever and sweet and completely zany. It’s a terrific read aloud book. A mini astronomy lesson is included.
Zoe has parents and a kindergarten teacher who love Zoe and her remarkable hair. Unfortunately, when Zoe enters first grade, her new teacher is not only not impressed, but impatient and has no tolerance for Zoe’s hair. The teac ...more
Sep 05, 2011
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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I didn't care for this story as much as I thought I would. I like the idea of hair with a mind of its own, but I felt that the illustrations just gave her too much hair. However, the story is really about working with someone uncooperative as opposed to fighting them. Zoe's kindergarten teacher understood this, but Ms. Trisk, the first grade teacher, didn't. You could say that Zoe's hair was like an ADD/ADHD child. Restraining it would only make the situation worse. Zoe understood that she could
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Oct 27, 2009
Tara
marked it as to-read
