Happy to Be Nappy - Hardcover

Hooks, Bell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1484788419 ISBN 13: 9781484788417

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

Happy to be nappy!
Happy with hair all short and strong.
Happy with locks that twist and curl.
Just all girl happy!
Happy to be nappy hair!

Legendary author bell hooks and Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka present a lyrical celebration, brimming with enthusiasm for girls and their hair. Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, this stunning picturebook is now available again in board book form. Praise for Happy to Be Nappy Image Award nomination, 2001
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People *"A powerful, uplifting and, above all, buoyantly fun read-aloud."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"[Happy to Be Nappy] has a free-wheeling joy that is admirably captured by illustrator Raschka."
-Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books

"The big daubs of background color seem to dance and spin with the figures, visual music to match the verbal."
-Kirkus Reviews

"[Chris Raschka's] illustrations bring out the spirit behind hooks's writing and have great child appeal."
-School Library Journal

"[S]tellar illustrations."
-The Horn Book

"[A]dults and small children will enjoy sharing the joyful words and the playful color wash pictures with thick black lines."
-Booklist

About this title

Review:

"[A]dults and small children will enjoy sharing the joyful words and the playful color wash pictures with thick black lines."--Booklist

"[S]tellar illustrations."--The Horn Book

"[Chris Raschka's] illustrations bring out the spirit behind hooks's writing and have great child appeal."--School Library Journal

"The big daubs of background color seem to dance and spin with the figures, visual music to match the verbal."--Kirkus Reviews

*"A powerful, uplifting and, above all, buoyantly fun read-aloud."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Image Award nomination, 2001--National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

"[Happy to Be Nappy] has a free-wheeling joy that is admirably captured by illustrator Raschka."--Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books

About the Author:

A world-renowned cultural critic, feminist theorist, and intellectual, bell hooks is a distinguished author and professor of English. She has written several acclaimed children's books including Be Boy Buzz, Skin Again and Happy to Be Nappy, all illustrated by Chris Raschka.

Chris Raschka is the Caldecott-Award-winning illustrator of The Hello Goodbye Window and A Ball for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? and has written and illustrated numerous books for children, among them three by bell hooks. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1484788419
• ISBN 13: 9781484788417
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Raschka Chris